Draft 2024 Results (All 12 teams)

Central League Draft

Yomiuri Giants

Ishizuka Yusei

1. Kanemaru Yumeto LHP (Kansai University)

1. Ishizuka Yusei IF (Hanasaki Tokuharu)
2. Urata Shunsuke IF (Kyushu Sangyo University)
3. Aramaki Yu IF (Jobu University)
4. Ishida Jyuza RHP (Hokusei Gakuen Univ. HS)
5. Miyahara Shunsuke LHP (Tokai University Shizuoka Campus)

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Development List

1. Sakamoto Tatsuya C (Fuji University)
2. Horie Shotaro RHP (Bunsei Geidai HS) 
3. Suzuki Keishin RHP (Yokohama Sogakukan)
4. Fukita Shido RHP (Hirosaki Gakuin Seiai)
5. Nishikawa Ayumu LHP (Yamamura Gakuen)
6. Takeshita Raia IF (Meitoku Gijuku)

Hanshin Tigers

Ihara Takato

1. Kanemaru Yumeto LHP (Kansai University)

1. Ihara Takato LHP (NTT East)
2. Kesamaru Yuki RHP (Hotoku Gakuen)
3. Kinoshita Rito RHP (KMG Holdings)
4. Machida Hayato C (Saitama Musashi Heat Bears)
5. Sato Taiyo IF (Toyama GRN Thunderbirds)

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Development List
1. Kudo Taisei RHP (Tokushima Indigo Socks)
2. Shimamura Rinshiro C (Kochi Fighting Dogs)
3. Hayakawa Daiki RHP (Kufu Hayate Ventures)
4. Kawasaki Toshiaki IF (Ishikawa Million Stars)

DeNA Baystars

Takeda Yu

1. Kanemaru Yumeto LHP (Kansai University)

1. Takeda Yu RHP (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries West)

2. Shinogi Kentaro RHP (Hosei University)

3. Kato Hibiki IF (Tokushima Indigo Socks)

4. Wakamatsu Naoki RHP (Kochi Fighting Dogs)

5. Tanai Manato IF (Okayama Sanyo)

6. Sakaguchi Kasuga RHP (Kokugakuin University)

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Development List

1. Kobari Daiki OF (Nichidai Tsurugaoka)
2. Yoshioka Haru RHP (Anan Hikari)
3. Kanabuchi Koki LHP (Hachinohe Institute of Technology First HS)

Hiroshima Carp

Sasaki Tai

1. Muneyama Rui IF (Meiji University)

1. Sasaki Tai IF (Aoyama Gakuin University)

2. Sato Ryunosuke LHP (Fuji University)

3. Okamoto Shun RHP (Konan University)

4. Watanabe Yuto IF (Fuji University)

5. Kikuchi Harun RHP (Chiba Gakugei HS)

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Development List

1. Kobune Tsubasa RHP (Chitoku HS)

2. Takeshita Kaito LHP (Tsuruga Kehi)

3. Yasutake Toshiki C (Shizuoka University)

Yakult Swallows

Nakamura Yuto

1. Nakamura Yuto RHP (Aichi Institute of Technology)
2. Moiseev Nikita OF (Toyokawa HS)
3. Shoji Kouta LHP (Sega Sammy)
4. Tanaka Haruto IF (Kendai Takasaki)
5. Yano Taijirou C (Ehime Mandarin Pirates)

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Development List
1. Negishi Tatsunori IF (North Carolina A&T State University)
2. Hirosawa Yu RHP (Ehime Mandarin Pirates)
3. Shimokawa Shunsuke RHP (Oisix Niigata Albirex)
4. Matsumoto Ryunosuke C (Sakai Shrikes)

Chunichi Dragons

Kanemaru Yumeto

1. Kanemaru Yumeto LHP (Kansai University)
2. Yoshida Seiya LHP (Seino Express)
3. Mori Shunta IF (Toukou Gakuen)
4. Ishii Yuta C (Nippon Life)
5. Takahashi Kousuke LHP (Hokusho HS)
6. Arima Keito RHP (St. Catalina Gakuen)

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Develoment List
1. Nakamura Naiki IF (Miyazaki Shogyo)
2. Inoue Kenya RHP (Kagoshima Jitsugyo)

Pacific League Draft

Softbank Hawks

Murakami Taito

1. Muneyama Rui IF (Meiji University)

1. Shibata Reo RHP (Fukuoka Univ. Ohori HS)
1. Murakami Taito RHP (Kobe Koryo HS)
2. Shoji Yudai IF (Kanagawa University)
3. Antoku Shun RHP (Fuji University)
4. Uno Shinjirou IF (Waseda Jitsugyo)
5. Ishimi Souma IF (Aichi Institute of Technology Meiden HS)
6. Iwasaki Shunsuke RHP (Toyo University)

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Development List
1. Furukawa Ryo RHP (Nihon Gakuen)*
2. Sobukawa Zairen IF (Hamamatsu Shogyo)
3. Ohtomo Sou C (Ibaraki Astro Planets)
4. Hirose Yuki IF (Municipal Matsudo HS)
5. Kawano Shinichirou LHP (Miyazaki Gakuen)
6. Kawaguchi Toya RHP (Tokushima Indigo Socks)
7. Tsukayama Kenshirou RHP (Kobe Kokusai Dai Fuzoku HS)
8. Aihara Yuta RHP (Sendai University)
9. Okada Kouichirou RHP (Osaka Shogyo University)
10. Gyofu Kouha OF (Tohoku Fukushi University)
11. Kinoshita Hayato OF (Chiba Keidai Fuzoku HS)
12. Kumagai Taiga LHP (Toryo HS)
13. Shioji Dan RHP (Monzen HS)

Nippon Ham Fighters

Shibata Reo

1. Muneyama Rui IF (Meiji University)

1. Shibata Reo RHP (Fukuoka University Ohori HS)

2. Fujita Ryusei LHP (Tokaidai Sagami)

3. Asari Tamon RHP (Meiji University)

4. Shimizu Daiki RHP (Maebashi Shogyo)

5. Yamagata Shu IF (Waseda University)

6. Yamashiro Koutarou RHP (Hosei University)

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Development List

1. Kawakatsu Sorato RHP (Seikou Gakuen)

2. Shibuya Junki LHP (Obihiro Nogyo)

Chiba Lotte Marines

Nishikawa Misho

1. Nishikawa Misho OF (Aoyama Gakuin University)
2. Miyazaki Ryusei IF (Yamaha)
3. Ichijo Rikima RHP (Toyo University)
4. Sakai Haru RHP (Kanto Daiichi HS)
5. Hiroike Koushirou RHP (Tokai University Kyushu Campus)
6. Tatematsu Yu IF (Nippon Life)

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Development List
1. Tanimura Tsuyoshi IF (Wakayama Higashi)
2. Ibaraki Yuta RHP (Teikyo Nagaoka)
3. Nagashima Kousuke RHP (Fuji University)

Rakuten Eagles

Muneyama Rui

1. Muneyama Rui IF (Meiji University)

2. Tokuyama Kazuto LHP (International Pacific University)

3. Nakagomi Haruto RHP (Tokushima Indigo Socks)

4. Ehara Masahiro RHP (Nippon Steel Stainless)

5. Yoshino Tsubasa OF (Waseda University)
6. Yang Po-Hsiang IF (Ibaraki Astro Planets)

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Development List
1. Kishimoto Yuya IF (Nara University HS)

Orix Buffaloes

Mugitani Yusuke

1. Nishikawa Misho OF (Aoyama Gakuin University)

1. Mugitani Yusuke OF (Fuji University)
2. Teranishi Naruki RHP (Nippon Sports Science University)
3. Yamaguchi Reo RHP (Sendai Ikuei)
4. Yamanaka Ryoma C (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries East)
5. Higashiyama Reiji RHP (ENEOS)
6. Katayama Raiku RHP (NTT East)

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Development List
1. Imasaka Tomoki IF (Osaka Gakuin University HS)
2. Shimizu Musashi IF (Tochigi Golden Braves)
3. Uehara Taiga RHP (Hanasaki Tokuharu)
4. Teramoto Seiichi OF (Hiroshima Keizai University)
5. Tajima Kousuke C (Shinano Grandserows)
6. Inui Kento RHP (Kasumigaura HS) 

Seibu Lions

Saito Hiroto

1. Muneyama Rui IF (Meiji University)

1. Ishizuka Yusei IF (Hanasaki Tokuharu)

1. Saito Hiroto IF (Kanazawa HS)

2. Watanabe Seiya OF (Osaka Shogyo University)

3. Kariu Shoma RHP (Saiki Kakujou HS)

4. Lin Kwan-Chen OF (Japan University of Economics)

5. Shinohara Hibiki RHP (Fukui Kodai Fukui)

6. Tatsuyama Haruki C (Enagic Sports HS)

7. Koga Teruki IF (Chikumagawa Baseball Club)

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Development List

1. Fuji Yamato LHP (Omiya Higashi HS)

2. Sato Taiyou IF (Kanagawa University)

3. Ramal G. Ratanayake IF (Osaka Toin)

4. Sato Sou LHP (Seisa Dohto University)

5. Sawada Haruto OF (Kyoto International HS)

6. Fukuo Haruma IF (Gakuho Ishikawa HS)

7. Umebinyuo Okemu Mei OF (Asahikawa Shiho HS)

Note: This is a temporary list. There will be some correction update regarding the player's name or school's name soon.
Source: https://draft.npb.jp/draft/2024/

Japan University Baseball Tournaments Schedule in 2025

Photo: Aoyama Gakuin University PR

Through the reports from the meeting held by Japan Student Baseball Association and All Japan University Baseball Federation, they're releasing the notable dates for the tournaments that coming upward from next year. Below are the details of those dates that are released per 13 December.

Japan National Collegiate Baseball Championship 2025

Schedule

• Opening Ceremony: 8 June 2025
• Date: 9-15 June 2025
• Places: Meiji Jingu Stadium & Tokyo Dome
• Participants: Total of 27 teams are participating

Introduction

The Japan National Collegiate Baseball Championship is a tournament-style university baseball championship held every June at Meiji Jingu Baseball Stadium and Tokyo Dome. It is sponsored by the All Japan University Baseball Federation, and has been co-sponsored by the Yomiuri Shimbun since 2004. It is a designated tournament of the UNIVAS CUP.

USA VS Japan Collegiate All-Star Series 2025

Schedule

The 45th USA VS Japan Collegiate All-Star Series will be held through a series of 5 games in three different places in Japan.

• 8-9 July: Es Con Field Stadium, Hokkaido.
• 11-12 July: HARD OFF ECO Stadium, Niigata.
• 13 July: Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo.

Introduction

The USA VS Japan Collegiate All-Star Series is an annual competition between the United States and Japan in college baseball, held from late June to early July. It was previously held annually, but since the pandemic attacks from 2020, the tournament was postponed for a while until it's started again by 2023.

The USA VS Japan Collegiate All-Star Series began in 1972 with the aim of promoting friendship and developing university baseball. It is sponsored by the All Japan University Baseball Association and the Asahi Shimbun Company.

It is played every year in June or July, with five or seven rounds, and the venue basically alternates between the two countries. Many professional baseball players have come from this tournament as well.

Meiji Jingu Tournament 2025

Schedule

• Opening Ceremony: 13 November 2025
• Date: 14-19 November 2025
• Place: Meiji Jingu Stadium
• Participants: 11 University teams / 10 Highschool teams

Introduction

The Meiji Jingu Baseball Tournament is a student baseball tournament held every November at Meiji Jingu Baseball Stadium. It is sponsored by Meiji Jingu and the Japan Student Baseball Association.

Source
https://hochi.news/articles/20241213-OHT1T51196.html
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/06da55f08a598ce5f38b848a273febe3e7e0d32f?source=sns&dv=pc&mid=other&date=20241215&ctg=spo&bt=tw_up

INDEX: Japanese Baseball Terms

Made the index list for all baseball terms that often found in Japanese baseball, along with its Japanese words and romaji version. I copied this from my other blog in Daigaku Yakyu EN and will update it synchronously with the other post as well.

Note: This list is ordered by index ordering system, all ordered by symbols/numbers/alphabet.

• Between 1B & 2B area (一二塁間・ichiniruikan), usually heard when a ball/hit passed the area between first base and second base.
• Between 2B & SS area (二遊塁間・niyuukan), usually heard when a ball/hit passed the area between second base and shortstop's defense area.
• Between LF & CF area (左中間・sachuukan), usually heard when a ball/hit passed the area between left field and center field area.
• Between RF & CF area (右中間・uchuukan), usually heard when a ball/hit passed the area between left field and center field area.
• Between SS & 3B area (三遊塁間・sanyuukan), usually heard when a ball/hit passed the area between shortstop's defense area and third base.
• Card/Match-up (カード—kaado), commonly used terms in league games, a match-up combination between two teams and played in two games or more. If a team won two games in a card, that counted as one point.
• Catcher (キャッチャー・kyacchaa), player who catches the pitched ball. (marked with number 2)
• Center-fielder/Center/CF (センター／中堅手・sentaa/chuukenshu), player who plays defense in the center field area. (marked with number 8)
• Champion's Match (優勝決定戦—yūshō ketteisen), commonly known as a deciding match between two teams that had their points tied in the league, to decide who will be the winner of the league. In other terms, it's also being used in a "District Elimination Match" which decide who will representate the district/association in the Meiji Jingu Tournament.
• Designated Hitter/DH (指名打者一shimei dasha), a baseball player who bats in place of another position player, most commonly the pitcher. (Wikipedia) (marked with DH/指)
• Draw/tied/H (引分—hikiwake), when a game stays tied until the limit of innings that has been decided by the league's federation (mostly until 12-15 innings regarding each league's regulation). Both teams will play another game the next day to do a rematch.
• Exhibition Match (オープン戦―õpun-sen), a series of matches that are being held outside the official league games, usually held between seasonal leagues (summer/ fall)
• Fall League (秋季—shuuki), official league games that being held around fall/autumn season (August-November)
• First-baseman/First/1B (ファースト／一塁手・faasuto/ichiruishu), player who fields the area nearest first base. (marked with number 3)
• Keiji University Baseball League (京滋大学野球連盟—Keiji Daigaku Yakyuu Ren'mei), comes from the fusion of Kyoto (京都) & Shiga (滋賀) first kanji, and like the name it's a league consists of universities around Kyoto & Shiga
• Leaderboard/rankings/standings (順位表—jun'i-hyō), a list that shows the standings/rankings of teams in a league.
• Left-fielder/Left/LF (レフト／左翼手・refuto/sayokushu), player who plays defense in the left field area. (marked with number 7)
• Lose/L (敗戦—haisen), when a team lose a game against other team.
• Pitcher (ピッチャー・picchaa), player who pitches the ball. (marked with number 1)
• Points/P (勝点—shōten), points are earned by winning a card. This will determine a team's rank in the league.
• Relegation Match (入替戦—irekaesen), a match that will decide who will stay in the higher or lower division of the league. Usually exist in a league/federation that have many sub-leagues.
• Relief Pitcher/Reliever (中継ぎ―nakatsugi), a pitcher who pitches in the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher has been removed from the game due to fatigue, injury, ineffectiveness, ejection, high pitch count, or for other strategic reasons, such as inclement weather delays or pinch hitter substitutions. (Wikipedia)
• Right-fielder/Right/RF (ライト／右翼手・raito/uyokushu), player who plays defense in the right field area. (marked with number 9)
• Second-baseman/Second/2B (セカンド／二塁手・sekando/niruishu), player that works the fielding position in the infield, between second and first base. (marked with number 4)
• Shortstop/Short/SS (ショート／遊撃手・shooto/yuugekishu), player who fields the area between second base and third base. (marked with number 6)
• Sokeisen/Waseda-Keio Match (早慶戦—sōkeisen), a 'sacred' match-up card between Waseda University and Keio University. The name itself comes from the combination of Waseda (早稲田) and Keio (慶應) first kanji. The terms popularized first from the collegiate baseball category (Tokyo Big 6 Baseball League)
• Spring League (春季—shunki), official league games that being held around spring season (March-June)
• Starting Lineup (スタメンーsutamen, sutaachingu menbaa), a list of players that will be playing in the game first, named by the order of batting and the position.
• Third-baseman/Third/3B (サード／三塁手・saado/sanruishu), player whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base. (marked with number 5)
• Win/W (勝利—shōri), when a team won a game against other team.
• Winning Percentage (勝率—shōritsu), percentage rate of each team's winning rate that will be used to decide the winner of the league too if the points are tied with other team.