1980 NPB Amateur Draft

The 1980 NPB draft was held November 26, 1980.

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Yukio Takemoto	P	Nippon Steel Muroran (Ind)	Lost lottery for Takemoto to Yakult
Yokohama Taiyo Whales	Tatsunori Hara	IF	Tokai University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Hara to Yomiuri
Hankyu Braves	Hiromichi Ishige	IF	Prince Hotel (Ind)	Lost lottery for Ishige to Seibu
Chunichi Dragons	Takayoshi Nakao	C	Prince Hotel (Ind)
Seibu Lions	Hiromichi Ishige	IF	Prince Hotel (Ind)	Won lottery for Ishige over Hankyu
Hiroshima Carp	Tatsunori Hara	IF	Tokai University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Hara to Yomiuri
Lotte Orions	Takeshi Aiko	P	Yokohama High School (HS)
Hanshin Tigers	Yoshihiro Nakada	P	Nissan (Ind)
Nippon Ham Fighters	Tatsunori Hara	IF	Tokai University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Hara to Yomiuri
Yomiuri Giants	Tatsunori Hara	IF	Tokai University (Col.)	Won lottery for Hara over 3 teams
Nankai Hawks	Kazuhiro Yamauchi	P	Riccer (Ind)
Yakult Swallows	Yukio Takemoto	P	Nippon Steel Muroran (Ind)	Won lottery for Takemoto over Kintetsu

First Round - redraft

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Nippon Ham Fighters	Ikuo Takayama	P	Akita Municipal Commercial High School (HS)	Refused to sign
Yokohama Taiyo Whales	Shintaro Hirose	P	Mineyama High School (HS)
Hankyu Braves	Kazuaki Kawamura	P	Matsusho Gakuen High School (HS)	Refused to sign
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Yoshiaki Ishimoto	P	Takikawa High School (HS)
Hiroshima Carp	Kazuhisa Kawaguchi	P	DUPLO (Ind)