The 2018 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Draft was held on October 25, 2018, for the 54th time at the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa to assign amateur baseball players to the NPB.

[1][2] It was arranged with the special cooperation of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. with official naming rights.

[1] 2018 marked the 6th consecutive year in which Taisho Pharmaceuticals had sponsored the event.

Only the first round picks were allowed to be contested with all picks from the second round onward being based on table placing in the 2018 NPB season in a waiver system.

From the third round the order was reversed continuing in the same fashion until all picks were exhausted.