Nippon Professional Baseball draft
| Current season, competition or edition: 2023 Nippon Professional Baseball draft 2022 Nippon Professional Baseball draft | |
Draft meeting (2012) | |
| Conference | Draft meeting |
|---|---|
| League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Founded | 1965 |
| Commissioner | Atsushi Saito |
| Organizing body | Nippon Professional Baseball Organization (NPB) |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Tokyo |
| Broadcaster | TBS Television (Japan) |
| Sponsors | Toshiba（2009-2012） Taisho Pharmaceutical（2013-） |
| Official website | The Professional Baseball Draft Meeting |
The Nippon Professional Baseball Draft Meeting is a conference held by the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization (NPB) to select rookie players. The official name of the conference is the Rookie Selection Meeting. Since 2009, the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa has been used as the venue. It was arranged with the special cooperation of Taisho Pharmaceutical with official naming rights since 2013. The draft was officially called "The Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by Lipovitan D ".