2025 NPB Amateur Draft

The 2025 NPB draft was held October 23, 2025. Rintaro Sasaki became the first player to be drafted from a foreign school in the first round.

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Rakuten Golden Eagles	Sota Fujiwara	P	Hanazono University (Col.)
Yokohama BayStars	Rintaro Sasaki	IF	Stanford University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Sasaki to Softbank
Orix Buffaloes	Genki Ishigaki	P	Takasaki University of Health and Welfare High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Ishigaki to Chiba Lotte
Chunichi Dragons	Masaki Nakanishi	P	Aoyama Gakuin University (Col.)
Seibu Lions	Taiga Kojima	C	Meiji University (Col.)
Hiroshima Carp	Masahiro Tateishi	IF	Hosei University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Tateishi to Hanshin
Chiba Lotte Marines	Genki Ishigaki	P	Takasaki University of Health and Welfare High School (HS)	Won lottery rights to Ishigaki over Orix
Hanshin Tigers	Masahiro Tateishi	IF	Hosei University (Col.)	Won lottery for Tateishi over Nippon Ham and Hiroshima
Nippon Ham Fighters	Masahiro Tateishi	IF	Hosei University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Tateishi to Hanshin
Yomiuri Giants	Kazuyuki Takemaru	P	Saginomiya (Ind)
Softbank Hawks	Rintaro Sasaki	IF	Stanford University (Col.)	Win lottery for Sasaki over Yokohama
Yakult Swallows	Ayuto Matsushita	IF	Hosei University (Col.)

First Round - redraft

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Yokohama BayStars	Koichiro Oda	IF	Aoyama Gakuin University (Col.)
Orix Buffaloes	Atsuya Fujikawa	P	Nobeoka Gakuen High School (HS)
Hiroshima Carp	Ren Hirakawa	OF	Sendai University (Col.)	Won lottery rights to Hirakawa over Nippon Ham
Nippon Ham Fighters	Ren Hirakawa	OF	Sendai University (HS)	Lost lottery for Hirakawa to Hiroshima

First Round - redraft part 2

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Nippon Ham Fighters	Jey Ohkawa	P	Meiji University (Col.)

Source: NPB.com