The 2023 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 26, , for the 59th 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 11th consecutive year since 2013.
This season's draft was held for the first time in four years with spectators in attendance. However, previously, free spectators were recruited through a lottery, but from now on, spectators will be recruited for a fee.
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 2023 Central League received the waiver priority. 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 RoundRyūki WataraiOutfielderDragons, BayStars, MarinesFirst RoundNatsuki TakeuchiPitcherSwallows, Lions, HawksFirst RoundYūhi NishidatePitcherFighters, GiantsFirst RoundHayato TsunehiroPitcherEagles, CarpSecond RoundShō KusakaPitcherDragons, MarinesSecond RoundYūgo MaedaPitcherEagles, HawksThird RoundHaruki HosonoPitcherFighters, Marines
Bolded teams indicate who won the right to negotiate contract following a lottery. In the first round, Kaito Shimomura (Pitcher) was selected by the Tigers, and Seiya Yokoyama (Infielder) by the Buffaloes without a bid lottery. In the second round, Kōta Nishidate (Pitcher) was selected by the Swallows without a bid lottery. In the third round, Tatsuki Koja (Pitcher) was selected by the Eagles without a bid lottery. In the fourth round, Kyūto Ueda (Infielder) was selected by the Marines.
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.
Chunichi Dragons PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Shō KusakaPitcherAsia University#2Keishi TsudaInfielderMitsubishi Heavy Industries East#3Rintarō TsujimotoInfielderSendai University#4Kōnosuke FukudaPitcherRiseisha High School#5Shōta HabuPitcherIbaraki Astro Planets#6Ryūma KatoPitcherToho GasDevelopmental Player Draft#1Tōki HiwatariCatcherIbaraki Astro Planets#2Towa KikutaPitcherEhime Mandarin Pirates#3Gōki OdaOutfielderTochigi Golden Braves#4Rii KawakamiOutfielderOita B-rings
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Haruki HosonoPitcherToyo University#2Yuya ShintohCatcherJobu University#3Kazuki MiyazakiOutfielderYamanashi Gakuin University#4Ryōsuke MyōseInfielderKagoshima Josei High School#5Hinode HoshinoOutfielderMaebashi Industrial High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Taiki HamadaInfielderKyoto International High School#2Daiju HirataOutfielderSeta Technical High School#3Yamato KatōPitcherTeikyo University Kani High School
Tokyo Yakult Swallows PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kōta NishidatePitcherSenshu University#2Kengo MatsumotoPitcherToyota#3Yūki IshiharaPitcherMeiji University#4Kyō SuzukiCatcherTokoha University Kikugawa High School#5Ryui ItohInfielderNiigata Albirex BCDevelopmental Player Draft#1Shōsei TakahashiPitcherNew Taipei Municipal Yingge Vocational High School#2Sōta TakanoInfielderMitoya High School
Saitama Seibu Lions PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Natsuki TakeuchiPitcherKokugakuin University#2Taiga UedaPitcherOsaka University of Commerce#3Haruki SugiyamaPitcherYokohama High School#4Haruse NaritaPitcherHirosaki Technical High School#5Taisei MiyazawaPitcherTokushima Indigo Socks#6Reon MurataInfielderKogakkan University#7Ryōta ItogawaPitcherENEOSDevelopmental Player Draft#1Kounosuke Joseph SinclairPitcherTokushima Indigo Socks#2Asahi TaniguchiInfielderTokushima Indigo Socks#3Masahiro KawashimoPitcherHakodate University Yuto High School#4Kōji KanekoInfielderSaitama Musashi Heat Bears#5Shōta KisePitcherKitasaga High School#6Kōichi OkumuraOutfielderGunma Diamond Pegasus
Yomiuri Giants PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Yūhi NishidatePitcherChuo University#2Shunya MoritaPitcherHonda Suzuka#3Shunsuke SasakiOutfielderHitachi#4Yūta IzuguchiInfielderNTT West#5Teppei MatakiPitcherNippon LifeDevelopmental Player Draft#1Katsuya MiuraPitcherTokyo International University#2Gen MurayamaInfielderKanoya Chuo High School#3Kisara UtsunomiyaInfielderEhime Mandarin Pirates#4Yūya TanoueInfielderNihon University Fujisawa High School#5Atsuki SonodaPitcherFukuoka Institute of Technology Jyoto High School#6Takahiro ChibaPitcherAsahikawa Meisei High School#7Kōta HirayamaOutfielderChiba Sky Sailors
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Tatsuki KojaPitcherToin University of Yokohama#2Haruto SakaiPitcherTakigawa Daini High School#3Naoki HinataPitcherTokai University Sugao High School#4Jumil Rikai WatersInfielderNihon Wellness Okinawa High School#5Takuma MatsudaPitcherOsaka Sangyo University#6Daisuke NakashimaOutfielderAoyama Gakuin University#7Seiya OhuchiPitcherNihon Wellness Miyagi High School#8Takumi AonoInfielderHimi High School
Yokohama DeNA Baystars PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Ryūki WataraiOutfielderENEOS#2Ryōto MatsumotoPitcherMeijo University#3Riku TakedaPitcherYamagata Chuo High School#4Taiki IshikamiInfielderToyo University#5Yutaro IshidaPitcherChuo University#6Kento InoueOutfielderTokushima Indigo SocksDevelopmental Player Draft#1Ikumi TakamizawaInfielderTsuruga Kehi High School #2Manato ShimizuPitcherJyutoku High School#3Sō OgasawaraInfielderKyoto Shoei High School#4Haruto ShōjiPitcherAomori University#5Taiga KondohPitcherSenshu University Kitakami High School
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Yūgo MaedaPitcherOsaka Tōin High School#2Shunsuke IwaiPitcherMeijo University#3Ryūta HiroseInfielderKeio University#4Kenichi MurataPitcherMeiji University#5Ryōtarō SawayanagiPitcherLoki Techno Toyama#6Ryō ŌyamaPitcherHigashi Nippon International University#7Yutarō FujitaCatcherFukuoka University Ohori High School Developmental Player Draft#1Shūya ŌizumiOutfielderFukushima RedHopes#2Yuwa MiyasatoPitcherTokyo University of Agriculture#3Kyōshirō SakuraInfielderKyushu International University High School #4Kōki NakazawaInfielderHachinohe Gakuin Kosei High School#5Kōtarō HoshinoPitcherKomazawa University#6Haruto FujiwaraPitcherIizuka High School#7Jumpei FujitaPitcherTokushima Indigo Socks#8Keishin NagamizuPitcherKyoto International High School
Hiroshima Toyo Carp PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Hayato TsunehiroPitcherAoyama Gakuin University#2Taichi TakaPitcherOsaka University of Commerce#3Kazuki TakitaPitcherSeisa Dohto University#4Yūto NakataInfielderOkinawa Shogaku High School#5Kento AkatsukaPitcherChukyo Gakuin UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Ken SugitaPitcherNihon University#2Keisuke SatoInfielderShizuoka University#3Mirai SugiharaPitcherKyoto International High School
Chiba Lotte Marines PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kyūto UedaInfielderMeiji University#2Hikaru OhtaniPitcherToyama GRN Thunderbirds#3Yūto KimuraPitcherKasumigaura High School #4Oto HayasakaPitcherMakuhari Sogo High School #5Ryusei TerachiCatcherMeitoku Gijyuku High School Developmental Player Draft#1Ryōta TakeuchiPitcherSeiryo High School#2Shinya MatsuishiPitcherToin High School#3Hikaru KōnoOutfielderToyama GRN Thunderbirds#4Kazuki FujitaOutfielderNobeoka Gakuen High School#5Kōnoshin ToyamaCatcherAizu Hokurei High School
Hanshin Tigers PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kaito ShimomuraPitcherAoyama Gakuin University#2Tsuyoshi ShiibaPitcherTokushima indigo socks#3Shūya YamadaInfielderSendai Ikuei High School#4Aoi MomosakiInfielderTokai University Kumamoto Seisyo High School#5Yūya IshiguroPitcherWest Japan Railway Company#6Junya TsudaPitcherOsaka University of EconomicsDevelopmental Player Draft#1Kai MatsubaraPitcherToyama GRN Thunderbirds#2Kein FukushimaOutfielderHakuoh University
Orix Buffaloes PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Seiya YokoyamaInfielderUeda Nishi High School#2Kōsuke KawachiPitcherSt. Catherine Gakuen High School#3Kaisei TōmatsuPitcherKyoei High School#4Shūna HoriCatcherHotoku Gakuen High School#5Taito TakashimaPitcherOji#6Seiryū KotajimaPitcherNippon Express#7Ryūsei GondaPitcherTDKDevelopmental Player Draft#1Hiroto SugaPitcherEimei High School #2Kaito OhePitcherKitakyushu Shimonoseki Phoenix#3Riku MiyaguniPitcherToho High School #4Taketo AshidaPitcherSaitama Musashi Heat Bears#5Sōta KawanoInfielderEhime Mandarin Pirates
References
External links 2023年プロ野球ドラフト会議 supported by リポビタンD - NPB.jp Nippon Professional Baseball