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Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award

Annual baseball award

Summary

Annual baseball award

Field	Value
name	Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award
image	Atsushi Aramaki 1956 Scan10008.JPG
caption	Atsushi Aramaki, one of the inaugural winners in 1950
sport	Baseball
league	Nippon Professional Baseball
givenfor	Best regular-season rookie in Pacific League and Central League
first	1950
mostrecent	Kota Shoji (CL)
Mishō Nishikawa (PL)

Mishō Nishikawa (PL) The Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award is an annual award given to two outstanding rookie players, one each for the Central League (CL) and Pacific League (PL). The award was established upon the creation of the NPB in 1950.

The most recent winners of the award are Kota Shoji of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows for the CL and Mishō Nishikawa of the Chiba Lotte Marines for the PL.

Winners

Central League

Player	Team	Position
	Shochiku Robins	P
	Yomiuri Giants	P
	Kokutetsu Swallows	SS
	Taiyō-Shochiku Robins	P
	Yomiuri Giants	SS
		P
	Taiyō Whales	P
	Yomiuri Giants	P
	Yomiuri Giants	3B
	Taiyō Whales	3B
	Yomiuri Giants	P
	Chunichi Dragons	P
	Yomiuri Giants	P
ZNot awarded	Z	Z
	Taiyō Whales	P
ZNot awarded	Z	Z
	Yomiuri Giants	P
	Sankei Atoms	2B
	Yomiuri Giants	OF
	Hanshin Tigers	C
	Chunichi Dragons	OF
	Yomiuri Giants	P
	Yakult Atoms	P
ZNot awarded	Z	Z
	Chunichi Dragons	OF
ZNot awarded	Z	Z
	Chunichi Dragons	OF
	Taiyō Whales	P
	Yomiuri Giants	P
	Chunichi Dragons	P
	Hanshin Tigers	IF
	Yomiuri Giants	IF
	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	P
	Yomiuri Giants	P
	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	IF
	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	P
	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	P
	Yakult Swallows	OF
	Chunichi Dragons	SS
	Yakult Swallows	2B
	Chunichi Dragons	P
	Chunichi Dragons	P
	Hanshin Tigers	SS
	Yakult Swallows	P
	Hanshin Tigers	P
	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	P
	Yomiuri Giants	3B
	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	P
	Chunichi Dragons	P
	Yomiuri Giants	P
	Yokohama BayStars	3B
	Hanshin Tigers	OF
	Yakult Swallows	P
	Yomiuri Giants	P
	Yakult Swallows	P
	Yakult Swallows	OF
	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	IF
	Hanshin Tigers	P
	Yomiuri Giants	P
	Yomiuri Giants	OF
	Yomiuri Giants	OF
	Yomiuri Giants	P
	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	P
	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	P
	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	P
	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	P
	Hanshin Tigers	OF
	Chunichi Dragons	IF
	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	P
	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	IF
	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	P
	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	P
	Yomiuri Giants	P
	Hanshin Tigers	P
	Yomiuri Giants	P
	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	P

Pacific League

Player	Team	Position
	Mainichi Orions	P
	Nankai Hawks	3B
	Nishitetsu Lions	3B
	Nishitetsu Lions	SS
	Nankai Hawks	P
	Mainichi Orions	1B
	Nishitetsu Lions	P
	Nankai Hawks	P
	Nankai Hawks	P
	Toei Flyers	OF
ZNot awarded	Z	Z
	Kintetsu Buffaloes	P
	Toei Flyers	P
ZNot awarded	Z	Z
ZNot awarded	Z	Z
	Nishitetsu Lions	P
ZNot awarded	Z	Z
	Toei Flyers	P
ZNot awarded	Z	Z
	Lotte Orions	3B
	Nankai Hawks	P
	Toei Flyers	P
	Nishitetsu Lions	P
	Nittaku Home Flyers	P
	Lotte Orions	P
	Hankyu Braves	P
	Nankai Hawks	P
	Hankyu Braves	P
	Nankai Hawks	P
	Seibu Lions	P
	Nippon-Ham Fighters	P
	Seibu Lions	SS
	Kintetsu Buffaloes	2B
	Nippon-Ham Fighters	OF
	Hankyu Braves	C
	Hankyu Braves	OF
	Seibu Lions	1B
	Kintetsu Buffaloes	P
	Seibu Lions	P
	Orix Braves	P
	Kintetsu Buffaloes	P
	Orix BlueWave	P
	Kintetsu Buffaloes	P
	Seibu Lions	P
	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	P
	Orix BlueWave	P
	Nippon-Ham Fighters	2B
	Chiba Lotte Marines	2B
	Seibu Lions	OF
	Seibu Lions	P
ZNot awarded	Z	Z
	Orix BlueWave	P
	Nippon-Ham Fighters	P
	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	P
	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	P
	Chiba Lotte Marines	P
	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	P
	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	P
	Orix Buffaloes	P
	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	P
	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	P
	Saitama Seibu Lions	P
	Chiba Lotte Marines	P
	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	P
	Chiba Lotte Marines	P
	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	P
	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	P
	Saitama Seibu Lions	IF
	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	OF
	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	P
	Saitama Seibu Lions	P
	Orix Buffaloes	P
	Saitama Seibu Lions	P
	Orix Buffaloes	P
	Saitama Seibu Lions	P
	Chiba Lotte Marines	OF

References

https://baseballguru.com/jalbright/rookie.htm
https://pacificleague.com/en/news/2025/11/78634
https://worldbaseball.com/livan-moinelo-teruaki-sato-claim-npb-mvps-at-annual-awards-show/
"Baseball: Sugano, Kondo snare Japan's MVP honors".

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