2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Team information
Parent company	Rakuten
President	Yosuke Yoneda
General manager	Kazuhisa Ishii
Manager	Kazuhisa Ishii
Captain	Hideto Asamura
Ballpark	Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi
	Eagles seasons
	Eagles seasons

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

Opening Day roster

Thursday, March 30, 2023, vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters[1]

Order	Player	Pos.
1	Ryosuke Tatsumi	CF
2	Hiroto Kobukata	LF
3	Maikel Franco	DH
4	Hideto Asamura	2B
5	Hiroaki Shimauchi	RF
6	Toshiki Abe	1B
7	Tsuyoshi Yamasaki	SS
8	Yukiya Itoh	3B
9	Yuma Yasuda	C
—	Masahiro Tanaka	P

Game log

2023 game log: 15–21–1 (Home: 8–10–0; Away: 7–11–1)

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	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)	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	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: TBA				Rakuten Mobile Park	—	—	—
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 Osaka	15,173	5–8–0	W1
14	April 19	@ Buffaloes	1–2	Tajima (2–1)	Nishiguchi (0–3)	Yo. Hirano (4)	Kyocera Dome Osaka	14,983	5–9–0	L1
15	April 20	@ Buffaloes	1–3	Yamasaki (1–0)	Fujihira (1–1)	Waguespack (1)	Kyocera Dome Osaka	13,873	5–10–0	L2
16	April 21	Fighters	8–7	Suzuki (1–0)	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: TBA				Heiwadai Stadium	—	—	—
19	April 26	@ Hawks	2–4	Wada (2–1)	Hayakawa (1–2)	Osuna (4)	Fukuoka PayPay Dome	34,858	7–12–0	L1
20	April 27	@ Hawks	3–5	Mori (1–0)	Takinaka (0–1)	Osuna (5)	Fukuoka PayPay Dome	35,102	7–13–0	L2
21	April 28	@ Lions	0–4	Imai (3–0)	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: 6–7–1 (Home: 4–4–0; Away: 2–3–1)

#	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 (1–2)	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)	Iwagin Stadium	16,070	15−20−1	W2
37	May 17	Hawks	1−10	Wada (3–1)	Shoji (0–2)	—	Yamagata Municipal Stadium	9,912	15−21−1	L1
38	May 19	Marines	Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: TBA				Rakuten Mobile Park	—	—	—
39	May 20	Marines					Rakuten Mobile Park
40	May 21	Marines					Rakuten Mobile Park
41	May 23	@ Buffaloes					Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium
42	May 24	@ Buffaloes					Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium
43	May 26	Fighters					Rakuten Mobile Park
44	May 27	Fighters					Rakuten Mobile Park
45	May 28	Fighters					Rakuten Mobile Park
46	May 30	BayStars					Rakuten Mobile Park
47	May 31	BayStars					Rakuten Mobile Park

June

#	Date	Opponent	Stadium
48	June 1	BayStars	Rakuten Mobile Park
49	June 2	@ Swallows	Meiji Jingu Stadium
50	June 3	@ Swallows	Meiji Jingu Stadium
51	June 4	@ Swallows	Meiji Jingu Stadium
52	June 6	Tigers	Rakuten Mobile Park
53	June 7	Tigers	Rakuten Mobile Park
54	June 8	Tigers	Rakuten Mobile Park
55	June 9	Dragons	Rakuten Mobile Park
56	June 10	Dragons	Rakuten Mobile Park
57	June 11	Dragons	Rakuten Mobile Park
58	June 13	@ Carp	Mazda Stadium
59	June 14	@ Carp	Mazda Stadium
60	June 15	@ Carp	Mazda Stadium
61	June 16	@ Giants	Tokyo Dome
62	June 17	@ Giants	Tokyo Dome
63	June 18	@ Giants	Tokyo Dome
64	June 23	Lions	Rakuten Mobile Park
65	June 24	Lions	Rakuten Mobile Park
66	June 25	Lions	Rakuten Mobile Park
67	June 26	@ Hawks	Tokyo Dome
68	June 28	@ Hawks	Fukuoka PayPay Dome
69	June 29	@ Hawks	Fukuoka PayPay Dome
70	June 30	@ Marines	Zozo Marine Stadium

July

#	Date	Opponent	Stadium
71	July 1	@ Marines	Zozo Marine Stadium
72	July 2	@ Marines	Zozo Marine Stadium
73	July 4	Buffaloes	Tokyo Dome
74	July 5	Buffaloes	Rakuten Mobile Park
75	July 6	Buffaloes	Rakuten Mobile Park
76	July 7	Hawks	Rakuten Mobile Park
77	July 8	Hawks	Rakuten Mobile Park
78	July 9	Hawks	Rakuten Mobile Park
79	July 11	@ Fighters	Es Con Field
80	July 12	@ Fighters	Es Con Field
81	July 13	@ Fighters	Es Con Field
82	July 15	@ Marines	Zozo Marine Stadium
83	July 16	@ Marines	Zozo Marine Stadium
84	July 17	@ Marines	Zozo Marine Stadium
85	July 22	@ Lions	Belluna Dome
86	July 23	@ Lions	Belluna Dome
87	July 25	Fighters	Rakuten Mobile Park
88	July 26	Fighters	Rakuten Mobile Park
89	July 27	Fighters	Rakuten Mobile Park
90	July 28	Lions	Rakuten Mobile Park
91	July 29	Lions	Rakuten Mobile Park
92	July 30	Lions	Rakuten Mobile Park

August

#	Date	Opponent	Stadium
93	August 1	@ Buffaloes	Kyocera Dome Osaka
94	August 2	@ Buffaloes	Kyocera Dome Osaka
95	August 3	@ Buffaloes	Kyocera Dome Osaka
96	August 4	Marines	Rakuten Mobile Park
97	August 5	Marines	Rakuten Mobile Park
98	August 6	Marines	Rakuten Mobile Park
99	August 8	@ Hawks	Fukuoka PayPay Dome
100	August 9	@ Hawks	Fukuoka PayPay Dome
101	August 10	@ Hawks	Fukuoka PayPay Dome
102	August 11	Buffaloes	Rakuten Mobile Park
103	August 12	Buffaloes	Rakuten Mobile Park
104	August 13	Buffaloes	Rakuten Mobile Park
105	August 15	@ Lions	Belluna Dome
106	August 16	@ Lions	Belluna Dome
107	August 17	@ Lions	Belluna Dome
108	August 18	Marines	Rakuten Mobile Park
109	August 19	Marines	Rakuten Mobile Park
110	August 20	Marines	Rakuten Mobile Park
111	August 22	@ Fighters	Es Con Field
112	August 23	@ Fighters	Es Con Field
113	August 25	Hawks	Rakuten Mobile Park
114	August 26	Hawks	Rakuten Mobile Park
115	August 27	Hawks	Rakuten Mobile Park
116	August 29	Lions	Rakuten Mobile Park
117	August 30	Lions	Rakuten Mobile Park
118	August 31	Lions	Rakuten Mobile Park

September/October

#	Date	Opponent	Stadium
119	September 1	@ Marines	Zozo Marine Stadium
120	September 2	@ Marines	Zozo Marine Stadium
121	September 3	@ Marines	Zozo Marine Stadium
122	September 5	Fighters	Rakuten Mobile Park
123	September 6	Fighters	Rakuten Mobile Park
124	September 8	@ Hawks	Fukuoka PayPay Dome
125	September 9	@ Hawks	Fukuoka PayPay Dome
126	September 10	@ Hawks	Fukuoka PayPay Dome
127	September 12	@ Marines	Zozo Marine Stadium
128	September 13	@ Marines	Zozo Marine Stadium
129	September 16	@ Buffaloes	Kyocera Dome Osaka
130	September 17	@ Buffaloes	Kyocera Dome Osaka
131	September 18	@ Buffaloes	Kyocera Dome Osaka
132	September 19	Hawks	Rakuten Mobile Park
133	September 20	Hawks	Rakuten Mobile Park
134	September 21	Lions	Rakuten Mobile Park
135	September 23	Fighters	Rakuten Mobile Park
136	September 24	Fighters	Rakuten Mobile Park
137	September 25	@ Fighters	Es Con Field
138	September 27	@ Lions	Belluna Dome
139	September 28	Buffaloes	Rakuten Mobile Park
140	September 30	@ Buffaloes	Kyocera Dome Osaka
141	October 1	@ Buffaloes	Kyocera Dome Osaka

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie = Postponement
Bold = Eagles team member

Roster

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles roster
First squad		Second squad
Pitchers 1 Yuki Matsui 11 Takayuki Kishi 14 Takahiro Norimoto 18 Masahiro Tanaka 19 Kosei Shoji 20 Tomohiro Anraku 21 Takahisa Hayakawa 38 Hayato Yuge 41 Mao Ito 43 Sung Chia-hao 56 Sora Suzuki 57 Ryota Takinaka 62 Naoto Nishiguchi 69 Seiryu Uchi 72 Satoshi Miyamori Catchers 2 Hikaru Ohta 26 Ginjiro Sumitani 55 Yuma Yasuda	Infielders 0 Hiroto Kobukata 3 Hideto Asamura 4 Toshiki Abe 5 Eigoro Mogi 23 Maikel Franco 24 Fumiya Kurokawa 34 Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 39 Yukiya Itoh 48 Yoshiaki Watanabe Outfielders 8 Ryosuke Tatsumi 25 Kazuki Tanaka 35 Hiroaki Shimauchi 51 Yuya Ogo Manager 99 Kazuhisa Ishii Coaches 87 Manabu Satake (fielding/outfield defense/baserunning) 84 Yuhei Takai (hitting) 93 Taketoshi Goto (hitting) 75 Shinichiro Koyama (pitching) 80 Takashi Ishii (pitching) 82 Naoki Matoba (battery) 86 Tatsuya Shiokawa (infield defense/baserunning) 74 Naoto Watanabe (infield defense/baserunning/asst. hitting)	Pitchers 13 Manny Bañuelos 17 Takahiro Shiomi 22 Ryuji Komago 28 Tomohito Sakai 29 Koichi Takada 31 Shota Watanabe 40 Takuma Uchima 45 Tomotaka Matsui 46 Shoma Fujihira 47 Masaru Fujii 49 Masaya Nishigaki 52 Taisei Tsurusaki 53 Hosei Takata 58 Wataru Karashima 59 Katsutoshi Tai 60 Ryota Ishibashi 64 Yuki Hayashi 68 Shinri Komine 71 Kazuki Yoshikawa Catchers 44 Takaya Tanaka 65 Kengo Horiuchi 70 Tsuyoshi Ishihara	Infielders 7 Daichi Suzuki 30 Ryuya Taira 33 Ginji 42 Chris Gittens 61 Toshitake Yokoo 63 Daiki Irie 66 Itsuki Murabayashi Outfielders 6 Haruki Nishikawa 9 Yoshino Soshi 27 Takero Okajima 36 Ginji Maeda 50 Atsuki Mutoh 54 Ren Wada 67 Yuya Shozui Manager 88 Hajime Miki Coaches 89 Keizo Kawashima (hitting) 98 Toshiaki Imae (hitting) 83 Satoshi Nagai (pitching) 91 Yuya Kubo (pitching) 96 Masahiko Tanaka (battery) 97 Wataru Nishimura (infield defense/baserunning) 76 Yoshifumi Okada (outfield defense/baserunning) 95 Hiroshi Narahara (training) 85 Akihisa Makida (outfield defense development/baserunning)
Development Players
001 Tomoki Sato (P) 004 Shuichiro Hikiji (P) 007 Yoma Fukumori (P) 017 Wang Yan-cheng (P) 022 Kei Mizugami (C) 130 Kosei Koga (P) 131 Sotaro Nagata (IF) 135 Kotaro Seimiya (P) 137 Yuto Egawa (C) 138 Estamy Urena (IF) 141 Kiyoharu Sawano (IF) 142 Ozora Yanagisawa (OF) 144 Sho Okawara (OF) 146 Konosuke Tatsumi (IF) 155 Akihiro Takeshita (P)
Updated May 9, 2023		→ All NPB rosters

References

"Thursday, March 30, 2023". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 30, 2023.

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[1] "Thursday, March 30, 2023". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 30, 2023.