1993 NPB Amateur Draft

The 1993 NPB draft was held November 20, 1993. It was the first year that the Reverse Draft System was used.

Pre-Draft - Reverse Draft Phase

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Yakult Swallows	Futoshi Yamabe	P	NTT Shikoku (Ind)
Seibu Lions	Takashi Ishii	P	Mitsubishi Yokohama (Ind)
Yomiuri Giants	Katsuhiro Mino	P	Tohoku Fukushi University (Col.)
Nippon Ham Fighters	Hiroyuki Sekine	P	Tohoku Fukushi University (Col.)
Hanshin Tigers	Keiichi Yabu	P	Asahi Life (Ind)
Daiei Hawks	Hidekazu Watanabe	P	Kanagawa University (Col.)
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Hiroki Sakai	P	Kokugakuin University (Col.)
Chiba Lotte Marines	Takayasu Kato	P	NTT Tohoku (Ind)
Yokohama BayStars	Ryuichi Kawahara	P	Kanto Gakuin University (Col.)

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Orix Blue Wave	Masafumi Hirai	P	Uwajima Higashi High School (HS)
Chunichi Dragons	Hiroshi Hirata	P	Toyota Otani High School (HS)
Hiroshima Carp	Masahito Yamane	P	Okayama Minami High School (HS)