2005 NPB Amateur Draft

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The 2005 NPB draft was held on October 3 and November 18, 2005. It was the first year that the draft was split into High School Phase and College & Industrial Phase.

First Round - High School Phase - initial picks[edit]

Team Player Position School Notes
Rakuten Golden Eagles Hiroshi Katayama P Hotoku Gakuen High School Won lottery rights for Katayama over Hiroshima
Yokohama BayStars Shun Yamaguchi P Yanagigaura High School
Orix Buffaloes Takanobu Tsujiuchi P Osaka Toin High School Lost lottery rights for Tsujiuchi to Yomiuri
Chunichi Dragons Ryosuke Hirata OF Osaka Toin High School
Seibu Lions Ginjiro Sumitani C Heian High School
Hiroshima Carp Hiroshi Katayama P Hotoku Gakuen High School Lost lottery rights for Katayama to Rakuten
Chiba Lotte Marines Masatoshi Yanagida P Aomori Yamada High School
Hanshin Tigers Naoto Tsuru P Kindai University High School
Nippon Ham Fighters Dai-Kang Yang IF Fukuoka Daiichi High School Won lottery rights for Yang over Softbank
Yomiuri Giants Takanobu Tsujiuchi P Osaka Toin High School Won lottery rights for Tsujiuchi over Orix
Softbank Hawks Dai-Kang Yang IF Fukuoka Daiichi High School Lost lottery rights for Yang to Nippon Ham
Yakult Swallows Kyohei Muranaka P Tokai University Kofu High School

First Round - High School Phase - redraft Part 1[edit]

Team Player Position School Notes
Hiroshima Carp Masamitsu Suzuki OF Yugakkan High School
Orix Buffaloes Takahiro Okada OF Riseisha High School
Softbank Hawks Yuta Arakawa C Nihon University High School

First Round - College & Industrial Phase[edit]

Team Player Position School (Type) Notes
Rakuten Golden Eagles Shingo Matsuzaki P Tohoku Fukushi University (Col.)
Yokohama BayStars Kazuya Takamiya P Honda Suzuka (Ind)
Orix Buffaloes Yoshihisa Hirano P Kyoto Sangyo University (Col.)
Chunichi Dragons Kazuki Yoshimi C Toyota (Ind)
Seibu Lions Hironori Matsunaga P Mitsubishi Nagasaki (Ind)
Hiroshima Carp Give Up
Chiba Lotte Marines Give Up
Hanshin Tigers Minoru Iwata P Kansai University (Col.)
Nippon Ham Fighters Tomoya Yagi P Soka University (Col.)
Yomiuri Giants Satoshi Fukuda P Tohoku Fukushi University (Col.)
Softbank Hawks Nobuhiro Matsuda IF Asia University (Col.)
Yakult Swallows Shinichi Takeuchi P Waseda University (Col.)