2008 NPB Amateur Draft

The 2008 NPB draft was held October 29, 2008.

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Rakuten Golden Eagles	Kei Nomoto	OF	Nippon Express (Ind)	Lost lottery rights for Nomoto to Chunichi
Yokohama BayStars	Keijiro Matsumoto	OF	Waseda University (Col.)	Won lottery rights for Matsumoto over Hanshin
Orix Buffaloes	Kai Takuya	P	Tokai University Suwa High School (HS)
Chunichi Dragons	Kei Nomoto	OF	Nippon Express (Ind)	Won lottery rights for Nomoto over Rakuten
Seibu Lions	Yuta Nakazaki	P	Nichinan Gakuen High School (HS)
Hiroshima Carp	Takahiro Iwamoto	OF	Asia University (Col.)
Chiba Lotte Marines	Yuta Kimura	P	Tokyo Gas (Ind)
Hanshin Tigers	Keijiro Matsumoto	OF	Waseda University (Col.)	Lost lottery rights for Matsumoto to Yokohama
Nippon Ham Fighters	Shota Ono	P	Toyo University (Col.)
Yomiuri Giants	Taishi Ota	OF	Tokai University Sagami High School (HS)	Won lottery rights for Ota over Softbank
Softbank Hawks	Taishi Ota	OF	Tokai University Sagami High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights for Ota to Yomiuri
Yakult Swallows	Katsuki Akagawa	P	Miyazaki Commercial High School (HS)

First Round - redraft Part 1

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Rakuten Golden Eagles	Hiromichi Fujiwara	P	NTT West Japan (Ind)	Won lottery rights for Fujiwara over Hanshin
Softbank Hawks	Shingo Tatsumi	P	Kinki University (Col.)
Hanshin Tigers	Hiromichi Fujiwara	P	NTT West Japan (Ind)	Lost lottery rights for Fujiwara to Rakuten

First Round - redraft Part 2

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Hanshin Tigers	Yi-Jie Hsiao	P	Nara Sangyo University (Col.)