On the 23rd, Seibu held a presentation of new players for this fall's draft at the "LIONS THANKS FESTA 2025" held at the Belluna Dome in Tokorozawa City, Saitama, and unveiled the number of 13 players, including the first pick in the draft, Taiga Kojima catcher = Meidai = . Kojima is "10", and the second place in the draft, Soku Iwaki (Iwaki, Hakua) pitcher = Chudai = has been decided to carry "20".
Below are number of the 13 new players.
1st place: Taiga Kojima (Meiji University) "10"
2nd place: Soku Iwaki (Chuo University) "20"
3rd place: Shun Akiyama (Chukyo University) "35"
4th place: Keita Horikoshi (Tohoku Fukushi University) "40"
5th place: Yokota Sowa (Yamamura Gakuen) "59"
6th place: Yushin Kawada (Shikoku Bank) "66"
No. 1 in development: Yuto Arai (Hachioji) "111"
2nd place in development: Takumu Imaoka (Kamimura Gakuen) "112"
Development 3rd place: Yoshinobu Saito (Tokushima, Shikoku League) "118"
4th place in development: Hamaoka Sota (Kawa) "124"
5th place in development: Hiroto Hiraguchi (Nikkei University) "128"
6th place in development: Yuma Masaki (Sophia University) "134"
7th place in development: Ando Ginto (Shikoku League Tokushima) "135"
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