2016 NPB Amateur Draft

The 2016 NPB draft was held October 20, 2016.

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Rakuten Golden Eagles	Shoma Fujihira	P	Yokohama High School (HS)
Yokohama BayStars	Yuya Yanagi	P	Meiji University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Yanagi to Chunichi
Orix Buffaloes	Taisuke Yamaoka	P	Tokyo Gas (Ind)
Chunichi Dragons	Yuya Yanagi	P	Meiji University (Col.)	Win lottery for Yanagi over Yokohama
Seibu Lions	Tatsuya Imai	P	Sakushin Gakuin (HS)
Hiroshima Carp	Seigi Tanaka	P	Soka University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Tanaka to Softbank
Chiba Lotte Marines	Seigi Tanaka	P	Soka University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Tanaka to Softbank
Hanshin Tigers	Yusuke Ohyama	IF	Hakuoh University (Col.)
Nippon Ham Fighters	Seigi Tanaka	P	Soka University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Tanaka to Softbank
Yomiuri Giants	Seigi Tanaka	P	Soka University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Tanaka to Softbank
Softbank Hawks	Seigi Tanaka	P	Soka University (Col.)	Won five-way lottery for Tanaka's rights
Yakult Swallows	Naruki Terashima	P	Riseisha High School (HS)

First Round - redraft

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Yokohama BayStars	Chihaya Sasaki	P	J.F. Oberlin University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Sasaki to Chiba Lotte
Hiroshima Carp	Chihaya Sasaki	P	J.F. Oberlin University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Sasaki to Chiba Lotte
Nippon Ham Fighters	Chihaya Sasaki	P	J.F. Oberlin University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Sasaki to Chiba Lotte
Yomiuri Giants	Chihaya Sasaki	P	J.F. Oberlin University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Sasaki to Chiba Lotte
Chiba Lotte Marines	Chihaya Sasaki	P	J.F. Oberlin University (Col.)	Won lottery rights for Sasaki over 4 teams

First Round - redraft part 2

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Yokohama BayStars	Haruhiro Hamaguchi	P	Kanagawa University (Col.)
Hiroshima Carp	Takuya Kato	P	Keio University (Col.)
Nippon Ham Fighters	Mizuki Hori	P	Hiroshima Shinjo High School (HS)
Yomiuri Giants	Naoki Yoshikawa	IF	Chukyo Gakuin University (Col.)

Other notable selections

• Tomohito Sakai (Chiba Lotte, 2nd rnd), Yota Kyoda (Chunichi, 2nd rnd), Kazuki Tanaka (Rakuten, 3rd rnd), Sosuke Genda (Seibu, 3rd rnd), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Orix, 4th rnd), Soichiro Yamazaki (Orix, 6th rnd), Jen-Lei Liao (Yomiuri, 7th rnd), Keita Sano (Yokohama, 9th rnd), Yi Chang (Orix, 1st rd development phase)

Source: NPB.com