school pitchers in the 2004 NPB amateur draft along with Yokohama Senior High School right-hander Hideaki Wakui (later picked by the Seibu Lions ) and Akita Municipal Akita Commercial High School right-hander Tsuyoshi Sato ( Hiroshima Toyo Carp ). While the Fighters, Carp, Chunichi Dragons , Fukuoka Daiei Hawks and Orix