2015 NPB Amateur Draft

The 2015 NPB draft was held October 22, 2015.

First Round - initial picks

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

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

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