Latest Issue: Weekly Baseball, November 10, 2025. 2025 Draft Roundup. Masahiro Tateishi, Genki Ishigaki, Rintaro Sasaki, Ayuto Matsushita. Unused, only for photography. The Fateful "10.23" 2025 Draft Roundup 2025 Draft Overview: More Excitement and Enthusiasm Than the Number of Lottery Drawings All 12 Teams' Designated Player List & Team Representative Scores Central League Pacific League Development Draft Designation List Draft 1st Round: Our 12 Top Picks Masahiro Tateishi [Soka University → Hanshin] Genki Ishigaki [Kenta Takasaki High School → Lotte] Rintaro Sasaki [Stanford University → SoftBank] Ayuto Matsushita [Hosei University → Yakult] Taiga Kojima [Meiji University → Seibu] Seiki Nakanishi [Aoyama Gakuin University → Chunichi] Sotai Fujiwara [Hanazono University → Rakuten] Kazuyuki Takemaru [Saginomiya Seisakusho → Giants] Ren Hirakawa [Sendai University → Hiroshima] Atsuya Fujikawa [Nobeoka Gakuen High School → Orix] Koichiro Oda [Aoyama Gakuin University → DeNA] Jiei Okawa [Meiji University → Nippon-Ham] Star Candidates Gather! The Talented Players of the 2nd Round Draft Reo Matsukawa [Josai University → Yakult] Kaito Mori [Meiji University → Lotte] Tanao Saito [Asia University → Hiroshima] Sora Iwaki [Chuo University → Seibu] Yunosuke Sakurai [Tohoku Fukushi University → Chunichi] Itsuki Ito [Waseda University → Rakuten] Ren Tawa [Waseda University → Giants] Haruki Mori [Osaka Toin High School → Orix] Shunya Shimada [Toyo University → DeNA] Kane Edporo [Daiin University → Nippon-Ham] Shogo Tanihata [Nihon University → Hanshin] Ryuta Inagawa [Kyushu Kyoritsu University → SoftBank 2nd Round] Draft Designated Players PICK-UP First time 3 players designated from Hokkaido teams Hokkaido Spirit with Hidden Potential Taiki Kudo & Shu Takaya & Takuki Tsuneya [Hokkai Gakuen University] First NPB Designated Player from University Theory-based with a Maximum Speed of 153 Yuma Masaki [Sophia University] Earlier than Anywhere Else!! 2026 Draft Candidates 2025 Japan Series SoftBank vs. Hanshin Opening Baseball Romance 2025 Feature: Ho Osako [Hiroshima] Feature: Jun Doi [Former Taiyo] 3rd Time 2025 Farewell Players Goro Okajima [Rakuten] Junichi Tazawa leaves ENEOS Japan High School Baseball Federation "Introduction of DH System" Study Session Ryoji Aikawa, Manager [DeNA] Press Conference CS Final Game 6 2025 Major League News MLB Latest Situation Creators of Baseball Culture Amateur Baseball Information Korean Professional Baseball Shohei Ohtani [Dodgers] Challenges for Consecutive Championships as a Two-Way Player MLB FLASH / Yusei Kikuchi [Angels] Sequential Photos Feature: Tomohisa Ozeki [SoftBank] Tomotomo Tsunashima's Uniform Story