2025 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

2025  Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
League	Pacific League
Ballpark	Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi
Record	67–74–2 (.475), 21 GB
League place	4th
Parent company	Rakuten
President	Masayuki Morii
General manager	Kazuhisa Ishii
Manager	Hajime Miki
Average attendance	23,713
←  2024 Eagles seasons

The 2025 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the 21st 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 was led by Hajime Miki in his first season in his second stint as team manager, and his second season overall.

Regular season

Standings

2025 Pacific League regular season standings ^[1]

Pos	Team	G Tooltip Games played	W	L	T	Pct.	GB Tooltip Games behind	Home	Road
1	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks †	143	87	52	4	.626	—	44–24–3	43–28–1
2	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters*	143	83	57	3	.593	4½	43–28	40–29–3
3	Orix Buffaloes*	143	74	66	3	.529	13½	38–32–2	36–34–1
4	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	143	67	74	2	.475	21	35–36–1	32–38–1
5	Saitama Seibu Lions	143	63	77	3	.450	24½	35–34–2	28–43–1
6	Chiba Lotte Marines	143	56	84	3	.400	31½	33–38–1	23–46–2

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

Interleague

2025 regular season interleague standings ^[2]

Pos	Team	G Tooltip Games played	W	L	T	Pct.	GB Tooltip Games behind	Home	Road
1	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks †	18	12	5	1	.706	—	7–1–1	5–4
2	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	18	11	7	0	.611	1½	6–3	5–4
3	Orix Buffaloes	18	11	7	0	.611	1½	7–2	4–5
4	Saitama Seibu Lions	18	10	8	0	.556	2½	7–2	3–6
5	Chiba Lotte Marines	18	10	8	0	.556	2½	7–2	3–6
6	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	18	9	8	1	.529	3	5–4	4–4–1
7	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	18	9	9	0	.500	3½	6–3	3–6
8	Hanshin Tigers	18	8	10	0	.444	4½	6–3	2–7
9	Chunichi Dragons	18	8	10	0	.444	4½	5–4	3–6
10	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	18	7	11	0	.389	5½	4–5	3–6
11	Yomiuri Giants	18	6	11	1	.353	6	5–4	1–7–1
12	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	18	5	12	1	.294	7	3–5−1	2–7

 ^†  Interleague champion

Chihō ballparks

The Eagles will host six home games outside of Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in 2025. Five will be played at chihō, or "countryside", ballparks in the remaining five prefectures that make up Japan's Tōhoku region: Fukushima, Aomori, Yamagata, and Akita Prefectures. ^[3] A sixth will be played at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. ^[4]

2025 Rakuten Eagles chihō ballparks ^[3]

Ballpark	City	Prefecture
Kitagin Ballpark	Morioka	Iwate Prefecture
York Kaiseizan Stadium	Kōriyama	Fukushima Prefecture
Kirayaka Stadium	Yamagata	Yamagata Prefecture
Haruka Yume Stadium	Hirosaki	Aomori Prefecture
Komachi Stadium	Akita	Akita Prefecture
Tokyo Dome	Bunkyō	Tokyo

Opening Day starting roster

Friday, March 28, 2025, vs. Orix Buffaloes ^[5]

2025 Rakuten Eagles Opening Day starting roster ^[5]

Order	Player	Position
1	Hiroto Kobukata	Second baseman
2	Rui Muneyama	Shortstop
3	Yuya Ogo	Right fielder
4	Ryosuke Tatsumi	Center fielder
5	Hideto Asamura	First baseman
6	Itsuki Murabayashi	Third baseman
7	Yukiya Itoh	Designated hitter
8	Hikaru Ohta	Catcher
9	Kazuki Tanaka	Left fielder
—	Takahisa Hayakawa	Starting pitcher

Game log

2025 game log: 13–11–0 (Home: 5–8–0; Away: 8–3–0)
March/April: 13–13–0 (Home: 5–8–0; Away: 8–5–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 March 28 @ Buffaloes 2–3 Machado (1–0) S. Suzuki (0–1) — Kyocera Dome 36,079 0–1–0 L1 2 March 29 @ Buffaloes 5–4 (10) Norimoto (1–0) Yamada (0–1) Uchi (1) Kyocera Dome 32,121 1–1–0 W1 3 March 30 @ Buffaloes 1–6 Takashima (1–0) Karashima (0–1) — Kyocera Dome 30,583 1–2–0 L1 — April 1 Lions Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: TBD Rakuten Mobile Park — — — — April 2 Lions Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: TBD Rakuten Mobile Park — — — 4 April 3 Lions 4–1 Kishi (1–0) Hada (0–1) Norimoto (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,114 2–2–0 W1 5 April 4 @ Marines 3–1 Hayakawa (1–0) Tanaka (0–1) Norimoto (2) Zozo Marine Stadium 24,606 3–2–0 W2 6 April 5 @ Marines 0–1 Ojima (1–0) Ehara (0–1) Guerrero (1) Zozo Marine Stadium 24,892 3–3–0 L1 7 April 6 @ Marines 5–0 Koja (1–0) Voth (0–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 26,375 4–3–0 W1 8 April 8 Fighters 2–5 Itoh (1–1) Norimoto (1–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,024 4–4–0 L1 9 April 9 Fighters 2–8 T. Katoh (1–0) Karashima (0–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 20,007 4–5–0 L2 10 April 10 Fighters 0–10 Kitayama (2–0) Kishi (1–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 20,722 4–6–0 L3 11 April 11 Buffaloes 1–4 D. Tajima (1–0) Hayakawa (1–1) Machado (4) Rakuten Mobile Park 22,498 4–7–0 L4 12 April 12 Buffaloes 2–4 Kuri (2–0) Matsui (0–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,656 4–8–0 L5 13 April 13 Buffaloes 1–6 Miyagi (2–0) Koja (1–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,129 4–9–0 L6 14 April 15 @ Hawks 2–1 (10) Norimoto (2–1) Hernández (0–2) S. Suzuki (1) Mizuho PayPay Dome 30,162 5–9–0 W1 15 April 16 @ Hawks 6–2 Takinaka (1–0) Uwasawa (1–1) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 30,232 6–9–0 W2 16 April 17 @ Hawks 4–3 Matsui (1–1) Osuna (1–1) Norimoto (3) Mizuho PayPay Dome 30,521 7–9–0 W3 17 April 18 Marines 1–4 Voth (1–1) Hayakawa (1–2) Masuda (2) Rakuten Mobile Park 22,667 7–10–0 L1 18 April 19 Marines 2–1 Nishigaki (1–0) Ojima (1–2) Norimoto (4) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,931 8–10–0 W1 19 April 20 Marines 4–1 Koja (2–1) Nishino (0–2) Norimoto (5) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,830 9–10–0 W2 20 April 22 @ Fighters 4–2 Konno (1–0) Sugiura (1–1) Fujihira (1) Es Con Field 28,624 10–10–0 W3 21 April 23 @ Fighters 8–3 Takinaka (2–0) Gu Lin (0–1) — Es Con Field 28,461 11–10–0 W4 22 April 25 Hawks 0–1 Arihara (1–3) Norimoto (2–2) Osuna (3) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,693 11–11–0 L1 23 April 26 Hawks 6–3 Uchi (1–0) Ohzeki (1–2) Fujihira (2) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,230 12–11–0 W1 24 April 27 Hawks 3–2 (11) Norimoto (3–2) Tsumori (1–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,506 13–11–0 W2 25 April 29 @ Lions 1–7 K. Takahashi (1–2) Koja (2–2) — Belluna Dome 27,624 13–12–0 L1 26 April 30 @ Lions 1–3 Sugai (3–1) Fujii (0–1) Taira (6) Belluna Dome 18,629 13–13–0 L2
May: 9–13–1 (Home: 5–5–1; Away: 4–8–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 27 May 1 @ Lions 1–2 (10) Hada (1–1) Fujihira (0–1) — Belluna Dome 19,543 13–14–0 L3 — May 2 Buffaloes Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: TBD Rakuten Mobile Park — — — 28 May 3 Buffaloes 0–7 Sotani (2–2) Hayakawa (1–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,300 13–15–0 L4 29 May 4 Buffaloes 14–3 Kishi (2–1) Takashima (2–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,600 14–15–0 W1 30 May 5 @ Marines 2–1 Nishigaki (2–0) H. Tanaka (2–2) S. Suzuki (2) Zozo Marine Stadium 29,612 15–15–0 W2 — May 6 @ Marines Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: TBD Zozo Marine Stadium — — — 31 May 7 @ Marines 3–7 Takano (1–0) Fujii (0–2) — Zozo Marine Stadium 25,127 15–16–0 L1 32 May 9 @ Fighters 1–2 Kanemura (3–2) Takinaka (2–1) — Es Con Field 27,826 15–17–0 L2 33 May 10 @ Fighters 1–2 T. Yamamoto (1–0) Matsui (1–2) Tanaka Es Con Field 29,280 15–18–0 L3 34 May 11 @ Fighters 0–4 Gu Lin (2–1) Kishi (2–2) — Es Con Field 30,375 15–19–0 L4 35 May 13 Marines 4–3 Nishiguchi (1–0) Guerrero (1–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 23,521 16–19–0 W1 36 May 14 Marines 4–0 Howard (1–0) Taneichi (2–3) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,353 17–19–0 W2 37 May 15 Marines 2–5 Sammons (1–0) Hayakawa (1–4) Kimura (1) Tokyo Dome 40,629 17–20–0 L1 38 May 16 @ Hawks 5–1 Fujii (1–2) Arihara (2–4) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 39,511 18–20–0 W1 39 May 17 @ Hawks 1–2 Ohzeki (3–3) Matsui (1–3) Osuna (6) Mizuho PayPay Dome 40,060 18–21–0 L1 40 May 18 @ Hawks 1–2 (12) Fujii (2–1) Konno (1–0) — Mizuho PayPay Dome 40,116 18–22–0 L2 41 May 20 Lions 0–1 Sugai (4–2) Takinaka (2–2) Taira (11) Kitagin Ballpark 12,509 18–23–0 L3 42 May 22 Lions 2–1 Nishiguchi (2–0) Wingenter (0–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,010 19–23–0 W1 43 May 23 Fighters 0–1 Kanemura (4–2) Hayakawa (1–5) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,594 19–24–0 L1 44 May 24 Fighters 2–1 Shoji (1–0) Yamasaki (2–2) S. Suzuki (3) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,162 20–24–0 W1 45 May 25 Fighters 1−1 Game tied after 12 innings Rakuten Mobile Park 25,117 20–24–1 T1 45 May 27 @ Lions 3–1 Kajiya (1–0) Wingenter (0–3) S. Suzuki (4) 11,281 21–24–1 W1 46 May 28 @ Lions 0–6 Y. Watanabe (3–3) Takinaka (2–3) — Belluna Dome 24,465 21–25–1 L1 47 May 29 @ Lions 6–3 Nishigaki (3–0) Takeuchi (1–1) Fujihira (3) Belluna Dome 22,503 22–25–1 W1 48 May 30 Hawks 2–4 Sugiyama (1–2) S. Suzuki (0–2) Osuna (8) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,604 22–26–1 L1 — May 31 Hawks Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: TBD Rakuten Mobile Park — — —
June: 11–10–1 (Home: 6–4–0; Away: 5–6–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 49 June 1 Hawks 3–0 Fujii (2–2) H. Matsumoto (1–1) Fujihira (4) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,012 23–26–1 W1 50 June 3 BayStars 3–6 K. Azuma (6–2) Yajure (0–1) Irie (12) Rakuten Mobile Park 23,802 23–27–1 L1 51 June 4 BayStars 3–1 Uchi (2–0) Jackson (5–2) Kajiya (1) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,285 24–27–1 W1 52 June 5 BayStars 0–5 Kay (5–2) Takinaka (2–4) — York Kaiseizan Stadium 12,349 24–28–1 L1 53 June 6 @ Giants 2–0 Howard (2–0) Akahoshi (4–4) Norimoto (6) Tokyo Dome 41,812 25–28–1 W1 54 June 7 @ Giants 0–2 Griffin (4–0) Fujihira (0–2) Martínez (21) Tokyo Dome 41,926 25–29–1 L1 55 June 8 @ Giants 0–5 Togo (2–4) Fujii (2–3) — Tokyo Dome 42,041 25–30–1 L2 56 June 10 Dragons 1–3 Muller (2–3) Yajure (0–2) Matsuyama (23) Kirayaka Stadium 9,806 25–31–1 L3 57 June 11 Dragons 5–8 Wakui (3–2) Uchi (2–1) Matsuyama (24) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,413 25–32–1 L4 58 June 12 Dragons 4–0 Kishi (3–2) Miura (2–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,979 26–32–1 W1 59 June 13 Tigers 3–2 Howard (3–0) Murakami (7–2) Norimoto (7) Rakuten Mobile Park 25,628 27–32–1 W2 60 June 14 Tigers 5–4 (10) S. Watanabe (1–0) Iwasada (2–1) — Rakuten Mobile Park 25,739 28–32–1 W3 61 June 15 Tigers 3–2 (12) Uchi (3–1) Yuasa (2–2) — Rakuten Mobile Park 26,134 29–32–1 W4 62 June 17 @ Swallows 4−4 Game tied after 12 innings Meiji Jingu Stadium 28,672 29–32–2 T1 63 June 18 @ Swallows 6–2 Takinaka (3–4) Lambert (1–6) — Meiji Jingu Stadium 26,639 30–32–2 W1 64 June 19 @ Swallows 3–1 Kishi (4–2) Ávila (1–4) S. Watanabe (1) Meiji Jingu Stadium 25,595 31–32–2 W2 65 June 20 @ Carp 4–0 Hayakawa (2–5) Morishita (5–6) — Mazda Stadium 28,806 32–32–2 W3 66 June 21 @ Carp 3–8 Tokoda (7–5) Uchi (3–2) — Mazda Stadium 32,175 32–33–2 L1 67 June 22 @ Carp 2–5 Nakazaki (2–1) Fujii (2–4) Kuribayashi (9) Mazda Stadium 30,980 32–34–2 L2 68 June 27 @ Buffaloes 2–10 Kuri (6–4) Hayakawa (2–6) — Kyocera Dome 29,610 32–35–2 L3 69 June 28 @ Buffaloes 3–7 Saiki (1–0) Yajure (0–3) — Kyocera Dome 30,340 32–36–2 L4 70 June 29 @ Buffaloes 4–2 Fujii (3–4) Azuma (1–2) Norimoto (8) Kyocera Dome 31,005 33–36–2 W1
July: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 0–0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 71 June 1 Marines 6–0 Howard (4–0) Voth (2–4) — Rakuten Mobile Park 24,024 34–36–2 W2 72 June 2 Marines 3–6 Kimura (2–0) Kishi (4–3) Nakamori (5) Rakuten Mobile Park 24,941 34–37–2 L1 73 June 4 @ Fighters 1–7 Itoh (9–4) Hayakawa (2–7) — Es Con Field 30,142 34–38–2 L2 74 June 5 @ Fighters 1–12 Hosono (2–1) Takinaka (3–5) — Es Con Field 32,011 34–39–2 L3 75 June 6 @ Fighters 6–8 Tamai (1–2) Kajiya (1–1) Yanagawa (1) Es Con Field 32,005 34–40–2 L4
August: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 0–0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
September/October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 0–0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak
Win  |     Loss  |     Tie  |     Postponement  |      = Interleague play Bold = Eagles team member

Roster

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles roster view talk edit
First team				Second team
Pitchers 14 Takahiro Norimoto 19 Kōsei Shōji 22 Ryūji Komago 41 Ren Kajiya 43 Sung Chia-hao 46 Shōma Fujihira 52 Taisei Tsurusaki 54 Naoki Hinata 59 Katsutoshi Tai 62 Naoto Nishiguchi 64 Yūki Hayashi Catchers 2 Hikaru Ohta 65 Kengo Horiuchi 70 Tsuyoshi Ishihara		Infielders 0 Hiroto Kobukata 1 Rui Muneyama 3 Hideto Asamura 6 Itsuki Murabayashi 7 Daichi Suzuki 9 Luke Voit 23 Maikel Franco 24 Fumiya Kurokawa 39 Yukiya Itoh 75 Yang Po-hsiang Outfielders 32 Daisuke Nakashima 50 Atsuki Mutoh 78 Sōshi Yoshino Manager 88 Hajime Miki Coaches 98 Hiroshi Watanabe (Batting) 93 Taketoshi Gotō (Batting) 80 Takashi Ishii (Pitching) 91 Yūya Kubo (Pitching) 96 Masahiko Tanaka (Battery) 86 Tatsuya Shiokawa (Infield defense/base running) 99 Shinichi Kawana (Outfield defense/base running) 95 Ryōsuke Morioka (Batting/assistant fielding)		Pitchers 11 Takayuki Kishi 15 Spencer Howard 17 Tatsuki Koja 21 Takahisa Hayakawa 26 Haruto Nakagomi 28 Tomohito Sakai 29 Kazuto Tokuyama 31 Shōta Watanabe 38 Hayato Yuge 40 Masahiro Ehara 45 Tomotaka Matsui 47 Masaru Fujii 49 Masaya Nishigaki 53 Haruto Sakai 56 Sora Suzuki 57 Ryōta Takinaka 58 Wataru Karashima 61 Takuma Matsuda 66 Ryuta Konno 67 Seiya Ōuchi 69 Seiryū Uchi 71 Daichi Shibata 72 Satoshi Miyamori 89 Miguel Yajure Catchers 44 Takaya Tanaka 55 Yūma Yasuda		Infielders 4 Toshiki Abe 34 Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 42 Haruka Yamada 48 Yoshiaki Watanabe 60 Rikai Waters 63 Daiki Irie 68 Takumi Aono 73 Kōtarō Komori 82 Kōnosuke Tatsumi Outfielders 8 Ryōsuke Tatsumi 12 Oscar González 25 Kazuki Tanaka 27 Takerō Okajima 35 Hiroaki Shimauchi 36 Tsubasa Yoshino 51 Yūya Ogo 79 Ginji Maeda Manager 74 Naoto Watanabe Coaches 84 Yūhei (Batting) 76 Tatsuya Shimozono (Batting) 81 Kōji Aoyama (Pitching) 83 Satoshi Nagai (Pitching) 94 Kanehisa Arime (Pitching) 97 Takahiro Shimotsuma (Battery) 92 Nobuyuki Okumura (Infield defense/base running) 85 Akihisa Makida (Outfield defense/base running) 87 Yasunaga Makishi (General development) 90 Fumitoshi Takano (Development)
Development Players
017 Wang Yan-cheng (P) 022 Kei Mizukami (C) 030 Ryūya Taira (IF) 130 Kōsei Koga (P) 131 Sōtarō Nagata (IF) 132 Yuya Kishimoto (IF) 137 Yūto Egawa (C) 197 Shao Chi (P)
Updated October 5, 2025				→ All NPB rosters

References

1. "2025 Pacific League Standings". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved June 16, 2025.
2. "2025年度 交流戦" [2025 Interleague Play] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved June 23, 2025.
3. "東北各県開催試合を「東北楽天ゴールデンイーグルス 東北シリーズ Supported by 大東建託」として実施!!" [Games held in each prefecture in Tohoku will be held as the "Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Tohoku Series Supported by Daito Trust Construction"!!] (in Japanese). Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. January 31, 2025. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
4. "※情報更新※5/15(木)千葉ロッテ戦は東京ドームで「楽天スーパーナイター」を開催!" [*Information update* The Rakuten Super Night game will be held at Tokyo Dome on May 15th (Thu) against Chiba Lotte!] (in Japanese). Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. March 3, 2025. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
5. "Friday, March 28, 2025". Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved April 1, 2025.