2006 NPB Amateur Draft

The 2006 NPB draft was held on September 25 and November 21, 2006.

First Round - High School Phase - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School	Notes
Rakuten Golden Eagles	Masahiro Tanaka	P	Komazawa University Tomakomai High School	Won lottery rights for Tanaka over 3 teams
Yokohama BayStars	Masahiro Tanaka	P	Komazawa University Tomakomai High School	Lost lottery rights for Tanaka to Rakuten
Orix Buffaloes	Masahiro Tanaka	P	Komazawa University Tomakomai High School	Lost lottery rights for Tanaka to Rakuten
Chunichi Dragons	Naomichi Donoue	IF	Aikoudai Meiden High School	Won lottery rights for Donoue over Hanshin and Yomiuri
Seibu Lions	Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi	P	Washinomiya High School	Lost lottery rights for Masubuchi to Yakult
Hiroshima Carp	Kenta Maeda	P	PL Gakuen High School
Chiba Lotte Marines	Yuta Omine	P	Yaeyama Shoko High School	Won lottery rights for Omine over Softbank
Hanshin Tigers	Naomichi Donoue	IF	Aikoudai Meiden High School	Lost lottery rights for Donoue to Chunichi
Nippon Ham Fighters	Masahiro Tanaka	P	Komazawa University Tomakomai High School	Lost lottery rights for Tanaka to Rakuten
Yomiuri Giants	Naomichi Donoue	IF	Aikoudai Meiden High School	Lost lottery rights for Donoue to Chunichi
Softbank Hawks	Yuta Omine	P	Yaeyama Shoko High School	Lost lottery rights for Omine to Chiba Lotte
Yakult Swallows	Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi	P	Washinomiya High School	Won lottery rights for Masubuchi over Seibu

First Round - High School Phase - redraft Part 1

Team	Player	Position	School	Notes
Yokohama BayStars	Atsushi Kita	IF	Komatsu Technical High School
Orix Buffaloes	Daisuke Nobue	P	Setouchi High School
Seibu Lions	Fumikazu Kimura	P	Saitama Sakae High School
Hanshin Tigers	Masashi Nohara	IF	Nagasaki Nihon University High School
Nippon Ham Fighters	Mitsuo Yoshikawa	P	Koryo High School
Yomiuri Giants	Hayato Sakamoto	IF	Kosei Gakuin High School
Softbank Hawks	Shuhei Fukuda	OF	Tama University Hijirigaoka High School

First Round - College & Industrial Phase

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Rakuten Golden Eagles	Satoshi Nagai	P	Toyo University (Col.)
Yokohama BayStars	Kentaro Takasaki	P	Nissan (Ind)
Orix Buffaloes	Satoshi Komatsu	P	JR Kyushu (Ind)
Chunichi Dragons	Daisuke Tanaka	C	Toyo University (Col.)
Seibu Lions	Takayuki Kishi	P	Tohoku Gakuin University (Col.)
Hiroshima Carp	Michito Miyazaki	P	Honda Suzuka (Ind)
Chiba Lotte Marines	Give Up
Hanshin Tigers	Tatsuya Kojima	P	Osaka Gas (Ind)
Nippon Ham Fighters	Ken Miyamoto	P	Waseda University (Col.)
Yomiuri Giants	Norihito Kaneto	P	Ritsumeikan University (Col.)
Softbank Hawks	Kenji Otonari	P	Kinki University (Col.)
Yakult Swallows	Shun Takaichi	P	Aoyama Gakuin University (Col.)