2015 NPB Amateur Draft

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The 2015 NPB draft was held October 22, 2015.

First Round - initial picks[edit]

Team Player Position School (Type) Notes
Rakuten Golden Eagles Taiga Hirasawa IF Sendai Ikuei High School (HS) Lost lottery for Hirasawa to Chiba Lotte
Yokohama BayStars Shota Imanaga P Komazawa University (Col.)
Orix Buffaloes Masataka Yoshida OF Aoyama Gakuin University (Col.)
Chunichi Dragons Junpei Takahashi P Gifu Shogyo High School (HS) Lost lottery for Takahashi to Softbank
Seibu Lions Shinsaburo Tawata P Fuji University (Col.)
Hiroshima Carp Akitake Okada P Osaka Shogyo University (Col.)
Chiba Lotte Marines Taiga Hirasawa IF Sendai Ikuei High School (HS) Won lottery rights to Hirasawa over Rakuten
Hanshin Tigers Shun Takayama OF Meiji University (Col.) Won lottery for Takayama's rights
Nippon Ham Fighters Junpei Takahashi P Gifu Shogyo High School (HS) Lost lottery for Takahashi to Softbank
Yomiuri Giants Toshiki Sakurai P Ritsumeikan University (Col.)
Softbank Hawks Junpei Takahashi P Gifu Shogyo High School (HS) Won three-way lottery for Takahashi's rights
Yakult Swallows Shun Takayama OF Meiji University (Col.) Lost lottery for Takayama to Hanshin


First Round - redraft[edit]

Team Player Position School (Type) Notes
Rakuten Golden Eagles Louis Okoye OF Kanto Daiichi High School (HS)
Chunichi Dragons Shinnosuke Ogasawara P Tokai University Sagami High School (HS) Won lottery rights for Ogasawara over Nippon Ham
Nippon Ham Fighters Shinnosuke Ogasawara P Tokai University Sagami High School (HS) Lost lottery for Ogasawara to Nippon Ham
Yakult Swallows Juri Hara P Toyo University (Col.)

First Round - redraft part 2[edit]

Team Player Position School (Type) Notes
Nippon Ham Fighters Kenta Uehara P Meiji University (Col.)