The 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 25, 2012, for the 48th time at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa to assign amateur baseball players to the NPB.

It was arranged with the special cooperation of Toshiba with official naming rights.

The draft was officially called "The Professional Baseball Draft Meeting supported by TOSHIBA ".It has been sponsored by Toshiba for the 4th consecutive year since 2009.

After the second round, waver selections were made in order from the lowest-ranked team of the 2012 season in both the Central League and Pacific League, the third round was reversed and selections were made from the top team, and the fourth round was reversed again, alternating with selections from the lowest-ranked team until all teams had finished selecting players.

[3] Since the 2005 season, the winner of the NPB All-Star Game has determined whether the Central League or the Pacific League gets waiver preference after the second round.