| 2023 Nippon Professional Baseball Draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Date(s) | October 26, 2023 |
| Location | Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa, Tokyo |
| Network(s) | TBS (first round), sky-A |
| Sponsored by | Taisho Pharmaceutical |
| Overview | |
| 122 total selections in 16 (Includes draft for developmental players) rounds | |
| League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
| First round selections | Ryūki Watarai, Natsuki Takeuchi (3 teams a bid lottery.) Yūhi Nishidate, Hayato Tsunehiro (2 teams a bid lottery.) |
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]