2013 NPB Amateur Draft

The 2013 NPB draft was held October 24, 2013.

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Rakuten Golden Eagles	Yuki Matsui	P	Toko Gakuen High School (HS)	Won lottery rights to Matsui over Nippon Ham, Yokohama, Softbank and Chunichi
Yokohama BayStars	Yuki Matsui	P	Toko Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights for Matsui to Rakuten
Orix Buffaloes	Kazumasa Yoshida	P	JR Higashi Nihon (Industrial lg.)
Chunichi Dragons	Yuki Matsui	P	Toko Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights for Matsui to Rakuten
Seibu Lions	Tomoya Mori	C	Osaka Toin High School (HS)
Hiroshima Carp	Daichi Osera	P	Kyushu Kyoritsu University(Col.)	Won lottery rights to Hirasawa over Yakult and Hanshin
Chiba Lotte Marines	Ayumu Ishikawa	P	Chubu University (Col.)	Won lottery rights to Ishikawa over Yomiuri
Hanshin Tigers	Daichi Osera	P	Kyushu Kyoritsu University(Col.)	Lost lottery rights for Osera to Hiroshima
Nippon Ham Fighters	Yuki Matsui	P	Toko Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights for Matsui to Rakuten
Yomiuri Giants	Ayumu Ishikawa	P	Chubu University (Col.)	Lost lottery rights for Ishikawa to Chiba Lotte
Softbank Hawks	Yuki Matsui	P	Toko Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery rights for Matsui to Rakuten
Yakult Swallows	Daichi Osera	P	Kyushu Kyoritsu University(Col.)	Lost lottery rights for Osera to Hiroshima

First Round - redraft

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Yokohama BayStars	Yuta Kakita	P	Nihon Seimei (Industrial lg.)	Won lottery rights for Kakita over Nippon Ham, Hanshin
Chunichi Dragons	Shota Suzuki	P	Seirei Christopher High School (HS)
Nippon Ham Fighters	Yuta Kakita	P	Nihon Seimei (Industrial lg.)	Lost lottery for Kakita to Yokohama
Hanshin Tigers	Yuta Kakita	P	Nihon Seimei (Industrial lg.)	Lost lottery for Kakita to Yokohama
Yakult Swallows	Toshihiro Sugiura	P	Kokugakuin University (Col.)	Won lottery rights for Sugiura over Softbank
Softbank Hawks	Toshihiro Sugiura	P	Kokugakuin University (Col.)
Yomiuri Giants	Seiji Kobayashi	C	Nihon Seimei (Industrial lg.)

First Round - redraft part 2

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Nippon Ham Fighters	Yuta Iwasada	P	Yokohama College of Commerce (Col.)	Lost lottery for Iwasada to Hanshin
Hanshin Tigers	Yuta Iwasada	P	Yokohama College of Commerce (Col.)	Won lottery rights for Iwasada over Nippon Ham
Softbank Hawks	Ren Kajiya	P	JR Kyushu (Industrial lg.)

First Round - redraft part 3

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Nippon Ham Fighters	Ryo Watanabe	IF	Kofu High School of Tokai University (HS)

Other notable selections

• Katsuki Matayoshi (Chunichi, 2nd rnd), Hotaka Yamakawa (Seibu, 2nd rnd), Yuito Mori (Softbank, 2nd rnd), Ryo Akiyoshi (Yakult, 3rd rnd), Kosuke Tanaka (Hiroshima, 3rd rnd), Kazuto Taguchi (Yomiuri, 3rd rnd), Hirotoshi Takanashi (Nippon Ham, 4th rnd), Seiji Uebayashi (Softbank, 4th rnd), Ryutaro Umeno (Hanshin, 6th rnd), Suguru Iwazaki (Hanshin, 6th rnd), Shuta Ishikawa (Softbank, development draft, 1st rnd)

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