2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

2023  Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
League	Pacific League
Ballpark	Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi
Record	70–71–2 (.497)
League place	4th
Parent company	Rakuten
President	Yosuke Yoneda Masayuki Morii
General manager	Kazuhisa Ishii
Manager	Kazuhisa Ishii
Captain	Hideto Asamura
Average attendance	18,868
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The 2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season is the 19th season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles play their home games at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team is led by Kazuhisa Ishii in his third season as team manager.

Regular season

Standings

2023 Pacific League regular season standings ^[1]

Pos	Team	G Tooltip Games played	W	L	T	Pct.	GB Tooltip Games behind	Home	Road
1	Orix Buffaloes †	143	86	53	4	.619	—	41–28–3	45–25–1
2	Chiba Lotte Marines*	143	70	68	5	.507	15½	42–27–2	28–40–3
3	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks*	143	71	69	3	.507	15½	39–32–0	32–37–3
4	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	143	70	71	2	.496	17	38–33–1	32–38–1
5	Saitama Seibu Lions	143	65	77	1	.458	22½	33–37–1	32–40–0
6	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	143	60	82	1	.423	27½	31–40–0	29–42–1

 ^†  = League champion and advanced directly to the final stage of the Climax Series
 *  = Advanced to the first stage of the Climax Series

Record vs. opponents

2023 record vs. opponents ^[1]

Team	Buffaloes	Eagles	Fighters	Hawks	Lions	Marines	CL
Buffaloes	—	15–10	15–9–1	13–11−1	17–8	15–8−2	11–7
Eagles	10–15	—	15–10	14–10−1	10–14–1	12–13	9–9
Fighters	9–15–1	10–15	—	11–14	9–16	11–14	10–8
Hawks	11–13−1	10–14−1	14–11	—	13–12	12–12−1	11–7
Lions	8–17	14–10–1	16–9	12–13	—	9–16	6–12
Marines	8–15−2	13–12	14–11	12–12−1	16–9	—	7–9−2

Interleague

2023 regular season interleague standings ^[2]

Pos	Team	G Tooltip Games played	W	L	T	Pct.	GB Tooltip Games behind	Home	Road
1	Yokohama DeNA BayStars †	18	11	7	0	.611	—	6–3	5–4
2	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	18	11	7	0	.611	—	4–5	7–2
3	Yomiuri Giants	18	11	7	0	.611	—	5–4	6–3
4	Orix Buffaloes	18	11	7	0	.611	—	4–5	7–2
5	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	18	10	8	0	.556	1	4–5	6–3
6	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	18	9	9	0	.500	2	5–4	4–5
7	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	18	9	9	0	.500	2	4–5	5–4
8	Chiba Lotte Marines	18	7	9	2	.438	3	5–4	2–5−2
9	Chunichi Dragons	18	7	10	1	.412	3½	2–6−1	5–4
10	Hanshin Tigers	18	7	10	1	.412	3½	4–4−1	3–6
11	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	18	7	11	0	.389	4	3–6	4–5
12	Saitama Seibu Lions	18	6	12	0	.333	5	4–5	2–7

 ^†  = Interleague champion

Chihō ballparks

The first professional NPB game played at Kitagin Ballpark was hosted by the Eagles in 2023.

The Eagles hosted three home games outside of Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in 2023. Two were played at chihō, or "countryside", ballparks in Yamagata and Iwate Prefectures in Japan's Tōhoku region and the third was played at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. ^{[3] [4]} The game in Iwate Prefecture was played at the new Kitagin Ballpark; it was the first time a professional baseball game was played in the stadium. ^[5]

2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles chihō ballparks ^{[3] [4]}

Ballpark	City	Prefecture
Kirayaka Stadium	Yamagata	Yamagata Prefecture
Kitagin Ballpark	Morioka	Iwate Prefecture
Tokyo Dome	Bunkyō	Tokyo

Opening Day starting roster

Rakuten's 2023 Opening Day game was on Thursday, March 30, against the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters at Es Con Field Hokkaido. The game was the first official NPB game to be played at the new stadium. ^[5]

2023 Rakuten Eagles Opening Day starting roster ^[6]

Order	Player	Position
1	Ryosuke Tatsumi	Center fielder
2	Hiroto Kobukata	Left fielder
3	Maikel Franco	Designated hitter
4	Hideto Asamura	Second baseman
5	Hiroaki Shimauchi	Right fielder
6	Toshiki Abe	First baseman
7	Tsuyoshi Yamasaki	Shortstop
8	Yukiya Itoh	Third baseman
9	Yuma Yasuda	Catcher
—	Masahiro Tanaka	Starting pitcher

Game log

2023 game log: 70–71–2 (Home: 38–33–1; Away: 32–38–1)
March/April: 9–14–0 (Home: 4–6–0; Away: 5–8–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 March 30 @ Fighters 3–1 M. Tanaka (1–0) Kato (0–1) Y. Matsui (1) Es Con Field 31,092 1–0–0 W1 2 April 1 @ Fighters 3–4 (10) Suzuki (1–0) Miyamori (0–1) — Es Con Field 30,637 1–1–0 L1 3 April 2 @ Fighters 2–1 Fujihira (1–0) Kitayama (0–1) Y. Matsui (2) Es Con Field 30,775 2–1–0 W1 4 April 4 Lions 0–4 Imai (1–0) Norimoto (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,365 2–2–0 L1 5 April 5 Lions 1–0 Hayakawa (1–0) Sumida (0–1) Y. Matsui (3) Rakuten Mobile Park 21,526 3–2–0 W1 6 April 6 Lions 1–2 Matsumoto (1–0) M. Tanaka (1–1) Masuda (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 19,034 3–3–0 L1 7 April 8 @ Marines 4–5 Sawamura (1–0) Nishiguchi (0–1) Masuda (3) Zozo Marine Stadium 27,444 3–4–0 L2 8 April 9 @ Marines 1–10 Taneichi (1–1) Kishi (0–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 28,848 3–5–0 L3 9 April 11 Buffaloes 0–6 Yamashita (1–0) Norimoto (0–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 13,165 3–6–0 L4 10 April 12 Buffaloes 2–7 Tajima (1–1) Hayakawa (1–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 12,488 3–7–0 L5 11 April 14 Hawks 3–0 M. Tanaka (2–1) Wada (1–1) Y. Matsui (4) Rakuten Mobile Park 15,728 4–7–0 W1 — April 15 Hawks Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 7 Rakuten Mobile Park — — — [7] 12 April 16 Hawks 3–6 Tsumori (2–0) Nishiguchi (0–2) Osuna (3) Rakuten Mobile Park 18,504 4–8–0 L1 13 April 18 @ Buffaloes 5–1 M. Itoh (1–0) Waguespack (2–1) — Kyocera Dome 15,173 5–8–0 W1 14 April 19 @ Buffaloes 1–2 Tajima (2–1) Nishiguchi (0–3) Yo. Hirano (4) Kyocera Dome 14,983 5–9–0 L1 15 April 20 @ Buffaloes 1–3 Yamasaki (1–0) Fujihira (1–1) Waguespack (1) Kyocera Dome 13,873 5–10–0 L2 16 April 21 Fighters 8–7 Suzuki (1–0) S. Tanaka (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 16,442 6–10–0 W1 17 April 22 Fighters 3–5 Uwasawa (2–1) Shoji (0–1) Miyanishi (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 17,161 6–11–0 L1 18 April 23 Fighters 4–3 (11) Uchi (1–0) Tamai (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 21,128 7–11–0 W1 — April 25 @ Hawks Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 2 Kitakyushu Stadium — — — [8] 19 April 26 @ Hawks 2–4 Wada (2–1) Hayakawa (1–2) Osuna (4) PayPay Dome 34,858 7–12–0 L1 20 April 27 @ Hawks 3–5 Mori (1–0) Takinaka (0–1) Osuna (5) PayPay Dome 35,102 7–13–0 L2 21 April 28 @ Lions 0–4 Imai (3–0) M. Tanaka (2–2) — Belluna Dome 16,453 7–14–0 L3 22 April 29 @ Lions 8–2 Fujihira (2–1) K. Takahashi (3–1) — Belluna Dome 24,148 8–14–0 W1 23 April 30 @ Lions 7–6 (10) Y. Matsui (1–0) Yoza (0–1) Sakai (1) Belluna Dome 22,176 9–14–0 W2
May: 9–13–1 (Home: 7–8–0; Away: 2–5–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 24 May 2 Marines 5–1 Kishi (1–1) Nishino (3−1) Y. Matsui (5) Rakuten Mobile Park 21,550 10–14–0 W3 25 May 3 Marines 0−2 (10) Sawamura (3–0) Uchi (1–1) Masuda (9) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,143 10−15−0 L1 26 May 4 Marines 6−0 T. Matsui (1−0) Mori (1−1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,134 11−15−0 W1 27 May 5 @ Fighters 2−5 Miyauchi (1−0) Nishiguchi (0–4) S. Tanaka (4) Es Con Field 26,342 11−16−0 L1 28 May 6 @ Fighters 5−0 Takinaka (1–1) Uwasawa (3–2) — Es Con Field 26,761 12−16−0 W1 29 May 7 @ Fighters 2−3 S. Tanaka (1−1) Miyamori (0–2) — Es Con Field 25,250 12−17−0 L1 30 May 9 Buffaloes 0−2 Miyagi (4−0) Hayakawa (1–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 17,459 12−18−0 L2 31 May 10 Buffaloes 2−8 Tajima (4–2) Kishi (1–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,480 12−19−0 L3 32 May 11 Buffaloes 7−3 Norimoto (1–2) Kuroki (0−2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 21,709 13−19−0 W1 33 May 12 @ Lions 4−4 Game tied after 12 innings Belluna Dome 12,675 13−19−1 T1 34 May 13 @ Lions 4−7 K. Takahashi (3–1) Fujihira (2–2) Moriwaki (1) Belluna Dome 18,417 13−20−1 L1 35 May 14 @ Lions 5−0 Takinaka (2–1) Sumida (1–4) — Belluna Dome 22,257 14−20−1 W1 36 May 16 Hawks 3−0 Hayakawa (2–3) Ohzeki (2−4) Y. Matsui (6) Kitagin Ballpark 16,070 15−20−1 W2 37 May 17 Hawks 1−10 Wada (3–1) Shoji (0–2) — Kirayaka Stadium 9,912 15−21−1 L1 — May 19 Marines Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 9 Rakuten Mobile Park — — — [7] 38 May 20 Marines 1−6 Nishino (5−1) Norimoto (1–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 18,119 15−22−1 L2 39 May 21 Marines 4−6 Hirohata (1−0) Takinaka (2–2) Perdomo (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 17,859 15−23−1 L3 40 May 23 @ Buffaloes 0−8 Yamashita (4–0) M. Tanaka (2–3) — Hotto Motto Field 21,055 15−24−1 L4 41 May 24 @ Buffaloes 5−6 Waguespack (2–2) Y. Matsui (1–1) — Hotto Motto Field 21,362 15−25−1 L5 42 May 26 Fighters 4−3 Uchi (2–1) H. Itoh (2−4) Y. Matsui (7) Rakuten Mobile Park 16,444 16−25−1 W1 43 May 27 Fighters 1−3 Suzuki (4–2) T. Matsui (1−1) S. Tanaka (7) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,111 16−26−1 L1 44 May 28 Fighters 3−2 (12) Sung (1−0) Rodriguez (0−3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 20,954 17−26−1 W1 45 May 30 BayStars 2−3 Imanaga (3−1) Norimoto (1–4) — Rakuten Mobile Park 13,061 17−27−1 L1 46 May 31 BayStars 3−1 M. Tanaka (3–3) Wendelken (1−1) Y. Matsui (8) Rakuten Mobile Park 13,677 18−27−1 W1
June: 10–13–0 (Home: 4–6–0; Away: 6–7–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 47 June 1 BayStars 3−11 K. Azuma (5−2) Takinaka (2–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 12,406 18−28−1 L1 — June 2 @ Swallows Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 20 Meiji Jingu Stadium — — — [9] 48 June 3 @ Swallows 5−9 Peters (2−1) Hayakawa (2–4) — Meiji Jingu Stadium 29,345 18−29−1 L2 49 June 4 @ Swallows 2−5 Kozawa (1−1) Shoji (0–3) Taguchi (12) Meiji Jingu Stadium 29,602 18−30−1 L3 50 June 6 Tigers 4−1 Norimoto (2–4) Murakami (5−2) Y. Matsui (9) Rakuten Mobile Park 16,028 19−30−1 W1 51 June 7 Tigers 3−11 Y. Nishi M. Tanaka (3–4) — Rakuten Mobile Park 17,168 19−31−1 L1 52 June 8 Tigers 6−4 Uchi (3–1) Yuasa (0−1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 16,498 20−31−1 W1 53 June 9 Dragons 5−4 S. Watanabe (1−0) Ogasawara (4−3) Y. Matsui (10) Rakuten Mobile Park 15,302 21−31−1 W2 54 June 10 Dragons 1−0 Hayakawa (3–4) Matsuba (0−1) Y. Matsui (11) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,562 22−31−1 W3 — June 11 Dragons Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 21 Rakuten Mobile Park — — — [10] 55 June 13 @ Carp 6−3 Norimoto (3–4) Ohsera (2−5) Y. Matsui (12) Mazda Stadium 28,430 23−31−1 W4 56 June 14 @ Carp 3−4 Yasaki (4−0) Y. Matsui (1−2) — Mazda Stadium 23,949 23−32−1 L1 57 June 15 @ Carp 11−7 S. Watanabe (2−0) Shimauchi (1−2) — Mazda Stadium 23,169 24−32−1 W1 58 June 16 @ Giants 5−6 Ohe (4−0) Sakai (0−1) — Tokyo Dome 36,916 24−33−1 L1 59 June 17 @ Giants 2−1 Hayakawa (4–4) Griffin (4−3) Y. Matsui (13) Tokyo Dome 40,845 25−33−1 W1 60 June 18 @ Giants 2−1 Kishi (2–2) Sugano (1−1) Y. Matsui (14) Tokyo Dome 40,929 26−33−1 W2 61 June 20 @ Swallows 0−13 Yamamoto (1−0) Fujihira (2–3) — Meiji Jingu Stadium 16,182 26−34−1 L1 62 June 21 Dragons 2−5 Takahashi (3−6) Takinaka (2–4) Martínez (15) Rakuten Mobile Park 13,959 26−35−1 L2 63 June 23 Lions 4−5 Hirai (3−2) Sakai (0−2) Masuda (10) Rakuten Mobile Park 13,794 26−36−1 L3 64 June 24 Lions 0−1 K. Takahashi (5–5) Karashima (0−1) Masuda (11) Rakuten Mobile Park 18,276 26−37−1 L4 65 June 25 Lions 2−5 Sumida (3–6) Hayakawa (4–5) Moriwaki (3) Rakuten Mobile Park 17,065 26−38−1 L5 66 June 26 @ Hawks 3−1 M. Tanaka (4–4) Wada (5–3) Y. Matsui (15) Tokyo Dome 41,876 27−38−1 W1 67 June 28 @ Hawks 2−3 Moinelo (3−0) S. Watanabe (2−1) Osuna (14) PayPay Dome 34,351 27−39−1 L1 68 June 29 @ Hawks 2−3 Ohtsu (2−0) Uchi (3–2) Osuna (15) PayPay Dome 36,157 27−40−1 L2 69 June 30 @ Marines 5−4 Sakai (1−2) Perdomo (0−1) Y. Matsui (16) Zozo Marine Stadium 18,546 28−40−1 W1
July: 15–7–0 (Home: 8–4–0; Away: 7–3–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 70 July 1 @ Marines 2−10 Taneichi (5–3) Karashima (0−2) — Zozo Marine Stadium 25,370 28−41−1 L1 71 July 2 @ Marines 11−4 Fujii (1−0) Mercedes (3−4) — Zozo Marine Stadium 23,051 29−41−1 W1 72 July 4 Buffaloes 7−9 Udagawa (1−0) M. Tanaka (4–5) Yo. Hirano (13) Tokyo Dome 40,502 29−42−1 L1 73 July 5 Buffaloes 6−1 Shoji (1–3) Miyagi (6−3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 12,575 30−42−1 W1 74 July 6 Buffaloes 3−0 Kishi (3–2) Yamashita (7–2) Y. Matsui (17) Rakuten Mobile Park 12,087 31−42−1 W2 75 July 7 Hawks 6−5 Norimoto (4–4) Arihara (3−1) Y. Matsui (18) Rakuten Mobile Park 14,613 32−42−1 W3 76 July 8 Hawks 8−1 Karashima (1−2) Higashihama (5−6) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,950 33−42−1 W4 77 July 9 Hawks 5−1 Fujii (2−0) Ishikawa (3−4) — Rakuten Mobile Park 20,028 34−42−1 W5 78 July 11 @ Fighters 3−2 M. Tanaka (5–5) Kitayama (5–4) Y. Matsui (19) Es Con Field 26,855 35−42−1 W6 79 July 12 @ Fighters 4−3 Sung (2−0) H. Itoh (5−5) Y. Matsui (20) Es Con Field 25,936 36−42−1 W7 80 July 13 @ Fighters 3−2 Sakai (2−2) S. Tanaka (2–2) Y. Matsui (21) Es Con Field 29,010 37−42−1 W8 81 July 15 @ Marines 7−9 T. Nakamura (1−0) Sakai (2−3) Masuda (23) Zozo Marine Stadium 25,560 37−43−1 L1 82 July 16 @ Marines 7−6 S. Watanabe (3−1) Masuda (2−2) Y. Matsui (22) Zozo Marine Stadium 26,617 38−43−1 W1 83 July 17 @ Marines 4−2 Anraku (1−0) Taneichi (6–4) Y. Matsui (23) Zozo Marine Stadium 22,098 39−43−1 W2 All-Star Break : PL defeats the CL, 2–0 [11] 84 July 22 @ Lions 1−2 Imai (5–2) Karashima (2−2) Masuda (16) Belluna Dome 17,606 39−44−1 L1 85 July 23 @ Lions 4−2 Norimoto (5–4) Enns (1−8) S. Suzuki (1) Belluna Dome 15,685 40−44−1 W1 86 July 25 Fighters 3−1 Hayakawa (5–5) Kato (5–7) S. Watanabe (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 16,158 41−44−1 W2 87 July 26 Fighters 2−3 Ikeda (1−3) S. Suzuki (1−1) S. Tanaka (15) Rakuten Mobile Park 16,935 41−45−1 L1 88 July 27 Fighters 5−9 Kitayama (6–4) M. Tanaka (5–6) — Rakuten Mobile Park 15,082 41−46−1 L2 89 July 28 Lions 5−1 Kishi (4–2) Taira (6−5) — Rakuten Mobile Park 15,164 42−46−1 W1 90 July 29 Lions 1−3 Imai (6–2) Karashima (2−4) Masuda (18) Rakuten Mobile Park 18,855 42−47−1 L1 91 July 30 Lions 5−4 (10) Sakai (3−3) Mizukami (0−1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 17,209 43−47−1 W1
August: 12–12–0 (Home: 9–5–0; Away: 3–7–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 92 August 1 @ Buffaloes 2−6 Yamamoto (10−4) Hayakawa (5–6) Yamazaki (5) Kyocera Dome 28,527 43−48−1 L1 93 August 2 @ Buffaloes 2−3 Yo. Hirano (3−1) Anraku (1−1) — Kyocera Dome 21,651 43−49−1 L2 94 August 3 @ Buffaloes 9−1 M. Tanaka (6–6) Waguespack (3–5) — Kyocera Dome 23,016 44−49−1 W1 95 August 4 Marines 3−5 Taneichi (8–4) Kishi (4–3) Tojo (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 17,035 44−50−1 L1 96 August 5 Marines 7−6 Sakai (4−3) Perdomo (1−2) Y. Matsui (24) Rakuten Mobile Park 16,501 45−50−1 W1 97 August 6 Marines 2−1 Norimoto (6–4) Ojima (5−4) Y. Matsui (25) Rakuten Mobile Park 18,018 46−50−1 W2 98 August 8 @ Hawks 9−3 Hayakawa (6–6) Taura (2−1) — PayPay Dome 35,203 47−50−1 W3 — August 9 @ Hawks Postponed (Typhoon Khanun) – Makeup date: October 3 PayPay Dome — — — [12] 99 August 10 @ Hawks 4−11 Wada (6–4) M. Tanaka (6–7) — PayPay Dome 37,974 47−51−1 L1 100 August 11 Buffaloes 5−0 Kishi (5–3) Yamasaki (8–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 22,313 48−51−1 W1 — August 12 Buffaloes Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 14 Rakuten Mobile Park — — — [7] 101 August 13 Buffaloes 0−1 Udagawa (3−0) Norimoto (6–5) Yo. Hirano (19) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,526 48−52−1 L1 102 August 15 @ Lions 5−3 S. Watanabe (4−1) Masuda (4−3) Y. Matsui (26) Belluna Dome 20,414 49−52−1 W1 103 August 16 @ Lions 1−4 Imai (7–3) Karashima (1−5) — Belluna Dome 18,194 49−53−1 L1 104 August 17 @ Lions 2−4 Sumida (7–7) M. Tanaka (6–8) Aoyama (3) Belluna Dome 16,496 49−54−1 L2 105 August 18 Marines 1−4 Taneichi (10–4) Kishi (5–4) Masuda (30) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,021 49−55−1 L3 106 August 19 Marines 7−5 S. Watanabe (5−1) Perdomo (1−3) Y. Matsui (27) Rakuten Mobile Park 21,266 50−55−1 W1 107 August 20 Marines 3−4 Nishimura (3−0) Y. Matsui (1−3) Masuda (31) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,028 50−56−1 L1 108 August 22 @ Fighters 2−6 Kato (5–7) Hayakawa (6–7) — Es Con Field 23,563 50−57−1 L2 109 August 23 @ Fighters 4−10 Ponce (2−4) T. Matsui (1−2) — Es Con Field 22,435 50−58−1 L3 110 August 25 Hawks 3−2 (10) S. Watanabe (6−1) Kaino (1−1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 26,372 51−58−1 W1 111 August 26 Hawks 2−1 M. Tanaka (7–8) Bando (4−3) Y. Matsui (28) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,669 52−58−1 W2 112 August 27 Hawks 7−1 Shoji (2–3) Matsumoto (0−1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 18,408 53−58−1 W3 113 August 29 Lions 2−1 Norimoto (7–5) Matsumoto (4–8) Y. Matsui (29) Rakuten Mobile Park 13,952 54−58−1 W4 114 August 30 Lions 6−4 Uchi (4–2) Masuda (4−4) — Rakuten Mobile Park 14,812 55−58−1 W5 115 August 31 Lions 4−5 Kumon (1−0) S. Watanabe (6−2) Kriske (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 13,537 55−59−1 L1
September/October: 15–11–1 (Home: 6–3–1; Away: 9–8–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 116 September 1 @ Marines 0−5 Mima (2−7) Kishi (5–5) — Zozo Marine Stadium 22,535 55−60−1 L2 117 September 2 @ Marines 5−3 Anraku (2−1) Masuda (2−4) Y. Matsui (30) Zozo Marine Stadium 28,857 56−60−1 W1 118 September 3 @ Marines 5−4 Shoji (3–3) Nakamori (1−2) Y. Matsui (31) Zozo Marine Stadium 27,729 57−60−1 W2 — September 5 Fighters Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 22 Rakuten Mobile Park — — — [13] — September 6 Fighters Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 5 Rakuten Mobile Park — — — [14] 119 September 8 @ Hawks 8−6 Kishi (6–5) Ishikawa (4−7) Y. Matsui (32) PayPay Dome 34,795 58−60−1 W3 120 September 9 @ Hawks 2−7 Kaino (2−1) M. Tanaka (7–9) — PayPay Dome 38,331 58−61−1 L1 121 September 10 @ Hawks 6−4 Shoji (4–3) Bando (5−4) Y. Matsui (33) PayPay Dome 38,139 59−61−1 W1 122 September 12 @ Marines 3−5 Sawada (2−0) Norimoto (7–6) Masuda (35) Zozo Marine Stadium 24,234 59−62−1 L1 123 September 13 @ Marines 5−3 S. Watanabe (7−2) Masuda (2−5) Y. Matsui (34) Zozo Marine Stadium 24,200 60−62−1 W1 124 September 14 Buffaloes 0−2 (11) Yamazaki (1−0) Anraku (2−2) Yamaoka (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 21,539 60−63−1 L1 125 September 16 @ Buffaloes 3−1 Kishi (7–5) Yamamoto (14−6) Y. Matsui (35) Kyocera Dome 35,360 61−63−1 W1 126 September 17 @ Buffaloes 4−6 Udagawa (4−0) Sung (2−1) Yamazaki (8) Kyocera Dome 35,688 61−64−1 L1 127 September 18 @ Buffaloes 3−6 Kogita (3−0) M. Tanaka (7–10) Yamazaki (9) Kyocera Dome 33,773 61−65−1 L2 128 September 19 Hawks 3−2 Norimoto (8–6) Matayoshi (2−2) Y. Matsui (36) Rakuten Mobile Park 20,048 62−65−1 W1 129 September 20 Hawks 6−1 Fujii (3−0) Ohzeki (4−7) — Rakuten Mobile Park 20,300 63−65−1 W2 130 September 21 Lions 2−7 Imai (10–4) Shiomi (0−1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 14,031 63−66−1 L1 131 September 22 Fighters 0−3 Kanemura (2−1) Fujihira (2–4) S. Tanaka (24) Rakuten Mobile Park 15,811 63−67−1 L2 132 September 23 Fighters 4−1 Kishi (8–5) Uwasawa (8–9) Y. Matsui (37) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,946 64−67−1 W1 133 September 24 Fighters 3−1 Y. Matsui (2−3) Ikeda (1−5) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,561 65−67−1 W2 134 September 25 @ Fighters 9−1 S. Watanabe (8−2) Itoh (7−10) — Es Con Field 26,010 66−67−1 W3 135 September 27 @ Lions 1−2 Hirai (4−3) S. Watanabe (8−3) Kriske (7) Belluna Dome 24,873 66−68−1 L1 136 September 28 Buffaloes 9−5 Anraku (3−2) Abe (3−5) — Rakuten Mobile Park 22,911 67−68−1 W1 137 September 30 @ Buffaloes 5−4 Kishi (9–5) Tajima (6–4) Y. Matsui (38) Kyocera Dome 26,159 68−68−1 W2 138 October 1 @ Buffaloes 8−2 Shoji (5–3) Kuroki (1−5) — Kyocera Dome 28,162 69−68−1 W3 139 October 2 @ Hawks 0−6 Ohzeki (5−7) M. Tanaka (7–11) — PayPay Dome 37,413 69−69−1 L1 140 October 3 @ Hawks 3−7 Wada (8–6) Norimoto (8–7) Osuna (26) PayPay Dome 38,597 69−70−1 L2 141 October 5 Fighters 5−3 Sakai (5−3) Nemoto (3−1) Y. Matsui (39) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,997 70−70−1 W1 142 October 7 Hawks 5−5 Game tied after 12 innings Rakuten Mobile Park 25,841 70−70−2 T1 — October 9 Marines Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 10 Rakuten Mobile Park — — — [15] 143 October 10 Marines 0−5 Ojima (10−6) Norimoto (8–8) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,630 70−71−2 L1
Win  |     Loss  |     Tie  |     Postponement  |      = Interleague play Bold = Eagles team member

Roster

2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
Pitchers  1 Yuki Matsui 11 Takayuki Kishi 13 Manny Bañuelos 14 Takahiro Norimoto 17 Takahiro Shiomi 18 Masahiro Tanaka 19 Kosei Shoji 20 Tomohiro Anraku 21 Takahisa Hayakawa 22 Ryuji Komago 28 Tomohito Sakai 29 Koichi Takada 31 Shota Watanabe 38 Hayato Yuge 41 Mao Itoh 43 Sung Chia-hao 45 Tomotaka Matsui 46 Shoma Fujihira 47 Masaru Fujii 49 Masaya Nishigaki 52 Taisei Tsurusaki 56 Sora Suzuki 57 Ryota Takinaka 58 Wataru Karashima 60 Ryota Ishibashi 62 Naoto Nishiguchi 69 Seiryu Uchi 72 Satoshi Miyamori		Catchers  2 Hikaru Ohta 26 Ginjiro Sumitani 55 Yuma Yasuda 65 Kengo Horiuchi Infielders  0 Hiroto Kobukata  3 Hideto Asamura  4 Toshiki Abe  5 Eigoro Mogi  7 Daichi Suzuki 23 Maikel Franco 24 Fumiya Kurokawa 33 Ginji Akaminai 34 Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 39 Yukiya Itoh 48 Yoshiaki Watanabe 66 Itsuki Murabayashi		Outfielders  6 Haruki Nishikawa  8 Ryosuke Tatsumi 25 Kazuki Tanaka 27 Takero Okajima 35 Hiroaki Shimauchi 51 Yuya Ogo 54 Ren Wada 67 Yuya Shozui		Manager 16 Kazuhisa Ishii Coaches 87 Manabu Satake (outfield defense/baserunning) 93 Taketoshi Goto (hitting) 98 Toshiaki Imae (hitting) 84 Yuhei Takai (hitting) 80 Takashi Ishii (pitching) 83 Satoshi Nagai (pitching) 75 Shinichiro Koyama (pitching) 82 Naoki Matoba (battery) 86 Tatsuya Shiokawa (infield defense/baserunning) 74 Naoto Watanabe (infield defense/baserunning/hitting)
[16]

Player statistics

Batting

2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics ^[16]

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	TB
Toshiki Abe	78	216	16	55	17	1	4	24	0	27	47	.255	.340	.398	86
Ginji Akaminai	6	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.100	.100	.100	1
Hideto Asamura	143	522	64	143	20	0	26	78	2	75	108	.274	.368	.462	241
Maikel Franco	95	312	31	69	11	0	12	32	0	21	52	.221	.273	.372	116
Takahisa Hayakawa	17	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	1
Kengo Horiuchi	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1
Yukiya Itoh	87	188	20	46	6	1	5	16	3	15	48	.245	.301	.367	69
Wataru Karashima	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0
Takayuki Kishi	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0
Hiroto Kobukata	134	477	67	123	8	6	5	37	36	48	83	.258	.329	.331	158
Fumiya Kurokawa	9	22	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	.091	.087	.227	5
Eigoro Mogi	8	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	.083	.267	.083	1
Itsuki Murabayashi	98	301	35	77	14	2	2	32	11	21	55	.256	.311	.336	101
Haruki Nishikawa	35	72	11	13	2	1	1	4	2	11	24	.181	.286	.278	20
Takahiro Norimoto	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	0
Yuya Ogo	120	390	53	102	16	3	10	49	13	36	85	.262	.321	.395	154
Hikaru Ohta	104	173	19	42	6	0	3	14	1	27	47	.243	.356	.330	57
Takero Okajima	114	361	33	96	20	0	6	43	3	33	67	.266	.327	.371	134
Hiroaki Shimauchi	104	322	21	76	13	0	7	38	2	41	41	.236	.325	.342	110
Kosei Shoji	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
Yuya Shozui	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	0
Ginjiro Sumitani	65	131	9	29	2	0	1	10	0	5	23	.221	.259	.260	34
Daichi Suzuki	101	250	25	61	9	1	5	27	0	24	36	.244	.330	.348	87
Kazuki Tanaka	95	34	22	3	0	0	2	3	3	5	13	.088	.205	.265	9
Masahiro Tanaka	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	0
Ryosuke Tatsumi	133	434	45	114	16	5	9	43	13	40	99	.263	.341	.385	167
Ren Wada	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	.200	.167	.200	1
Yoshiaki Watanabe	25	49	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	5	7	.143	.222	.143	7
Tsuyoshi Yamasaki	117	261	29	53	6	5	2	19	13	35	58	.203	.303	.287	75
Yuma Yasuda	53	110	7	24	2	0	3	7	0	16	25	.218	.323	.318	35
Total：30 players	143	4,667	513	1,140	168	25	104	485	102	490	937	.244	.321	.358	1,670

Bold/italics denotes best in the league ^[17]

Pitching

2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics ^[16]

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Tomohiro Anraku	3	2	3.04	57	0	0	47.1	48	16	16	18	32
Manny Bañuelos	0	0	81.00	1	0	0	0.2	4	6	6	2	0
Shoma Fujihira	2	4	4.44	11	11	0	50.2	50	30	25	27	42
Masaru Fujii	3	0	2.29	10	6	0	35.1	28	12	9	18	24
Takahisa Hayakawa	6	7	3.44	17	17	0	96.2	102	42	37	27	78
Ryota Ishibashi	0	0	18.90	2	0	0	3.1	8	7	7	1	2
Mao Itoh	1	0	3.27	25	0	0	22	18	11	8	14	9
Wataru Karashima	1	5	4.56	10	10	0	51.1	57	27	26	16	24
Takayuki Kishi	9	5	3.07	20	20	0	120.1	123	44	41	20	76
Ryuji Komago	0	0	9.00	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	6	3
Tomotaka Matsui	1	2	3.86	6	3	0	18.2	15	9	8	8	13
Yuki Matsui	2	3	1.57	59	0	39	57.1	38	14	10	13	72
Satoshi Miyamori	0	2	7.71	24	0	0	21	30	18	18	14	15
Masaya Nishigaki	0	0	81.00	1	0	0	0.1	1	3	3	1	0
Naoto Nishiguchi	0	4	4.56	26	0	0	23.2	32	14	12	9	18
Takahiro Norimoto	8	8	2.61	24	24	0	155	134	57	45	44	111
Tomohito Sakai	5	3	2.98	47	0	1	42.1	36	17	14	25	30
Takahiro Shiomi	0	1	9.00	1	1	0	4	4	4	4	1	4
Kosei Shoji	5	3	3.36	19	19	0	109.2	90	43	41	48	93
Sung Chia-hao	2	1	2.89	49	0	0	46.2	41	16	15	11	35
Sora Suzuki	1	1	3.30	61	0	1	43.2	37	18	16	25	47
Koichi Takada	0	0	1.86	7	0	0	9.2	14	4	2	2	6
Ryota Takinaka	2	4	3.83	8	8	0	42.1	45	20	18	11	18
Masahiro Tanaka	7	11	4.91	24	24	0	139.1	156	79	76	38	81
Taisei Tsurusaki	0	0	1.86	7	0	0	9.2	11	2	2	0	7
Seiryu Uchi	4	2	2.28	53	0	0	55.1	38	17	14	17	35
Shota Watanabe	8	3	2.40	51	0	1	48.2	30	15	13	20	41
Hayato Yuge	0	0	5.59	12	0	0	9.2	12	7	6	4	5
Total：28 players	70	71	3.52	143	143	42	1,268.2	1,206	556	496	440	921

Bold/italics denotes best in the league ^[18]

Awards and honors

Taiju Life Monthly MVP Award ^[19]

• Hideto Asamura - July (batter)

Best Nine Award ^[20]

• Hideto Asamura - second baseman

Mitsui Golden Glove Award ^[21]

• Ryosuke Tatsumi - outfielder

All-Star Series selections ^[22]

• Masahiro Tanaka - pitcher
• Hiroto Kobukata - infielder

SKY PerfecTV! Sayonara Award ^[23]

• Hiroto Kobukata - June (June 8)
• Hideto Asamura - August (August 30)

Farm team

2023 Eastern League regular season standings ^[24]

Pos	Team	G Tooltip Games played	W	L	T	Pct.	GB Tooltip Games behind	Home	Road
1	Yomiuri Giants†	124	74	44	6	.627	—	45–18	29–26–6
2	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	129	78	48	3	.619	0	41–22–2	37–26–1
3	Saitama Seibu Lions	124	71	49	4	.592	4	24–24–2	37–25–2
4	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	132	59	66	7	.472	18½	35–29–3	24–37–4
5	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	128	54	67	7	.446	21½	29–30–6	25–37–1
6	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	122	45	73	4	.381	29	26–31–3	19–42–1
7	Chiba Lotte Marines	124	43	75	6	.364	31	21–37–3	22–38–3

 ^†  = League champion

Nippon Professional Baseball draft

Main article: 2023 Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles draft selections ^[25]

Round	Name	Position	Affiliation	Signed?
1	Tatsuki Koja	Pitcher	Toin University of Yokohama	Yes
2	Haruto Sakai	Pitcher	Takigawa Daini High School	Yes
3	Hinata Naoki	Pitcher	Tokai University Sugao High School	Yes
4	Jumil Rikai Waters	Infielder	Nihon Wellness Okinawa High School	Yes
5	Takuma Matsuda	Pitcher	Osaka Sangyo University	Yes
6	Daisuke Nakajima	Outfielder	Aoyama Gakuin University	Yes
7	Seiya Ohuchi	Pitcher	Nihon Wellness Miyagi High School	Yes
8	Takumi Aono	Infielder	Himi High School	Yes

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14. "10/5(木)北海道日本ハム戦[9/6(水)振替試合]を開催!9/10(日)からチケット販売スタート!" [The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters game will be held on Thursday, October 5th [rescheduled for Wednesday, September 6th]! Tickets go on sale from Sunday, September 10th!] (in Japanese). Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. September 8, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
15. "【最終戦 振替試合10/10(火)開催】10/9(月・祝)13:00～観戦チケット順次発売!" [[Final game rescheduled to be held on 10/10 (Tue)] Tickets will go on sale from 13:00 on 10/9 (Mon, holiday)!] (in Japanese). Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. October 9, 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
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