2018 NPB Amateur Draft

The 2018 NPB draft was held October 25, 2018.

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Rakuten Golden Eagles	Kyota Fujiwara	OF	Osaka Toin High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Fujiwara to Chiba Lotte
Yokohama BayStars	Kaito Kozono	IF	Hotoku Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Kozono to Hiroshima
Orix Buffaloes	Kaito Kozono	IF	Hotoku Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Kozono to Hiroshima
Chunichi Dragons	Akira Neo	IF/P	Osaka Toin High School (HS)	Won lottery rights for Neo over 3 teams
Seibu Lions	Wataru Matsumoto	P	Nippon Sport Science University (Col.)
Hiroshima Carp	Kaito Kozono	IF	Hotoku Gakuen High School (HS)	Won lottery for Kozono over 3 teams
Chiba Lotte Marines	Kyota Fujiwara	OF	Osaka Toin High School (HS)	Won lottery for Fujiwara over Rakuten and Hanshin
Hanshin Tigers	Kyota Fujiwara	OF	Osaka Toin High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Fujiwara to Chiba Lotte
Nippon Ham Fighters	Akira Neo	IF/P	Osaka Toin High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Neo to Chunichi
Yomiuri Giants	Akira Neo	IF/P	Osaka Toin High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Neo to Chunichi
Softbank Hawks	Kaito Kozono	IF	Hotoku Gakuen High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Kozono to Hiroshima
Yakult Swallows	Akira Neo	IF/P	Osaka Toin High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Neo to Chunichi

First Round - redraft

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Rakuten Golden Eagles	Ryosuke Tatsumi	OF	Ritsumeikan University (Col.)	Won lottery for Tatsumi over 3 teams
Orix Buffaloes	Ryo Ota	IF	Tenri High School (HS)
Yokohama BayStars	Nitaiga Kamichata	P	Toyo University (Col.)	Won lottery for Kamichata over Yakult
Hanshin Tigers	Ryosuke Tatsumi	OF	Ritsumeikan University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Tatsumi to Rakuten
Nippon Ham Fighters	Kosei Yoshida	P	Kanaashi Nogyo High School (HS)
Softbank Hawks	Ryosuke Tatsumi	OF	Ritsumeikan University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Tatsumi to Rakuten
Yomiuri Giants	Ryosuke Tatsumi	OF	Ritsumeikan University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Tatsumi to Rakuten
Yakult Swallows	Nitaiga Kamichata	P	Toyo University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Kamichata to Yokohama

First Round - redraft part 2

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Hanshin Tigers	Koji Chikamoto	OF	Osaka Gas (Ind)
Yomiuri Giants	Yuki Takahashi	P	Hachinohe Gakuin University (Col.)
Yakult Swallows	Noboru Shimizu	P	Kokugakuin University (Col.)
Softbank Hawks	Hiroshi Kaino	P	Toyo University (Col.)

Other notable selections

• Akiyoshi Katsuno (Chunichi, 3rd rnd), Ryoga Tomiyama (Orix, 4th rnd), Shosei Togo (Yomiuri, 6th rnd), Atsuki Yuasa (Hanshin, 6th rnd)

Source: NPB.com