2021 Nippon Professional Baseball Draft | |
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General information | |
Sport | Baseball |
Date(s) | October 11, 2021 |
Location | Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa, Tokyo |
Network(s) | TBS (first round), sky-A |
Sponsored by | Taisho Pharmaceutical |
Overview | |
128 total selections in 23 (Includes draft for developmental players) rounds | |
League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
First round selections | Chihiro Sumida Kenta Kozono |
The 2021 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 11, 2021, for the 57th 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 9th consecutive year since 2013.[1]