2023 NPB Amateur Draft

The 2023 NPB draft was held October 26, 2023.

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Rakuten Golden Eagles	Hayato Tsunehiro	P	Aoyama Gakuin University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Tsunehiro to Hiroshima
Yokohama BayStars	Ryuki Watarai	OF	ENEOS (Ind)	Won lottery rights to Watarai over Chunichi and Chiba Lotte
Orix Buffaloes	Seiya Yokoyama	IF	Ueda Nishi High School (HS)
Chunichi Dragons	Ryuki Watarai	OF	ENEOS (Ind)	Lost lottery for Watarai to Yokohama
Seibu Lions	Natsuki Takeuchi	P	Kokugakuin University (Col.)	Won lottery rights to Takeuchi over Softbank and Yakult
Hiroshima Carp	Hayato Tsunehiro	P	Aoyama Gakuin University (Col.)	Won lottery rights to Tsunehiro over Rakuten
Chiba Lotte Marines	Ryuki Watarai	OF	ENEOS (Ind)	Lost lottery for Watarai to Yokohama
Hanshin Tigers	Kaito Shimomura	P	Aoyama Gakuin University (Col.)
Nippon Ham Fighters	Yuhi Nishidate	P	Chuo University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Nishidate to Yomiuri
Yomiuri Giants	Yuhi Nishidate	P	Chuo University (Col.)	Won lottery rights to Nishidate over Nippon Ham
Softbank Hawks	Natsuki Takeuchi	P	Kokugakuin University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Takeuchi to Seibu
Yakult Swallows	Natsuki Takeuchi	P	Kokugakuin University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Takeuchi to Seibu

First Round - redraft

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Chiba Lotte Marines	Sho Kusaka	P	Asia University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Kusaka to Chunichi
Chunichi Dragons	Sho Kusaka	P	Asia University (Col.)	Won lottery rights to Kusaka over Chiba Lotte
Rakuten Golden Eagles	Yugo Maeda	P	Osaka Toin High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Maeda to Softbank
Softbank Hawks	Yugo Maeda	P	Osaka Toin High School (HS)	Won lottery rights to Maeda over Nippon Ham and Rakuten
Yakult Swallows	Kota Nishidade	P	Senshu University (Col.)
Nippon Ham Fighters	Yugo Maeda	P	Osaka Toin High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Maeda to Softbank

First Round - redraft part 2

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Chiba Lotte Marines	Haruki Hosono	P	Toyo University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Hosono to Nippon Ham
Rakuten Golden Eagles	Tatsuki Koja	P	Toin University of Yokohama (Col.)
Nippon Ham Fighters	Haruki Hosono	P	Toyo University (Col.)	Won lottery for Hosono over Chiba Lotte

First Round - redraft part 3

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Chiba Lotte Marines	Kyuto Ueda	IF	Meiji University (Col.)

Source: NPB.com