2012 NPB Amateur Draft

The 2012 NPB draft was held October 25, 2012. Only one team, the Nippon Ham Fighters, picked Shohei Ohtani; others were scared off by his threats to go play in the US. He would help the team win the 2016 Japan Series before going to star in MLB.

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Rakuten Golden Eagles	Yudai Mori	P	Higashi Fukuoka High School (HS)	Won lottery rights to Mori over Hiroshima
Yokohama BayStars	Nao Higashihama	P	Asia University (Col.)	Lost lottery rights for Higashihama to Softbank
Orix Buffaloes	Shintaro Fujinami	P	Osaka Toin High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights for Fujinami to Hanshin
Chunichi Dragons	Koji Fukutani	P	Keio University (Col.)
Seibu Lions	Nao Higashihama	P	Asia University (Col.)	Lost lottery rights for Higashihama to Softbank
Hiroshima Carp	Yudai Mori	P	Higashi Fukuoka High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights for Mori to Rakuten
Chiba Lotte Marines	Shintaro Fujinami	P	Osaka Toin High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights for Fujinami to Hanshin
Hanshin Tigers	Shintaro Fujinami	P	Osaka Toin High School (HS)	Won lottery rights for Fujinami over Yakult, Orix and Chiba Lotte
Nippon Ham Fighters	Shohei Ohtani	P/DH	Hanamaki Higashi High School (HS)
Yomiuri Giants	Tomoyuki Sugano	P	Tokai University (Col.)
Softbank Hawks	Nao Higashihama	P	Asia University (Col.)	Win lottery rights for Higashihama over Yokohama and Seibu
Yakult Swallows	Shintaro Fujinami	P	Osaka Toin High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights for Fujinami to Hanshin

First Round - redraft

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Yokohama BayStars	Hiroyuki Shirasaki	IF	Komazawa University (Col.)
Orix Buffaloes	Takahiro Matsunaga	P	Osaka Gas (Ind)	Lost lottery for Matsunaga to Chiba Lotte
Seibu Lions	Tatsushi Masuda	P	NTT West Japan (Ind)	Win lottery for Masuda over Hiroshima
Hiroshima Carp	Tatsushi Masuda	P	NTT West Japan (Ind)	Lost lottery for Masuda to Seibu
Chiba Lotte Marines	Takahiro Matsunaga	P	Osaka Gas (Ind)	Won lottery rights for Matsunaga over Orix
Yakult Swallows	Taichi Ishiyama	P	Yamaha (Ind)

First Round - redraft part 2

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Orix Buffaloes	Takahiro Matsuba	P	Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences (Col.)
Hiroshima Carp	Hiroki Takahashi	OF	Ryukoku University Heian High School (HS)

Other notable selections

• Toshiro Miyazaki (Yokohama , 6th rnd)