The 2022 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 20, , for the 58th time at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa to assign amateur baseball players to the NPB. 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 ". It has been sponsored by Taisho Pharmaceutical for the 10th consecutive year since 2013.
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 2022 Pacific League received the waiver priority. From the third round the order was reversed continuing in the same fashion until all picks were exhausted. 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.
First Round Contested Picks Player namePositionTeams selected byFirst RoundKosei ShojiPitcherEagles, MarinesFirst RoundShōgo AsanoPitcherGiants, Tigers
Bolded teams indicate who won the right to negotiate contract following a lottery. In the first round, Kota Yazawa (Outfielder) was selected by the Fighters, Reia Nakachi (Pitcher) by the Dragons, Yuta Saito (Pitcher) by the Carp, Takuya Hiruma (Outfielder) by the Lions, Ihine Itsua (Intfielder) by the Hawks, Shion Matsuo (Catcher) by the BayStars, Ryuhei Sotani (Pitcher) by the Buffaloes, and Kojiro Yoshimura (Pitcher) by the Swallows without a bid lottery. In the second round, Riku Kikuchi (Pitcher) was selected by the Marines, and Shota Morishita (Pitcher) by the Tigers without a bid lottery.
List of selected players.
Selected Players +Key*Player did not sign
The order of the teams is the order of second round waiver priority. Bolded After that, a developmental player who contracted as a registered player under control. List of selected players.
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kota YazawaPitcherNippon Sport Science University#2Shōma KanemuraPitcherFuji University#3Gosuke KatohInfielderNew York Mets#4Kanato AnzaiPitcherTokoha University Kigugawa High School#5Taiki NaramaInfielderRissho University#6Haruki MiyauchiPitcherNippon Paper Industries IshinomakiDevelopmental Player Draft#1Taisei FujitaOutfielderHanasaki Tokuharu High School#2Terukazu NakayamaPitcherTokushima Indigo Socks#3Ataru YamaguchiOutfielderUniversity of Texas at Tyler#4Kōdai YamamotoPitcherShinano Grandserows
Chunichi Dragons PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Reia NakachiPitcherOkinawa University#2Kaito MuramatsuInfielderMeiji University#3Akio MoriyamaPitcherAnan Hikari High School#4Ryūnosuke YamaasaCatcherSeiko Gakuin High School#5Shōnosuke HamaInfielderFukui NEXUS Elephants#6Mikiya TanakaInfielderAsia University#7Hiroki FukunagaInfielderNippon ShinyakuDevelopmental Player Draft#1Shinya MatsuyamaPitcherHachinohe Gakuin University#2Tento NonakaPitcherNorth Asia University Meiou High School#3Seishū HiguchiInfielderSaitama Musashi Heat Bears
Chiba Lotte Marines PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Riku KikuchiPitcherSenshu University#2Atsuki TomosugiInfielderTenri University#3Haruya TanakaPitcherNihon Bunri High School #4Shūta TakanoPitcherNippon Express#5Yūta KanedaInfielderUrawa Gakuin High School Developmental Player Draft#1Yūto YoshikawaPitcherUrawa Reimei High School#2Kaiki ShirahamaPitcherIizuka High School#3Rui KatsumataInfielderFujinomiya Higashi High School#4Kaisei KurokawaInfielderGakuho Ishikawa High School
Hiroshima Toyo Carp PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Yūta SaitōPitcherTomakomai Chuo High School#2Shōta UchidaInfielderTone Commercial High School#3Takehisa MasudaPitcherTokyo Gas#4Kanato ShimizuCatcherTakasaki University of Health and Welfare Takasaki High School#5Kei KawanoPitcherOsaka Gas#6Ginji HasebePitcherToyota#7Shū KuboOutfielderOsaka University of TourismDevelopmental Player Draft#1Norihiko NabaraOutfielderAomori University#2Takahiro NakamuraOutfielderKyushu Sangyo University#3Taiga TsujiPitcherNishogakusha University High School
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kosei ShojiPitcherRikkyo University#2Ryuji KomagoPitcherSaginomiya Seisakusyo#3Shota WatanabePitcherKyushu Sangyo University#4Mao ItohPitcherTokyo University of Agriculture Okhotsk#5Ryūya TairaInfielderNTT West#6Yūki HayashiPitcherSeino TransportationDevelopmental Player Draft#1Kōnosuke TatsumiInfielderSeinan Gakuin University#2Kōsei KogaPitcherShimonoseki International High School#3Akihiro TakeshitaPitcherHakodate University#4Sōtarō NagataInfielderNational Taiwan University of Sport
Yomiuri Giants PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Shōgo AsanoOutfielderTakamatsu Commercial High School#2Masaya HagioOutfielderKeio University#3Chiharu TanakaPitcherKokugakuin University#4Makoto KadowakiInfielderSōka University#5Hiromasa FunabasamaPitcherSeino TransportationDevelopmental Player Draft#1Hayate MatsuiPitcherMeisei University#2Tomoki TamuraPitcherSakata Minami High School#3Yusefu YoshimuraPitcherMeitoku Gijyuku High School#4Ayumu NakataInfielderTouoh Gijyuku High School#5Hakuto AizawaInfielderToin Gakuen High School#6Rui MitsukaOutfielderKiryu Daiichi High School#7Gen OhshiroOutfielderMirai Okinawa High School#8Rio KitamuraPitcherKiryu Daiichi High School#9Tessei MorimotoPitcherMunicipal Funabashi High School
Saitama Seibu Lions PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Takuya HirumaOutfielderWaseda University#2Yudai FurukawaOutfielderSaeki Kakujyo High School#3Kaito NodaCatcherKyushu Sangyo University High School#4Minato AoyamaPitcherAsia University#5Haruto YamadaPitcherOmi High School#6Ryōsuke KodamaInfielderOsaka GasDevelopmental Player Draft#1Kazuki NomuraInfielderIshikawa Million Stars#2Montel HigumaOutfielderTokushima Indigo Socks#3Daiki MiuraPitcherChukyo University#4Ryōsuke KoresawaCatcherHosei University
Hanshin Tigers PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Shota MorishitaOutfielderChuo University#2Keito MonbetsuPitcherTokai University High School#3Hinase ItsuboOutfielderKanto Daiichi High School#4Hidetoshi IbaragiPitcherTeikyo Nagaoka High School#5Reiji ToiInfielderTenri High School#6Ren TomidaPitcherMitsubishi Motors OkazakiDevelopmental Player Draft#1Kyosuke NoguchiOutfielderKyushu Sangyo University
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Ihine ItsuaInfielderNorth Asia University Homare High School#2Ryosuke OhtsuPitcherNippon Steel Kashima#3Ikumi KaiOutfielderTohoku Fukushi University#4Kazuo OhnoPitcherOshima High School#5Haru MatsumotoPitcherAsia University#6Kengo YoshidaCatcherToin University of YokohamaDevelopmental Player Draft#1Ren AkabaPitcherKasumigaura High School#2kyogo YamashitaInfielderFukuoka University High School#3Hikaru KimuraPitcherBukkyo University#4Kaito UchinoPitcherTakeda High School#5Junpei OkauePitcherShikama industry High School#Akito SasakiPitcherShoin Gakuen Fukushima High School#7Souta MinakuchiPitcherKyoto University#8Hayto MiyazakiPitcherTokyo University of Agriculture#9Kaito ShigematsuOutfielderAsia University#10Jun MaedaPitcherNippon Bunri University#11Kota SatoInfielderHachinohe Gakuin Kosei High School#12Yusei TobitaInfielderKanazawa High School#13Ayuma NishioPitcherChukyo Gakuin University#14Ryota MorishimaCatcherKonan High School
Yokohama DeNA Baystars PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Shion MatsuoCatcherOsaka Toin High School#2Teruki YoshinoPitcherToyota#3Takuma HayashiInfielderKomazawa University#4Ryūdai MorishitaPitcherKyoto International#5Tatsuya HashimotoPitcherKeio UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Ryota JōkōCatcherEhime Mandarin Pirates#2Ren SuzukiInfielderShiga Gakuen High School#3Ryuto KonnoPitcherTokyo City University Shiojiri High School#4Aki WatanabePitcherIbaraki Astro Planets#5Haruto KusanoPitcherHigashi Nippon International University Shohei High School
Orix Buffaloes PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Ryuhei SotaniPitcherHakuoh University#2Hō NaitoInfielderJapan Aviation High School Ishikawa#3Kyōsuke SaitōPitcherMorioka Chuo High School#4Ryū SugisawaOutfielderTohoku Fukushi University#5Atsumi HidakaPitcherTomishima High SchoolDevelopmental Player Draft#1Yūsei NishihamaPitcherGunma Diamond Pegasus#2Kaito SaikiPitcherOsaka University of Economics#3Kaito IriyamaPitcherTohoku Fukushi University#4Tokumasa ChanoOutfielderTokushima Indigo Socks#5Kyōichirō MurakamiCatcherHosei University
Tokyo Yakult Swallows PickPlayer namePositionTeam#1Kojiro YoshimuraPitcherToshiba#2Ruito NishimuraOutfielderKyoto University of Foreign Studies West High School#3Ren SawaiOutfielderChukyo University#4Takumi SakamotoPitcherUbe Technical High School#5Keigo KitamuraInfielderChuo UniversityDevelopmental Player Draft#1Seiya HashimotoCatcherChuo Gakuin University
References
External links 2022年プロ野球ドラフト会議 supported by リポビタンD - NPB.jp Nippon Professional Baseball