| Monday, June 5th , 1961 |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Placed SP Tadaatsu Sunada on the 60-day injured list. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent RP Tai Shimabukuro to a minor league contract with a $48 signing bonus. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Released RP Tai Shimabukuro. |
| Vesutan Bees: Signed free agent SP Shuukou Takata to a minor league contract. |
| Kobe Bulls: Signed free agent 3B Kiichiro Tanabe to a minor league contract. |
| Vesutan Bees: Released RP Murai Nakata. |
| Kobe Bulls: Drafted SP Gunji Matsuda in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 1, 1st overall pick). |
| Denki Dynamics: Drafted SP Shinsaburo Yoshimoto in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 2, 2nd overall pick). |
| Rakisuta Rams: Drafted CF Kiyoemon Hayashida in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 3, 3rd overall pick). |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Drafted SP Yoshimatsu Yamamura in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 4, 4th overall pick). |
| Hosho Reliables: Drafted SS Takanori Ide in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 5, 5th overall pick). |
| Vesutan Bees: Drafted CF Yuuichirou Isobe in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 6, 6th overall pick). |
| Osaka Sailors: Drafted CF Ryunosuke Onishi in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 7, 7th overall pick). |
| Sapporo Bears: Drafted SP Yousuke Kawasaki in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 8, 8th overall pick). |
| Kyoto Owls: Drafted SS Tetsuro Ogata in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 9, 9th overall pick). |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Drafted SP Koufuu Suenaga in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 10, 10th overall pick). |
| Nagasaki Stars: Drafted CF Godai Matsumoto in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 11, 11th overall pick). |
| Kinboshi Kites: Drafted SS Shinkichi Hashimoto in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 12, 12th overall pick). |
| Kobe Bulls: Drafted SP Masahide Kanemoto in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 1, 13th overall pick). |
| Denki Dynamics: Drafted SS Masao Nakamura in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 2, 14th overall pick). |
| Rakisuta Rams: Drafted SS Shikato Murata in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 3, 15th overall pick). |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Drafted 2B Gunji Nakashima in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 4, 16th overall pick). |
| Hosho Reliables: Drafted RF Ryuuji Morimoto in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 5, 17th overall pick). |
| Vesutan Bees: Drafted LF Kanbe Murakami in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 6, 18th overall pick). |
| Osaka Sailors: Drafted LF Ryotaro Fujimoto in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 7, 19th overall pick). |
| Sapporo Bears: Drafted C Mototomi Yamamoto in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 8, 20th overall pick). |
| Kyoto Owls: Drafted SP Touta Matsumoto in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 9, 21st overall pick). |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Drafted SP Katsusuke Smith in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 10, 22nd overall pick). |
| Nagasaki Stars: Drafted 2B Masakuni Kuboyama in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 11, 23rd overall pick). |
| Kinboshi Kites: Drafted C Saimei Sato in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 12, 24th overall pick). |
| Kobe Bulls: Drafted CL Toshimichi Yamamoto in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 1, 25th overall pick). |
| Denki Dynamics: Drafted SP So Miyagawa in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 2, 26th overall pick). |
| Rakisuta Rams: Drafted C Kuranosuke Imakake in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 3, 27th overall pick). |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Drafted CL Eisaku Yamaoka in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 4, 28th overall pick). |
| Hosho Reliables: Drafted C Hiroshi Wada in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 5, 29th overall pick). |
| Vesutan Bees: Drafted CF Josuke Ishikawa in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 6, 30th overall pick). |
| Osaka Sailors: Drafted C Tokimasa Kiyohara in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 7, 31st overall pick). |
| Sapporo Bears: Drafted C Kiyotoshi Tomita in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 8, 32nd overall pick). |
| Kyoto Owls: Drafted SP Kiyoshi Murakami in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 9, 33rd overall pick). |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Drafted C Kenji Ouye in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 10, 34th overall pick). |
| Nagasaki Stars: Drafted RP Choei Teramoto in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 11, 35th overall pick). |
| Kinboshi Kites: Drafted CF Shigemasa Takaoka in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 12, 36th overall pick). |
| Kobe Bulls: Drafted RP Moritake Sakai in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 1, 37th overall pick). |
| Denki Dynamics: Drafted CL Kojiro Kawasaki in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 2, 38th overall pick). |
| Rakisuta Rams: Drafted RP Juan Rueda in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 3, 39th overall pick). |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Drafted SP Mito Miyazaki in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 4, 40th overall pick). |
| Hosho Reliables: Drafted SP Baku Morita in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 5, 41st overall pick). |
| Vesutan Bees: Drafted SP Narushi Nagaoka in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 6, 42nd overall pick). |
| Osaka Sailors: Drafted SP Takuho Takenaka in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 7, 43rd overall pick). |
| Sapporo Bears: Drafted RP Teruhi Mori in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 8, 44th overall pick). |
| Kyoto Owls: Drafted RP Teizo Ozawa in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 9, 45th overall pick). |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Drafted RP Hitoshi Hamasaki in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 10, 46th overall pick). |
| Nagasaki Stars: Drafted RP Yasutoki Nakamura in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 11, 47th overall pick). |
| Kinboshi Kites: Drafted RP Michisato Hirata in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 12, 48th overall pick). |
| Kobe Bulls: Drafted RP Hibiki Nakagawa in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 1, 49th overall pick). |
| Denki Dynamics: Drafted SP Atsunori Matsuda in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 2, 50th overall pick). |
| Rakisuta Rams: Drafted CF Hachemon Nishizawa in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 3, 51st overall pick). |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Drafted C Renzo Shimabukuro in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 4, 52nd overall pick). |
| Hosho Reliables: Drafted 3B Takuma Shimada in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 5, 53rd overall pick). |
| Vesutan Bees: Drafted 3B Ryobe Yasuda in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 6, 54th overall pick). |
| Osaka Sailors: Drafted CF Namihiko Kon in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 7, 55th overall pick). |
| Sapporo Bears: Drafted CF Tashiaki Inoue in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 8, 56th overall pick). |
| Kyoto Owls: Drafted C Shumkichi Nakagawa in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 9, 57th overall pick). |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Drafted 2B Tousei Kawai in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 10, 58th overall pick). |
| Nagasaki Stars: Drafted 2B Suguru Segawa in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 11, 59th overall pick). |
| Kinboshi Kites: Drafted 2B Shintaro Saito in the 1961 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 12, 60th overall pick). |
