1996 NPB Amateur Draft

The 1996 NPB draft was held November 21, 1996.

Pre-Draft - Reverse Draft Phase

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Hanshin Tigers	Makoto Imaoka	IF	Tokai University (Col.)
Yomiuri Giants	Yusaku Iriki	P	Honda (Ind)
Chiba Lotte Marines	Masaumi Shimizu	C	Aoyama Gakuin University (Col.)
Yokohama BayStars	Takeo Kawamura	P	ENEOS (Ind)
Hiroshima Carp	Toshikazu Sawazaki	P	Aoyama Gakuin University (Col.)
Daiei Hawks	Tadahito Iguchi	IF	Aoyama Gakuin University (Col.)
Orix Blue Wave	Yu Sugimoto	P	Tsukuba University (Col.)

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Katsuhiko Maekawa	P	PL Gakuen High School (HS)
Seibu Lions	Hiromasa Tamano	IF	Kobe Koryo Gakuen High School (HS)
Yakult Swallows	Akira Ito	P	Yamanashi Gakuin High School (HS))
Chunichi Dragons	Shinichiro Koyama	P	Akeno High School (HS)
Nippon Ham Fighters	Satoshi Yano	P	Teikyo Daigo High School (HS)