On October 23rd, the '2025 Pro baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D' was held.

Saitama Seibu caught Meiji University and Taiga Kojima as announced in advance, and Tohoku Rakuten caught one line from Hanazono University and Sota Fujiwara pitcher. Chiba Lotte Marines and Orix competed at Kendai Takasaki High School and Genki Ishigaki pitcher, and the new coach Saburo won the lottery. Fukuoka Softbank After competing with Yokohama DeNA, Stanford University's Rintaro Sasaki won the right to negotiate.

Orix nominated Nobeoka Gakuen High School, Atsuya Fujikawa pitcher. Soka University, Masahiro Tateishi, who excluded the three team competitions, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham then selected Sendai University, Ren Hirakawa, but competed with Hiroshima and missed, and Meiji University, Okawa Jiei pitcher was nominated.

Pacific League The first nominated players of the six teams are as follows.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham: Okawa Jiei pitcher
Affiliation: Meiji University
Pitching: Right-handed hitter
Height and weight: 180cm, 75kg

◇Scout Comments
"He is expected to be an immediate force with a fast right-hander with a maximum speed of 155 km/h. He has a strong pitch style based on a powerful fastball that is more intimidating than the speed of the ball. One of the attractions is that it can boldly attack the inside corner of the hitter, and the high strike out rate in combination with the exquisite breaking ball is also one of its charms. All four years of college were relief appearances, and his experience in winning games is by far the best."

Tohoku Rakuten: Fujiwara Sota pitcher
Affiliation: Hanazono University
Pitching: Right-handed hitter
Height and weight: 178cm, 73kg

◇Scout Comments
"No. 1 university student in the area with a maximum fastball of 154 km/h and a sharp slider pitcher attractive"

Saitama Seibu: Kojima Taiga catcher
Affiliation: Meiji University
Pitching: Right-handed hitter
Height and weight: 178cm, 83kg

◇Scout Comments
"It's a catcher that can hit with bat control."

Chiba Lotte Marines: Genki Ishigaki pitcher
Affiliation: Kendai Takasaki High School
Pitching: Right-handed hitter
Height and weight: 180cm, 78kg

◇Scout Comments
"After winning the 2024 selection tournament, he participated in Koshien for four consecutive seasons, was selected for the U-18 Samurai Japan, and contributed to winning the silver medal as the ace of the Japan team. A strong arm that attracted attention from MLB pitcher. With the impression that it is the strongest pitcher of the generation, overwhelming the hitter with a fastball of 158km/h, in addition to a speedball, it has advanced pitch technology that weaves a variety of breaking ball, and although it is a high school student, it can be said that it is the No. 1 amateur even in college and working pitcher.

Although it is a material that can be used as a starting lineup in the future, it has multiple types of high-level inning shots, and short stop inning In particular, it has the characteristics of a closer and has the skills to adapt to any position in the needs of the team, so I am confident that it is a material that can become a first-team force in the first year of joining the team at an early stage. Also, since he is a character that people like, I am sure that he will become the face of The Marines in the future."

Orix: Atsuya Fujikawa pitcher
Affiliation: Nobeoka Gakuen High School
Pitching: Right-handed hitter
Height and weight: 183cm, 88kg

◇Scout Comments
"A strong arm that throws a maximum speed of 153 km/h pitcher, and his body size and horsepower are perfect, and he has the potential to become not only the ace of the team in the future, but also a representative pitcher of the baseball world."

Fukuoka Softbank: Rintaro Sasaki infielder
Affiliation: Stanford University
Pitching: Right-handed hitter
Height and weight: 184cm, 120kg

◇Scout Comments
"A large slugger who will play a key role in the future team. Although he was certain to be selected as the first pick in the 2023 NPB Draft, he decided to go to an American university. At the prestigious Stanford University, while studying hard, as a first-year student, he played a key role in all 52 games starting line-up from the start of the season and contributed to the team. At Hanamaki Higashi High School, where he graduated, he received gifted education in batting and baseball views from coach Sasaki, who is also his father. baseball He is great as a member of the team and as a person, and has the talent to stand on his back in the baseball world in the future."