Rookie of the Year (NPB)
Award winners for Rookie of the Year (NPB). 170 winner records.
Rookie of the Year (NPB)
| Year | League | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Central League | Kouta Shouji | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
| Pacific League | Mishou Nishikawa | Chiba Lotte Marines | |
| 2024 | Central League | Hiromasa Funabasama | Yomiuri Giants |
| Pacific League | Natsuki Takeuchi | Saitama Seibu Lions | |
| 2023 | Central League | Shouki Murakami | Hanshin Tigers |
| Pacific League | Shunpeita Yamashita | Orix Buffaloes | |
| 2022 | Central League | Taisei | Yomiuri Giants |
| Central League | Atsuki Yuasa | Hanshin Tigers | |
| Pacific League | Yoshinobu Mizukami | Saitama Seibu Lions | |
| 2021 | Central League | Takumu Nakano | Hanshin Tigers |
| Central League | Masashi Itou | Hanshin Tigers | |
| Central League | Teruaki Satou | Hanshin Tigers | |
| Central League | Yasunobu Okugawa | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | |
| Central League | Ryouji Kuribayashi | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | |
| Central League | Shugo Maki | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | |
| Pacific League | Hiromi Itou | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | |
| Pacific League | Hiroya Miyagi | Orix Buffaloes | |
| 2020 | Central League | Shousei Togou | Yomiuri Giants |
| Central League | Masato Morishita | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | |
| Pacific League | Kaima Taira | Saitama Seibu Lions | |
| 2019 | Central League | Munetaka Murakami | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
| Central League | Kouji Chikamoto | Hanshin Tigers | |
| Pacific League | Rei Takahashi | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |
| 2018 | Central League | Katsuki Azuma | Yokohama DeNA BayStars |
| Pacific League | Kazuki Tanaka | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | |
| 2017 | Central League | Youta Kyouda | Chunichi Dragons |
| Central League | Haruhiro Hamaguchi | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | |
| Pacific League | Sousuke Genda | Saitama Seibu Lions | |
| 2016 | Central League | Shun Takayama | Hanshin Tigers |
| Pacific League | Hirotoshi Takanashi | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | |
| 2015 | Central League | Yasuaki Yamasaki | Yokohama DeNA BayStars |
| Pacific League | Kohei Arihara | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | |
| 2014 | Central League | Daichi Osera | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
| Pacific League | Ayumu Ishikawa | Chiba Lotte Marines | |
| 2013 | Central League | Yasuhiro Ogawa | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
| Central League | Tomoyuki Sugano | Yomiuri Giants | |
| Central League | Shintaro Fujinami | Hanshin Tigers | |
| Pacific League | Takahiro Norimoto | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | |
| 2012 | Central League | Yusuke Nomura | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
| Pacific League | Shouta Takeda | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |
| Pacific League | Naoya Masuda | Chiba Lotte Marines | |
| 2011 | Central League | Hirokazu Sawamura | Yomiuri Giants |
| Pacific League | Takahiro Shiomi | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | |
| Pacific League | Kazuhisa Makita | Saitama Seibu Lions | |
| 2010 | Central League | Hisayoshi Chouno | Yomiuri Giants |
| Pacific League | Ryou Sakakibara | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | |
| 2009 | Central League | Tetsuya Matsumoto | Yomiuri Giants |
| Pacific League | Tadashi Settsu | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |
| 2008 | Central League | Hayato Sakamoto | Yomiuri Giants |
| Central League | Tetsuya Yamaguchi | Yomiuri Giants | |
| Pacific League | Satoshi Komatsu | Orix Buffaloes | |
| 2007 | Central League | Keiji Uezono | Hanshin Tigers |
| Pacific League | Takayuki Kishi | Seibu | |
| Pacific League | Masahiro Tanaka | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | |
| 2006 | Central League | Eishin Soyogi | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
| Pacific League | Tomoya Yagi | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | |
| 2005 | Central League | Norichika Aoki | Yakult |
| Pacific League | Yasutomo Kubo | Chiba Lotte Marines | |
| 2004 | Central League | Ryou Kawashima | Yakult |
| Pacific League | Kouji Mise | ダイエー ソフトバンク | |
| 2003 | Central League | Hiroshi Kisanuki | Yomiuri Giants |
| Pacific League | Tsuyoshi Wada | ダイエー ソフトバンク | |
| 2002 | Central League | Masanori Ishikawa | Yakult |
| Pacific League | Itsuki Shouda | Nippon-Ham | |
| 2001 | Central League | Norihiro Akahoshi | Hanshin Tigers |
| Pacific League | Masanobu Okubo | Orix | |
| 2000 | Central League | Tatsuhiko Kinjou | 横浜 DeNA |
| 1999 | Central League | Koji Uehara | Yomiuri Giants |
| Pacific League | Hidetaka Kawagoe | Orix | |
| Pacific League | Daisuke Matsuzaka | Seibu | |
| 1998 | Central League | Tomochika Tsuboi | Hanshin Tigers |
| Central League | Kanei Kobayashi | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | |
| Central League | Kenshin Kawakami | Chunichi Dragons | |
| Central League | Yoshinobu Takahashi | Yomiuri Giants | |
| Pacific League | Tatsuya Ozeki | Seibu | |
| 1997 | Central League | Toshikazu Sawazaki | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
| Pacific League | Makoto Kosaka | Chiba Lotte Marines | |
| 1996 | Central League | Toshihisa Nishi | Yomiuri Giants |
| Pacific League | Makoto Kaneko | Nippon-Ham | |
| 1995 | Central League | Yasuyuki Yamauchi | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
| Pacific League | Masafumi Hirai | Orix | |
| 1994 | Central League | Keiichi Yabu | Hanshin Tigers |
| Pacific League | Hidekazu Watanabe | 福岡ダイエーホークス | |
| 1993 | Central League | Tomohito Itou | Yakult |
| Pacific League | Kento Sugiyama | Seibu | |
| 1992 | Central League | Teruyoshi Kuji | Hanshin Tigers |
| Pacific League | Yasuyuki Kawamoto | Chiba Lotte Marines | |
| Pacific League | Atsushi Kataoka | Nippon-Ham | |
| Pacific League | Kenichi Wakatabe | 福岡ダイエーホークス | |
| Pacific League | 高村祐 | - | |
| 1991 | Central League | Kouichi Morita | Chunichi Dragons |
| Pacific League | Shigetoshi Hasegawa | Orix | |
| 1990 | Central League | Tsuyoshi Yoda | Chunichi Dragons |
| Central League | Shinji Sasaoka | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | |
| Pacific League | Tetsuya Shiozaki | Seibu | |
| Pacific League | Hiro Ishii | Kintetsu | |
| Pacific League | Mitsujirou Sakai | Nippon-Ham | |
| Pacific League | Hideo Nomo | Kintetsu | |
| 1989 | Central League | Kenji Tomashino | Yakult |
| Pacific League | Tsutomu Sakai | Orix | |
| 1988 | Central League | Kazuyoshi Tatsunami | Chunichi Dragons |
| Pacific League | Ryouji Moriyama | Seibu | |
| 1987 | Central League | Yukio Arai | Yakult |
| Pacific League | Yukihiro Nishizaki | Nippon-Ham | |
| Pacific League | Hideyuki Awano | Kintetsu | |
| 1986 | Central League | Nagatomihiroshi | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
| Pacific League | Kazuhiro Kiyohara | Seibu | |
| 1985 | Central League | Jun Kawabata | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
| Pacific League | Terumitsu Kumano | 阪急 オリックス | |
| 1984 | Central League | Takehiko Kobayakawa | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
| Pacific League | Hiromasa Fujita | 阪急 オリックス | |
| 1983 | Central League | Hiromi Makihara | Yomiuri Giants |
| Pacific League | Tadami Futamura | Nippon-Ham | |
| 1982 | Central League | Tsunemi Tsuda | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
| Pacific League | Daijirou Oishi | Kintetsu | |
| 1981 | Central League | Tatsunori Hara | Yomiuri Giants |
| Pacific League | Hiromichi Ishige | Seibu | |
| 1980 | Central League | Akinobu Okada | Hanshin Tigers |
| Pacific League | Isamu Kida | Nippon-Ham | |
| 1979 | Central League | Kimiya Fujisawa | Chunichi Dragons |
| Pacific League | Hirohisa Matsunuma | Seibu | |
| 1978 | Central League | Mitsuo Sumi | Yomiuri Giants |
| Pacific League | Yukihiro Murakami | Nankai | |
| 1977 | Central League | Akio Saitou | 大洋 横浜 |
| Pacific League | Yoshinori Satou | 阪急 オリックス | |
| 1976 | Central League | Yasushi Tao | Chunichi Dragons |
| Pacific League | Manabu Fujita | Nankai | |
| 1975 | Pacific League | Takashi Yamaguchi | Hankyu |
| 1974 | Central League | Yukio Fujinami | Chunichi Dragons |
| Pacific League | Masaharu Mitsui | Lotte | |
| 1973 | Pacific League | Satoshi Niimi | 日拓 日本ハム |
| 1972 | Central League | Takeshi Yasuda | Yakult |
| Pacific League | Hajime Katou | 西鉄 太平洋 | |
| 1971 | Central League | Shitoshi Sekimoto | Yomiuri Giants |
| Pacific League | Yasuo Minagawa | 東映 日本ハム | |
| 1970 | Central League | Kenichi Yazawa | Chunichi Dragons |
| Pacific League | Michio Satou | Nankai | |
| 1969 | Central League | Kouichi Tabuchi | Hanshin Tigers |
| Pacific League | Michiyo Aritou | Lotte | |
| 1968 | Central League | Shigeru Takada | Yomiuri Giants |
| 1967 | Central League | Shirou Takegami | サンケイ アトムズ ヤクルト |
| Pacific League | Yoshimasa Takahashi | 東映 | |
| 1966 | Central League | Tsuneo Horiuchi | Yomiuri Giants |
| 1965 | Pacific League | Masaaki Ikenaga | 西鉄 |
| 1964 | Central League | Shigeyuki Takahashi | Taiyo |
| 1962 | Central League | Kunio Jounouchi | Yomiuri Giants |
| Pacific League | Yukio Ozaki | 東映 日拓 | |
| 1961 | Central League | Hiroshi Gondou | Chunichi Dragons |
| Pacific League | Toshiaki Tokuhisa | Kintetsu | |
| 1960 | Central League | Ritsuo Horimoto | Yomiuri Giants |
| 1959 | Central League | Takeshi Kuwata | Taiyo |
| Pacific League | Isao Harimoto | 東映 日拓 日本ハム | |
| 1958 | Central League | Shigeo Nagashima | Yomiuri Giants |
| Pacific League | Tadashi Sugiura | Nankai | |
| 1957 | Central League | Motoshi Fujita | Yomiuri Giants |
| Pacific League | Tamotsu Kimura | Nankai | |
| 1956 | Central League | Noboru Akiyama | Taiyo |
| Pacific League | Kazuhisa Inao | 西鉄 | |
| 1955 | Central League | Kazunori Nishimura | 大阪 |
| Pacific League | Kihachi Enomoto | 毎日 大毎 東京 ロッテ | |
| 1954 | Central League | Tatsurou Hiroka | Yomiuri Giants |
| Pacific League | Motoji Takuwa | Nankai | |
| 1953 | Central League | Masatoshi Gondou | 洋松 大洋 |
| Pacific League | Yasumitsu Toyoda | 西鉄 | |
| 1952 | Central League | Takao Satou | 国鉄 |
| Pacific League | Futoshi Nakanishi | 西鉄 | |
| 1951 | Central League | Kiyoshi Matsuda | Yomiuri Giants |
| Pacific League | Kazuo Kageyama | Nankai | |
| 1950 | Central League | Nobuo Oshima | 松竹ロビンス |
| Pacific League | Atsushi Aramaki | 毎日 大毎 |