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2023 Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2023 Nippon Professional Baseball Draft
General information
SportBaseball
Date(s)October 26, 2023
LocationGrand Prince Hotel Takanawa, Tokyo
Network(s)TBS (first round), sky-A
Sponsored byTaisho Pharmaceutical
Overview
122 total selections in 16 (Includes draft for developmental players) rounds
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
First round selectionsRyūki Watarai, Natsuki Takeuchi
(3 teams a bid lottery.)
Yūhi Nishidate, Hayato Tsunehiro
(2 teams a bid lottery.)
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The 2023 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 26, 2023, for the 59th time at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa to assign amateur baseball players to the NPB.[1] 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 ".[1] It has been sponsored by Taisho Pharmaceutical for the 11th consecutive year since 2013.[1]

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.[2]


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.[3] From the third round the order was reversed continuing in the same fashion until all picks were exhausted.[4] 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.[4]

First Round Contested Picks

Player Name Position Teams Selected by
First Round Ryūki Watarai Outfielder Dragons, BayStars, Marines
First Round Natsuki Takeuchi Pitcher Swallows, Lions, Hawks
First Round Yūhi Nishidate Pitcher Fighters, Giants
First Round Hayato Tsunehiro Pitcher Eagles, Carp
Second Round Shō Kusaka Pitcher Dragons, Marines
Second Round Yūgo Maeda Pitcher Eagles, Hawks
Third Round Haruki Hosono Pitcher Fighters, 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.[5]

Selected Players

Key
* Player did not sign

Chunichi Dragons

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Shō Kusaka Pitcher Asia University
#2 Keishi Tsuda Infielder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries East
#3 Rintarō Tsujimoto Infielder Sendai University
#4 Kōnosuke Fukuda Pitcher Riseisha High School
#5 Shōta Habu Pitcher Ibaraki Astro Planets
#6 Ryūma Kato Pitcher Toho Gas
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Tōki Hiwatari Catcher Ibaraki Astro Planets
#2 Towa Kikuta Pitcher Ehime Mandarin Pirates
#3 Gōki Oda Outfielder Tochigi Golden Braves
#4 Rii Kawakami Outfielder Oita B-rings

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Haruki Hosono Pitcher Toyo University
#2 Yuya Shintoh Catcher Jobu University
#3 Kazuki Miyazaki Outfielder Yamanashi Gakuin University
#4 Ryōsuke Myōse Infielder Kagoshima Josei High School
#5 Hinode Hoshino Outfielder Maebashi Industrial High School
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Taiki Hamada Infielder Kyoto International High School
#2 Daiju Hirata Outfielder Seta Technical High School
#3 Yamato Katō Pitcher Teikyo University Kani High School

Tokyo Yakult Swallows

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Kōta Nishidate Pitcher Senshu University
#2 Kengo Matsumoto Pitcher Toyota
#3 Yūki Ishihara Pitcher Meiji University
#4 Kyō Suzuki Catcher Tokoha University Kikugawa High School
#5 Ryui Itoh Infielder Niigata Albirex BC
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Shōsei Takahashi Pitcher New Taipei Municipal Yingge Vocational High School
#2 Sōta Takano Infielder Mitoya High School

Saitama Seibu Lions

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Natsuki Takeuchi Pitcher Kokugakuin University
#2 Taiga Ueda Pitcher Osaka University of Commerce
#3 Haruki Sugiyama Pitcher Yokohama High School
#4 Haruse Narita Pitcher Hirosaki Technical High School
#5 Taisei Miyazawa Pitcher Tokushima Indigo Socks
#6 Reon Murata Infielder Kogakkan University
#7 Ryōta Itogawa Pitcher ENEOS
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Kounosuke Joseph Sinclair Pitcher Tokushima Indigo Socks
#2 Asahi Taniguchi Infielder Tokushima Indigo Socks
#3 Masahiro Kawashimo Pitcher Hakodate University Yuto High School
#4 Kōji Kaneko Infielder Saitama Musashi Heat Bears
#5 Shōta Kise Pitcher Kitasaga High School
#6 Kōichi Okumura Outfielder Gunma Diamond Pegasus

Yomiuri Giants

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Yūhi Nishidate Pitcher Chuo University
#2 Shunya Morita Pitcher Honda Suzuka
#3 Shunsuke Sasaki Outfielder Hitachi
#4 Yūta Izuguchi Infielder NTT West
#5 Teppei Mataki Pitcher Nippon Life
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Katsuya Miura Pitcher Tokyo International University
#2 Gen Murayama Infielder Kanoya Chuo High School
#3 Kisara Utsunomiya Infielder Ehime Mandarin Pirates
#4 Yūya Tanoue Infielder Nihon University Fujisawa High School
#5 Atsuki Sonoda Pitcher Fukuoka Institute of Technology Jyoto High School
#6 Takahiro Chiba Pitcher Asahikawa Meisei High School
#7 Kōta Hirayama Outfielder Chiba Sky Sailors

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Tatsuki Koja Pitcher Toin University of Yokohama
#2 Haruto Sakai Pitcher Takigawa Daini High School
#3 Naoki Hinata Pitcher Tokai University Sugao High School
#4 Jumil Rikai Waters Infielder Nihon Wellness Okinawa High School
#5 Takuma Matsuda Pitcher Osaka Sangyo University
#6 Daisuke Nakajima Outfielder Aoyama Gakuin University
#7 Seiya Ohuchi Pitcher Nihon Wellness Miyagi High School
#8 Takumi Aono Infielder Himi High School

Yokohama DeNA Baystars

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Ryūki Watarai Outfielder ENEOS
#2 Ryōto Matsumoto Pitcher Meijo University
#3 Riku Takeda Pitcher Yamagata Chuo High School
#4 Taiki Ishigami Infielder Toyo University
#5 Yutarō Ishida Pitcher Chuo University
#6 Kento Inoue Outfielder Tokushima Indigo Socks
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Ikumi Takamizawa Infielder Tsuruga Kehi High School
#2 Manato Shimizu Pitcher Jyutoku High School
#3 Sō Ogasawara Infielder Kyoto Shoei High School
#4 Haruto Shōji Pitcher Aomori University
#5 Taiga Kondoh Pitcher Senshu University Kitakami High School

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Yūgo Maeda Pitcher Osaka Tōin High School
#2 Shunsuke Iwai Pitcher Meijo University
#3 Ryūta Hirose Infielder Keio University
#4 Kenichi Murata Pitcher Meiji University
#5 Ryōtarō Sawayanagi Pitcher Loki Techno Toyama
#6 Ryō Ōyama Pitcher Higashi Nippon International University
#7 Yutarō Fujita Catcher Fukuoka University Ohori High School
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Shūya Ōizumi Outfielder Fukushima RedHopes
#2 Yuwa Miyasato Pitcher Tokyo University of Agriculture
#3 Kyōshirō Sakura Infielder Kyushu International University High School
#4 Kōki Nakazawa Infielder Hachinohe Gakuin Kosei High School
#5 Kōtarō Hoshino Pitcher Komazawa University
#6 Haruto Fujiwara Pitcher Iizuka High School
#7 Jumpei Fujita Pitcher Tokushima Indigo Socks
#8 Keishin Nagamizu Pitcher Kyoto International High School

Hiroshima Toyo Carp

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Hayato Tsunehiro Pitcher Aoyama Gakuin University
#2 Taichi Taka Pitcher Osaka University of Commerce
#3 Kazuki Takita Pitcher Seisa Dohto University
#4 Yūto Nakata Infielder Okinawa Shogaku High School
#5 Kento Akatsuka Pitcher Chukyo Gakuin University
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Ken Sugita Pitcher Nihon University
#2 Keisuke Sato Infielder Shizuoka University
#3 Mirai Sugihara Pitcher Kyoto International High School

Chiba Lotte Marines

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Kyūto Ueda Infielder Meiji University
#2 Hikaru Ohtani Pitcher Toyama GRN Thunderbirds
#3 Yūto Kimura Pitcher Kasumigaura High School
#4 Oto Hayasaka Pitcher Makuhari Sogo High School
#5 Ryusei Terachi Catcher Meitoku Gijyuku High School
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Ryōta Takeuchi Pitcher Seiryo High School
#2 Shinya Matsuishi Pitcher Toin High School
#3 Hikaru Kōno Outfielder Toyama GRN Thunderbirds
#4 Kazuki Fujita Outfielder Nobeoka Gakuen High School
#5 Kōnoshin Toyama Catcher Aizu Hokurei High School

Hanshin Tigers

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Kaito Shimomura Pitcher Aoyama Gakuin University
#2 Tsuyoshi Shiiba Pitcher Tokushima indigo socks
#3 Shūya Yamada Infielder Sendai Ikuei High School
#4 Aoi Momosaki Infielder Tokai University Kumamoto Seisyo High School
#5 Yūya Ishiguro Pitcher West Japan Railway Company
#6 Junya Tsuda Pitcher Osaka University of Economics
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Kai Matsubara Pitcher Toyama GRN Thunderbirds
#2 Kein Fukushima Outfielder Hakuoh University

Orix Buffaloes

Pick Player Name Position Team
#1 Seiya Yokoyama Infielder Ueda Nishi High School
#2 Kōsuke Kawachi Pitcher St. Catherine Gakuen High School
#3 Kaisei Tōmatsu Pitcher Kyoei High School
#4 Shūna Hori Catcher Hotoku Gakuen High School
#5 Taito Takashima Pitcher Oji
#6 Seiryū Kotajima Pitcher Nippon Express
#7 Ryūsei Gonda Pitcher TDK
Developmental Player Draft
#1 Hiroto Suga Pitcher Eimei High School
#2 Kaito Ohe Pitcher Kitakyushu Shimonoseki Phoenix
#3 Riku Miyaguni Pitcher Toho High School
#4 Taketo Ashida Pitcher Saitama Musashi Heat Bears
#5 Sōta Kawano Infielder Ehime Mandarin Pirates

References

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  3. ^ "Daily Sports baseball news ドラフトウエーバー指名順 1年おきにセ・パ入れ替え 現役ドラフトは継続審議". Daily Sports (in Japanese). September 3, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Nippon Professional Baseball 2023年 プロ野球ドラフト会議 supported by リポビタンD 選択手順". NPB.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "2023 Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D 選択選手一覧". NPB.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved December 14, 2023.
Preceded by
2022 		Nippon Professional Baseball draft Succeeded by
2024
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