The 2021 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 11, , for the 57th time at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa to assign amateur baseball players to the NPB. It was arranged with the special cooperation of Taisho Pharmaceutical with official naming rights. The draft was officially called "The Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D ". It has been sponsored by Taisho Pharmaceutical for the 9th consecutive year since 2013.

Summary Only the first round picks will be done by bid lottery. from 2019, the Professional Baseball Executive Committee has decided that the Central League and the Pacific League will be given the second round of waiver priority alternately every other year, and in 2021 Central League received the waiver priority. And since it was held in the middle of the regular season, the second round of Waiver priority was decided according to the ranking as of October 10, the day before. From the third round the order was reversed continuing in the same fashion until all picks were exhausted. It ends when all teams are "selected" or when the total number of selected players reaches 120. Also, if the number of players has not reached 120, we will continue to hold a "developmental squad player selection meeting" with the participation of the desired team.

First Round Contested Picks Player namePositionTeams selected byFirst RoundChihiro SumidaPitcherLions, Carp, Giants, SwallowsFirst RoundKenta KozonoPitcherBaystars, TigersSecond RoundHikaru YamashitaPitcherCarp, Swallows

Bolded teams indicate who won the right to negotiate contract following a lottery. In the first round, Kota Tatsu (Pitcher) was selected by the Fighters, Kenta Bright (Outfielder) by the Dragons, Kyuta Kazama (Pitcher) by the Hawks, Soshi Yoshino (Outfielder) by the Eagles, Kou Matsukawa (Catcher) by the Marines, and Ren Mukunoki (Pitcher) by the Buffaloes without a bid lottery. In the second round, Taisei Ota (Pitcher) was selected by the Giants, and Daichi Moriki (Pitcher) by the Tigers without a bid lottery. In the thrird round, the last remaining the Carp, selected Takumi Kurohara (Pitcher) List of selected players.

Selected Players +Key*Player did not sign

The order of the teams is the order of second round waiver priority. Bolded After that, a developmental player who contracted as a registered player under control. List of selected players.

Yokohama DeNA Baystars PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kenta KozonoPitcherWakayama High School#2Sōma TokuyamaPitcherWaseda University#3Ryūnosuke AibaraInfielderTokyo Gattkan High School#4Ginji MiuraPitcherHosei University#5Ōsuke FukazawaPitcherSenshu University Matsudo High School#6Kōki KajiwaraOutfielderKanagawa UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Nagi MurakawaOutfielderTokushima Indigo Socks#2Naoya HigashideCatcherKomatsu Ohtani High School#3Takeru OhashiOutfielderIbaraki Astro Planets

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kota TatsuPitcherTenri High School#2Naoki ArizonoInfielderChiba Gakugei High School#3Tatsuki MizunoInfielderJR Shikoku#4Uta SakaguchiInfielderGifu Daiichi High School#5Kyosuke KuroyanagiPitcherChukyo University Chukyo High School#6Takehiro HasegawaPitcherKanazawa Gakuin University#7Keito MatsuuraPitcherOsaka Tōin High School#8Koki KitayamaPitcherKyoto Sangyo University#9Daigo KamikawabataInfielderNTT EastDevelopmental Player Draft#1Ren FukushimaPitcherHachinohe Nishi High School#2Takanari HayamizuCatcherGunma Diamond Pegasus#3Taisei YanagawaPitcherKyushu International University High School#4Kazuhiro AbeOutfielderHiratsuka Gakuen High School

Chunichi Dragons PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kenta BrightOutfielderJobu University#2Kosuke UkaiOutfielderKomazawa University#3Taisei IshimoriPitcherHinokuni Salamanders#4Taisei MiyaCatcherHanasaki Tokuharu High School#5Mao HoshinoInfielderToyohashi Chuo High School#6Yuma FukumotoOutfielderOsaka University of Commerce

Saitama Seibu Lions PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Chihiro SumidaPitcherNishinippon Institute of Technology#2Shunsuke SatoPitcherUniversity of Tsukuba#3Yūto KogaCatcherChuo University#4Shinnosuke HadaPitcherHachiouji High School#5Masaya KurodaPitcherHachinohe Institute of Technology Daiichi High School#6Seigo NakayamaInfielderHakuoh UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Takeru FuruichiCatcherTokushima Indigo Socks#2Natsuo TakizawaInfielderSekine Gakuen High School#3Shinya SugaiPitcherYamamoto Gakuen High School#4Keishin KawamuraOutfielderKokugakuin University

Hiroshima Toyo Carp PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Takumi KuroharaPitcherKwansei Gakuin University#2Shohei MoriPitcherMitsubishi Heavy Industries West#3Kento NakamuraOutfielderToyota#4Shunsuke TamuraOutfielderAichi Institute of Technology Meiden High School#5Ryuya MatsumotoPitcherHonda Suzuka#6Shota SuekaneOutfielderOsaka Gas#7Shoto TakagiCatcherGifu Commercial High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Soh ShinyaPitcherTanabe High School#2Seita MaekawaInfielderTsuruga Kehi High School#3Raisei NakamuraPitcherTakaoka Daiichi High School#4Rei SakataPitcherChubu Gakuin University

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kyuta KazamaPitcherNorth Asia University Meiou High School#2Tomoya MasakiOutfielderKeio University#3Taisei KimuraPitcherHokkai High School#4Isami NomuraInfielderNTT West#5Fuga OhtakePitcherTohoku Fukushi UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Keio FujinoInfielderTobata High School#2Yuto KawamuraOutfielderSendai University#3Sanshiro IzakiPitcherFukuoka High School#4Mizuki MiuraPitcherTohoku Fukushi University#5Leiri Hammond TanakaPitcherTeikyo Daigo High School#6Koki KatohPitcherTakigawa Daini High School#7Takuma YamasakiPitcherIwami Chisuikan High School#8Takuto SakumaCatcherTamura High School#9Keita YamamotoOutfielderMeisei University#10Sora KatohCatcherTomeikan High School#11Masaki TakimotoPitcherMunicipal Matsudo High School#12Yoshiki MishiroInfielderOita Commercial High School#13Takuma SatoPitcherNiigata University of Health and Welfare#14Keisuke NakataOutfielderFukuoka University

Yomiuri Giants PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Taisei OtaPitcherKansai University of International Studies#2Ryūsei YamadaPitcherJR East#3Yuji AkahoshiPitcherNihon University#4Hayato IshitaPitcherTokai University Sagami High School#5Yūki OkadaOutfielderHosei University#6Yamato ShirokiPitcherMeitoku Gijuku High School#7Yūki HanadaPitcherHiroshima Shinjo High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Yamato SuzukiOutfielderHokkai Gakuen University#2Ryūsei TakataPitcherIshikawa Million Stars#3Keita KamedaCatcherTokai University#4Misaki SasaharaOutfielderUeda Nishi High School#5Eiji KamouchiPitcherSoseikan High School#6Taiki KikuchiPitcherToin University of Yokohama#7Makoto KyōmotoPitcherMeiho High School#8Ryū TomidaPitcherShikoku Gakuin University#9Haruto KawasakiPitcherHomare High School#10Ryōya ŌtsuCatcherHokkai High School

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Soshi YoshinoOutfielderShohei High School#2Yuma YasudaCatcherAichi University#3Ginji MaedaOutfielderMishima Minami High School#4Katsutoshi TaiPitcherKamimura Gakuen High School#5Tomotaka MatsuiPitcherKanazawa Gakuin University#6Masaya NishigakiPitcherWaseda University#7Kazuki YoshikawaPitcherJFE West JapanDevelopmental Player Draft#1Satoshi MiyamoriPitcherKochi Fighting Dogs#2Ozora YanagisawaOutfielderNihon University Fujisawa High School#3Sho OkawaraOutfielderTokai University Yamagata High School

Hanshin Tigers PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Daichi MorikiPitcherKochi High School#2Yuto SuzukiPitcherSoka University#3Takuma KirishikiPitcherNiigata University of Health and Welfare#4Ukyo MaegawaOutfielderChiben Gakuen High School#5Hidetaka OkadomePitcherAsia University#6Hiroshi ToyodaOutfielderHitachi#7Hayato NakagawaCatcherKyoto International High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Ryo ItohPitcherChukyo University

Chiba Lotte Marines PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kou MatsukawaCatcherWakayama High School#2Raito IkedaInfielderKokushikan University#3Atsuya HirohataPitcherMitsubishi Motors Kurashiki Oceans#4Seiun AkiyamaPitcherNishogakusha University High School#5Akira YagiPitcherMitsubishi Heavy Industries WestDevelopmental Player Draft#1Fuki TanakaPitcherAsahikawa Jitsugyo High School#2Shota HayamizuInfielderToyama GRN Thunderbirds#3Kirato NagashimadaPitcherTachibana Gakuen High School#4Ryosuke MurayamaCatcherMakuhari Sougou High School

Tokyo Yakult Swallows PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Hikaru YamashitaPitcherHosei University#2Kazuya MaruyamaOutfielderMeiji University#3Daichi ShibataPitcherNippon Express#4Kōtarō KomoriInfielderUbe Technical High School#5Hyuga TakeyamaPitcherKyoei High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Yukihiro IwataOutfielderShinano Grandserows

Orix Buffaloes PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Ren MukunokiPitcherTohoku Fukushi University#2Tomoya NoguchiInfielderKansai University#3Sho FukunagaCatcherKokugakuin University#4Haruto WatanabeOutfielderKeio University#5Ryoma IkedaOutfielderOsaka Toin High School#6Kaede YokoyamaPitcherSega Sammy#7Atsuya KogitaPitcherTDKDevelopmental Player Draft#1Takayuki YamanakaOutfielderIbaraki Astro Planets#2Keita SonobeInfielderFukushima RedHopes#3Kosei OhsatoInfielderTohoku Fukushi University

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