2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

The 2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the 17th season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles played their home games at Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Kazuhisa Ishii in his first season as team manager.

2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Climax Series berth
League	Pacific League
Ballpark	Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi
Record	66–62–15 (.516)
League place	3rd
Parent company	Rakuten
President	Yozo Tachibana
General manager	Kazuhisa Ishii
Manager	Kazuhisa Ishii
Captain	Eigoro Mogi
Average attendance	8,545
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Rakuten finished the season with a record of 66–62–15, securing third place in the PL and qualifying for the Climax Series. They were eliminated by the Chiba Lotte Marines in the First Stage in two games.

Regular season

Standings

2021 Pacific League regular season standings^[1]

#	Team	GTooltip Games played	W	L	T	Pct.	GBTooltip Games behind	Home	Road
1	Orix Buffaloes	143	70	55	18	.560	—	38–22–12	32–33–6
2	Chiba Lotte Marines	143	67	57	19	.540	2½	33–32–7	34–25–12
3	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	143	66	62	15	.514	5½	31–33–8	35–29–7
4	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	143	60	62	21	.492	8½	31–29–11	29–33–10
5	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	143	55	68	20	.447	14	25–36–10	30–32–10
6	Saitama Seibu Lions	143	55	70	18	.440	15	30–34–7	25–36–11

Record vs. opponents

2021 record vs. opponents^[1]

Team	Buffaloes	Eagles	Fighters	Hawks	Lions	Marines	CL
Buffaloes	—	10–10–5	10–11–4	13–11–1	15–8–2	10–10–5	12–5–1
Eagles	10–10–5	—	12–11–2	11–10–4	15–8–2	9–15–1	9–8–1
Fighters	11–10–4	11–12–2	—	6–13–6	13–9–3	7–13–5	7–11
Hawks	11–13–1	10–11–4	13–6–6	—	9–13–3	12–10–3	5–9–4
Lions	8–15–2	8–15–2	9–13–3	13–9–3	—	10–11–4	7–7–4
Marines	10–10–5	15–9–1	13–7–5	10–12–3	11–10–4	—	8–9–1

Interleague

2021 regular season interleague standings^[2]

#	Team	GTooltip Games played	W	L	T	Pct.	GBTooltip Games behind	Home	Road
1	Orix Buffaloes	18	12	5	1	.706	—	7–1–1	5–4
2	Hanshin Tigers	18	11	7	0	.611	1.5	3–6	8–1
3	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	18	9	6	3	.600	2	6–2–1	3–4–2
4	Chunichi Dragons	18	9	7	2	.563	2.5	5–2–2	4–5
5	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	18	10	8	0	.556	2.5	5–4	5–4
6	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	18	9	8	1	.529	3	3–5–1	6–3
7	Saitama Seibu Lions	18	7	7	4	.500	3.5	5–3–1	2–4–3
8	Chiba Lotte Marines	18	8	9	1	.471	4	5–4	3–5–1
9	Yomiuri Giants	18	7	8	3	.467	4	4–3–2	3–5–1
10	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	18	7	11	0	.389	5.5	2–7	5–4
11	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	18	5	9	4	.357	5.5	3–4–2	2–5–2
12	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	18	3	12	3	.200	8	2–6–1	1–6–2

Opening Day starting roster

Friday, March 26, 2021, vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters^[3]

Order	Player	Position
1	Ryosuke Tatsumi	Center fielder
2	Hiroto Kobukata	Shortstop
3	Hiroaki Shimauchi	Left fielder
4	Hideto Asamura	Second baseman
5	Eigoro Mogi	Third baseman
6	Daichi Suzuki	First baseman
7	Kazuki Tanaka	Right fielder
8	Yuya Ogo	Designated hitter
9	Hikaru Ohta	Catcher
—	Hideaki Wakui	Starting pitcher

Game log

2021 game log: 66–62–15 (Home: 31–33–8; Away: 35–29–7)
March: 4–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 March 26 Fighters 8–2 Wakui (1–0) Uwasawa (0–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 14,559 1–0–0 W1 2 March 27 Fighters 4–9 Kato (1–0) Takata (0–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 14,681 1–1–0 L1 3 March 28 Fighters 5–0 Hayakawa (1–0) Ikeda (0–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 14,425 2–1–0 W1 4 March 30 @ Marines 5–0 Kishi (1–0) Ojima (0–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 9,931 3–1–0 W2 5 March 31 @ Marines 2–1 Norimoto (1–0) Iwashita (0–1) Matsui (1) Zozo Marine Stadium 9,594 4–1–0 W3
April: 10–8–6 (Home: 5–4–4; Away: 5–4–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 6 April 1 @ Marines 5–16 Motomae (1–0) Takinaka (0–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 7,447 4–2–0 L1 7 April 2 Buffaloes 4–2 Wakui (2–0) Yamasaki (0–1) Matsui (2) Rakuten Seimei Park 7,247 5–2–0 W1 8 April 3 Buffaloes 3–2 Anraku (1–0) Yamaoka (0–2) Matsui (3) Rakuten Seimei Park 9,856 6–2–0 W2 9 April 4 Buffaloes 0–4 Miyagi (2–0) Hayakawa (1–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 7,376 6–3–0 L1 10 April 6 @ Lions 13–2 Kishi (2–0) Matsumoto (1–1) — MetLife Dome 8,608 7–3–0 W1 11 April 7 @ Lions 6–3 Norimoto (2–0) Imai (0–1) — MetLife Dome 7,390 8–3–0 W2 12 April 8 @ Lions 4–0 Takinaka (1–1) Uema (0–1) — MetLife Dome 6,653 9–3–0 W3 13 April 9 Hawks 1–1 Game tied after 9 innings Rakuten Seimei Park 5,049 9–3–1 T1 14 April 10 Hawks 8–8 Game tied after 9 innings Rakuten Seimei Park 8,122 9–3–2 T2 15 April 11 Hawks 0–2 Taura (1–0) Hayakawa (1–2) Mori (3) Rakuten Seimei Park 8,515 9–4–2 L1 16 April 13 Marines 2–6 Ishikawa (1–0) Kishi (2–1) Masuda (2) Rakuten Seimei Park 6,188 9–5–2 L2 17 April 14 Marines 2–2 Game tied after 9 innings Rakuten Seimei Park 6,303 9–5–3 T1 18 April 15 Marines 3–7 Iwashita (2–1) Takinaka (1–2) — Rakuten Seimei Park 5,874 9–6–3 L1 19 April 16 @ Fighters 4–1 Wakui (3–0) Hori (1–1) Matsui (4) Tokyo Dome 9,559 10–6–3 W1 20 April 17 @ Fighters 1–4 Uwasawa (1–2) Tanaka (0–1) Sugiura (4) Tokyo Dome 9,985 10–7–3 L1 21 April 18 @ Fighters 4–1 Hayakawa (2–2) Kaneko (0–1) Matsui (5) Tokyo Dome 9,981 11–7–3 W1 22 April 20 @ Hawks 4–6 Kayama (1–0) Kishi (2–2) Mori (5) Kitakyushu Stadium 9,801 11–8–3 L1 23 April 21 @ Hawks 1–4 Wada (2–1) Norimoto (2–1) Mori (6) PayPay Dome 12,049 11–9–3 L2 24 April 23 Lions 2–2 Game tied after 9 innings Rakuten Seimei Park 6,205 11–9–4 T1 25 April 24 Lions 2–1 Tanaka (1–1) Honda (0–1) Matsui (6) Rakuten Seimei Park 6,619 12–9–4 W1 26 April 25 Lions 8–4 Hayakawa (3–2) Hirai (3–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 7,037 13–9–4 W2 27 April 27 @ Buffaloes 5–5 Game tied after 9 innings Kyocera Dome — 13–9–5 T1 28 April 28 @ Buffaloes 0–0 Game tied after 9 innings Kyocera Dome — 13–9–6 T2 — April 29 @ Buffaloes Postponed (COVID-19) – Makeup date: October 20 Kyocera Dome — — —[4][5] 29 April 30 Marines 8–1 Wakui (4–0) Nakamura (0–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 4,734 14–9–6 W1
May: 11–11–3 (Home: 5–3–2; Away: 6–8–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 30 May 1 Marines 3–0 Tanaka (2–1) Futaki (1–2) Matsui (7) Rakuten Seimei Park 7,914 15–9–6 W2 31 May 2 Marines 5–6 Karakawa (2–1) Matsui (0–1) Masuda (6) Rakuten Seimei Park 7,622 15–10–6 L1 32 May 3 @ Hawks 7–4 Takinaka (2–2) Niho (0–1) Matsui (8) PayPay Dome 18,382 16–10–6 W1 33 May 4 @ Hawks 4–6 Tsumori (1–0) Kishi (2–3) Moinelo (2) PayPay Dome 18,584 16–11–6 L1 34 May 5 @ Hawks 5–5 Game tied after 9 innings PayPay Dome 17,902 16–11–7 T1 35 May 7 @ Fighters 1–6 VerHagen (1–2) Wakui (4–1) — Sapporo Dome 5,674 16–12–7 L1 36 May 8 @ Fighters 1–4 Uwasawa (3–2) Tanaka (2–2) Rodriguez (1) Sapporo Dome 13,022 16–13–7 L2 37 May 9 @ Fighters 6–3 Hayakawa (4–2) Ikeda (2–4) Matsui (9) Sapporo Dome 9,698 17–13–7 W1 38 May 11 Lions 3–3 Game tied after 9 innings Rakuten Seimei Park 5,128 17–13–8 T1 39 May 12 Lions 4–3 Norimoto (3–1) Neal (0–1) Matsui (10) Rakuten Seimei Park 5,128 18–13–8 W1 40 May 14 @ Buffaloes 4–9 Yamaoka (2–3) Wakui (4–2) — Hotto Motto Field 4,888 18–14–8 L1 41 May 15 @ Buffaloes 3–4 Takeyasu (2–0) Tanaka (2–3) Suzuki (1) Hotto Motto Field 7,795 18–15–8 L2 42 May 16 @ Buffaloes 1–0 Hayakawa (5–2) Yamasaki (1–4) — Kyocera Dome — 19–15–8 W1 43 May 18 Fighters 3–2 Sung (1–0) Rodriguez (0–1) Matsui (11) Rakuten Seimei Park 6,016 20–15–8 W2 44 May 19 Fighters 3–2 Norimoto (4–1) Kato (3–1) Matsui (12) Rakuten Seimei Park 7,035 21–15–8 W3 45 May 20 Fighters 1–4 Hori (2–1) Fukuyama (0–1) Sugiura (9) Rakuten Seimei Park 8,448 21–16–8 L1 46 May 21 @ Marines 13–6 Wakui (5–2) Ishikawa (2–2) — Zozo Marine Stadium 7,742 22–16–8 W1 47 May 22 @ Marines 1–3 Karakawa (3–1) Fukuyama (0–2) Masuda (11) Zozo Marine Stadium 11,788 22–17–8 L1 48 May 23 @ Marines 6–5 Hayakawa (6–2) Ojima (1–2) Matsui (13) Zozo Marine Stadium 10,605 23–17–8 W1 49 May 25 @ Giants 4–9 Togo (4–2) Kishi (2–4) — Tokyo Dome 10,329 23–18–8 L1 50 May 26 @ Giants 2–5 Takahashi (6–1) Norimoto (4–2) De La Rosa (6) Tokyo Dome 9,778 23–19–8 L2 51 May 27 @ Giants 2–0 Takinaka (3–2) Yokogawa (0–1) Matsui (14) Tokyo Dome 8,953 24–19–8 W1 52 May 28 BayStars 6–7 Kuniyoshi (1–0) Wakui (5–3) Mishima (7) Rakuten Seimei Park 10,822 24–20–8 L1 53 May 29 BayStars 1–1 Game tied after 9 innings Rakuten Seimei Park 13,057 24–20–9 T1 54 May 30 BayStars 5–1 Sakai (1–0) Ishida (1–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 12,426 25–20–9 W1
June: 11–10–1 (Home: 5–8–1; Away: 6–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 55 June 1 @ Swallows 4–7 Onishi (1–0) Sakai (1–1) McGough (6) Meiji Jingu Stadium 7,809 25–21–9 L1 56 June 2 @ Swallows 3–1 Norimoto (5–2) Taguchi (2–4) Matsui (15) Meiji Jingu Stadium 7,543 26–21–9 W1 57 June 3 @ Swallows 4–2 Takinaka (4–2) Sneed (1–1) Matsui (16) Meiji Jingu Stadium 7,105 27–21–9 W2 58 June 4 @ Carp 12–5 Wakui (6–3) Nakamura (0–3) — Mazda Stadium 14,274 28–21–9 W3 59 June 5 @ Carp 7–3 Anraku (2–0) Horie (1–2) — Mazda Stadium 16,231 29–21–9 W4 60 June 6 @ Carp 6–4 Hayakawa (7–2) Takahashi (2–2) Matsui (17) Mazda Stadium 16,246 30–21–9 W5 61 June 8 Dragons 5–2 Kishi (3–4) Yanagi (5–2) Matsui (18) Rakuten Seimei Park 10,850 31–21–9 W6 62 June 9 Dragons 3–7 Ogasawara (4–2) Norimoto (5–3) — Rakuten Seimei Park 8,854 31–22–9 L1 63 June 10 Dragons 6–2 Takinaka (5–2) Katsuno (3–4) — Rakuten Seimei Park 8,782 32–22–9 W1 64 June 11 Tigers 2–3 Aoyagi (5–2) Wakui (6–4) Robert Suárez (20) Rakuten Seimei Park 12,525 32–23–9 L1 65 June 12 Tigers 1–9 Ito (4–3) Tanaka (2–4) — Rakuten Seimei Park 13,257 32–24–9 L2 66 June 13 Tigers 5–6 Fujinami (4–3) Matsui (0–2) Robert Suárez (21) Rakuten Seimei Park 13,155 32–25–9 L3 67 June 18 Buffaloes 2–5 Yamamoto (7–5) Wakui (6–5) Hirano (6) Rakuten Seimei Park 10,976 32–26–9 L4 — June 19 Buffaloes Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 21 Rakuten Seimei Park — — —[6] 68 June 20 Buffaloes 0–3 Miyagi (7–1) Hayakawa (7–3) Hirano (7) Rakuten Seimei Park 13,091 32–27–9 L5 69 June 21 Buffaloes 3–4 Yamasaki (3–5) Takinaka (5–3) Hirano (8) Rakuten Seimei Park 5,396 32–28–9 L6 70 June 22 @ Lions 0–2 Matsumoto (6–3) Kishi (3–5) Taira (8) MetLife Dome 8,420 32–29–9 L7 71 June 23 @ Lions 6–4 Tanaka (3–4) Watanabe (0–1) Matsui (19) MetLife Dome 10,292 33–29–9 W1 72 June 25 Hawks 5–1 Norimoto (6–3) Ishikawa (3–7) — Rakuten Seimei Park 7,917 34–29–9 W2 73 June 26 Hawks 3–2 Nishiguchi (1–0) Martinez (5–2) Matsui (20) Rakuten Seimei Park 12,428 35–29–9 W3 74 June 27 Hawks 3–2 Anraku (3–0) Wada (4–5) Matsui (21) Rakuten Seimei Park 9,680 36–29–9 W4 75 June 29 Fighters 5–5 Game tied after 9 innings Rakuten Seimei Park 6,214 36–29–10 T1 76 June 30 Fighters 0–3 Tateno (1–0) Wakui (6–6) Sugiura (14) Rakuten Seimei Park 8,358 36–30–10 L1
July: 5–6–1 (Home: 1–2; Away: 4–4–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 77 July 1 Fighters 1–2 Ito (6–4) Kishi (3–6) Sugiura (15) Rakuten Seimei Park 5,843 36–31–10 L2 — July 2 @ Marines Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: July 5 Zozo Marine Stadium — — —[7] 78 July 3 @ Marines 3–5 Flores (1–0) Sung (1–1) Masuda (19) Zozo Marine Stadium 12,409 36–32–10 L3 79 July 4 @ Marines 6–8 Ojima (5–2) Takinaka (5–4) Masuda (20) Zozo Marine Stadium 9,132 36–33–10 L4 80 July 5 @ Marines 1–8 Iwashita (7–4) Nishiguchi (1–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 3,802 36–34–10 L5 81 July 6 @ Buffaloes 7–2 Norimoto (7–3) Hirano (0–3) — Kyocera Dome 4,942 37–34–10 W1 82 July 7 @ Buffaloes 6–5 Busenitz (1–0) Urushihara (2–2) Matsui (22) Kyocera Dome 4,989 38–34–10 W2 83 July 8 @ Buffaloes 1–1 Game tied after 9 innings Kyocera Dome 4,997 38–34–11 T1 84 July 10 Lions 2–6 Imai (6–3) Nishiguchi (1–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 13,049 38–35–11 L1 85 July 11 Lions 9–3 Sakai (2–1) Togame (1–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 11,832 39–35–11 W1 86 July 12 @ Hawks 0–8 Rea (3–1) Norimoto (7–4) — PayPay Dome 9,957 39–36–11 L1 87 July 13 @ Hawks 6–2 Tanaka (4–5) Ishikawa (3–8) — PayPay Dome 9,845 40–36–11 W1 88 July 14 @ Hawks 4–2 Kishi (4–6) Higashihama (2–2) Matsui (23) PayPay Dome 9,930 41–36–11 W2 All-Star Break: CL and PL split series, 1–1 Olympic Break: Japan places first
August: 5–6–2 (Home: 1–4–1; Away: 4–2–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak Olympic Break: Japan places first 89 August 13 @ Lions 5–0 Kishi (5–6) Matsumoto (7–5) — MetLife Dome 7,477 42–36–11 W3 90 August 14 @ Lions 7–6 Sakai (3–1) Masuda (0–3) Matsui (24) MetLife Dome 7,340 43–36–11 W4 91 August 15 @ Lions 2–10 Watanabe (1–2) Wakui (6–7) — MetLife Dome 7,291 43–37–11 L1 — August 17 Hawks Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 23 Rakuten Seimei Park — — —[8] 92 August 18 Hawks 0–3 Senga (2–1) Hayakawa (7–4) Iwasaki (6) Rakuten Seimei Park 10,193 43–38–11 L2 93 August 20 @ Fighters 3–3 Game tied after 9 innings Sapporo Dome 5,566 43–38–12 T1 94 August 21 @ Fighters 8–4 Kishi (6–6) Itoh (7–5) — Sapporo Dome 8,413 44–38–12 W1 95 August 22 @ Fighters 1–2 Uwasawa (7–5) Wakui (6–8) Sugiura (17) Sapporo Dome 7,699 44–39–12 L1 — August 24 Buffaloes Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 25 Rakuten Seimei Park — — —[8] 96 August 25 Buffaloes 2–2 Game tied after 9 innings Rakuten Seimei Park 4,405 44–39–13 T1 97 August 26 Buffaloes 7–6 Norimoto (8–4) Yamazaki (0–1) Sung (1) Rakuten Seimei Park 4,194 45–39–13 W1 98 August 27 Marines 1–3 Kuniyoshi (1–0) Anraku (3–1) Masuda (27) Rakuten Seimei Park 6,135 45–40–13 L1 99 August 28 Marines 1–5 Sasaki (2–2) Kishi (6–7) — Rakuten Seimei Park 8,111 45–41–13 L2 100 August 29 Marines 0–1 Sasaki (7–0) Sung (1–2) Masuda (28) Rakuten Seimei Park 6,306 45–42–13 L3 101 August 31 @ Hawks 6–3 Nishiguchi (2–1) Higashihama (3–3) Sung (2) Sun Marine Stadium 7,484 46–42–13 W1
September: 11–11–1 (Home: 7–4; Away: 4–7–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 102 September 2 @ Hawks 2–5 Senga (4–1) Norimoto (8–5) Kaino (1) PayPay Dome 1,630 46–43–13 L1 103 September 3 Lions 4–8 Moriwaki (2–0) Sung (1–3) — Rakuten Seimei Park 4,742 46–44–13 L2 104 September 4 Lions 8–5 Kishi (7–7) Imai (6–5) Sakai (1) Rakuten Seimei Park 5,088 47–44–13 W1 105 September 5 Lions 8–2 Nishiguchi (3–1) Watanabe (2–3) — Rakuten Seimei Park 6,531 48–44–13 W2 106 September 7 @ Fighters 2–4 Itoh (9–5) Hayakawa (7–5) Rodriguez (3) Sapporo Dome 4,990 48–45–13 L1 107 September 8 @ Fighters 8–0 Takinaka (6–4) Uwasawa (8–6) — Sapporo Dome 4,992 49–45–13 W1 108 September 9 @ Fighters 4–0 Norimoto (9–5) VerHagen (3–7) — Sapporo Dome 4,989 50–45–13 W2 109 September 10 @ Marines 2–3 Masuda (1–4) Sakai (3–2) — Zozo Marine Stadium 8,387 50–46–13 L1 110 September 11 @ Marines 1–4 Ojima (7–3) Kishi (7–8) — Zozo Marine Stadium 9,924 50–47–13 L2 111 September 12 @ Marines 2–9 Kawamura (2–0) Ishibashi (0–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 7,794 50–48–13 L3 112 September 14 Buffaloes 4–1 Hayakawa (8–5) Miyagi (11–2) Sakai (2) Rakuten Seimei Park 6,034 51–48–13 W1 113 September 15 Buffaloes 7–0 Takinaka (7–4) Yamazaki (0–2) — Rakuten Seimei Park 6,739 52–48–13 W2 114 September 16 Buffaloes 1–3 Tajima (6–7) Anraku (3–2) Hirano (18) Rakuten Seimei Park 6,003 52–49–13 L1 — September 18 Hawks Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 24 Rakuten Seimei Park — — —[8] 115 September 19 Hawks 4–2 Nishiguchi (4–1) Iwasaki (2–4) Sakai (3) Rakuten Seimei Park 9,993 53–49–13 W1 116 September 20 Hawks 4–5 Matsumoto (2–3) Tanaka (4–6) Mori (9) Rakuten Seimei Park 9,143 53–50–13 L1 117 September 22 @ Lions 4–2 Hayakawa (9–5) Hamaya (1–4) Sung (3) MetLife Dome 8,756 54–50–13 W1 118 September 23 @ Lions 3–4 Taira (2–2) Sakai (3–3) — MetLife Dome 9,396 54–51–13 L1 119 September 24 @ Buffaloes 4–3 Norimoto (10–5) Miyagi (11–3) Sung (4) Kyocera Dome 5,275 55–51–13 W1 120 September 25 @ Buffaloes 2–3 Yamamoto (15–5) Kishi (7–9) Hirano (21) Kyocera Dome 9,560 55–52–13 L1 121 September 26 @ Buffaloes 1–1 Game tied after 9 innings Kyocera Dome 9,589 55–52–14 T1 122 September 28 Fighters 1–3 Kawano (3–4) Hayakawa (9–6) Sugiura (23) Rakuten Seimei Park 4,986 55–53–14 L1 123 September 29 Fighters 5–0 Takinaka (8–4) Itoh (9–7) — Rakuten Seimei Park 4,980 56–53–14 W1 124 September 30 Fighters 8–5 Yuge (1–0) Kaneko (0–4) — Rakuten Seimei Park 4,991 57–53–14 W2
October: 9–9–1 (Home: 5–7; Away: 4–2–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak — October 1 Marines Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 27 Rakuten Seimei Park — — —[9] 125 October 2 Marines 6–1 Kishi (8–9) Futaki (5–6) — Rakuten Seimei Park 9,851 58–53–14 W3 126 October 3 Marines 0–2 Ojima (10–3) Tanaka (4–7) — Rakuten Seimei Park 9,967 58–54–14 L1 127 October 5 @ Hawks 7–7 Game tied after 9 innings PayPay Dome 8,019 58–54–15 T1 128 October 6 @ Hawks 5–0 Takinaka (9–4) Martinez (9–4) — PayPay Dome 8,233 59–54–15 W1 129 October 7 @ Marines 3–2 Sung (2–3) Masuda (1–6) Anraku (1) Zozo Marine Stadium 9,933 60–54–15 W2 130 October 9 @ Lions 2–1 Nishiguchi (5–1) Taira (2–4) Anraku (2) MetLife Dome 9,301 61–54–15 W3 131 October 10 @ Lions 2–3 Taira (3–4) Nishiguchi (5–2) — MetLife Dome 9,435 61–55–15 L1 132 October 13 Hawks 2–1 Sung (3–3) Mori (1–2) — Rakuten Seimei Park 7,334 62–55–15 W1 133 October 14 Hawks 5–6 Furuya (1–1) Anraku (3–3) Mori (15) Rakuten Seimei Park 8,108 62–56–15 L1 134 October 15 Lions 1–5 Imai (8–7) Takinaka (9–5) — Rakuten Seimei Park 9,054 62–57–15 L2 135 October 16 Lions 3–0 Kishi (9–9) Hamaya (1–6) Sung (5) Rakuten Seimei Park 8,127 63–57–15 W1 136 October 17 Lions 5–6 Watanabe (4–4) Tanaka (4–8) Moriwaki (1) Rakuten Seimei Park 9,987 63–58–15 L1 137 October 18 Fighters 0–5 Kato (5–7) Yuge (1–1) — Rakuten Seimei Park 8,170 63–59–15 L2 138 October 19 @ Buffaloes 3–6 Tajima (8–8) Hayakawa (9–7) Hirano (28) Kyocera Dome 11,274 63–60–15 L3 139 October 20 @ Buffaloes 5–2 Norimoto (11–5) Tomiyama (2–1) Sung (6) Kyocera Dome 11,317 64–60–15 W1 140 October 23 Hawks 8–1 Takinaka (10–5) Higashihama (4–4) — Rakuten Seimei Park 10,554 65–60–15 W2 141 October 24 Hawks 2–6 Kasaya (3–4) Kishi (9–10) — Rakuten Seimei Park 11,275 65–61–15 L1 142 October 25 Hawks 0–4 Yamamoto (18–5) Tanaka (4–9) — Rakuten Seimei Park 9,573 65–62–15 L2 143 October 27 Marines 2–1 Sakai (4–3) Sasaki (8–1) Sung (7) Rakuten Seimei Park 11,074 66–62–15 W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement Bold = Eagles team member

Postseason

Climax Series

Main article: 2021 Pacific League Climax Series

Game log

2021 game log: 66–62–15 (Home: 31–33–8; Away: 35–29–7)
Climax Series First Stage: 0–1–1 (Home: 0–0–0; Away: 0–1–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Streak 1 November 6 @ Marines 4–5 Masuda (1–0) Sung (0–1) — Zozo Marine Stadium 14,904 0–1–0 L1 2 November 7 @ Marines 4–4 Game tied after 9 innings Zozo Marine Stadium 14,891 0–1–1 T1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie        = Postponement Bold = Lions team member

Roster

2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Roster
Pitchers  1 Yuki Matsui 11 Takayuki Kishi 13 Kohei Morihara 14 Takahiro Norimoto 16 Hideaki Wakui 17 Takahiro Shiomi 18 Masahiro Tanaka 20 Tomohiro Anraku 21 Takahisa Hayakawa 22 Kazuhisa Makita 23 Hayato Yuge 28 Tomohito Sakai 29 Koichi Takada 31 Yuya Fukui 32 Alan Busenitz 40 Takuma Uchima 41 Yoshinao Kamata 43 Sung Chia-hao 45 Yuki Watanabe 52 Taisei Tsurusaki 53 Hosei Takata 56 Sora Suzuki 57 Ryota Takinaka 59 Shu Sugahara 60 Ryota Ishibashi 62 Naoto Nishiguchi 64 Hiroyuki Fukuyama		Catchers  2 Hikaru Ohta 26 Ginjiro Sumitani 44 Yuichi Adachi 55 Takaya Tanaka 67 Takahiro Shimotsuma Infielders  0 Hiroto Kobukata  3 Hideto Asamura  5 Eigoro Mogi  7 Daichi Suzuki  9 Brandon Dixon 24 Fumiya Kurokawa 30 Toshitake Yokoo 33 Ginji Akaminai 34 Tsuyoshi Yamasaki 36 Yasuhito Uchida 48 Yoshiaki Watanabe 66 Itsuki Murabayashi		Outfielders  4 Louis Okoye  8 Ryosuke Tatsumi 12 Rusney Castillo 25 Kazuki Tanaka 27 Takero Okajima 35 Hiroaki Shimauchi 38 Masaki Iwami 46 Ko Shimozuru 50 Atsuki Mutoh 51 Yuya Ogo 54 Ren Wada		Manager 99 Kazuhisa Ishii Coaches 89 Yasunaga Makishi (head) 81 Eiji Kanamori (hitting) 74 Naoto Watanabe (hitting) 96 Teppei Tsuchiya (hitting) 80 Takashi Ishii (pitching) 75 Shinichiro Koyama (pitching) 90 Hidekazu Mitsuyama (battery/defense strategy) 95 Hiroshi Narahara (infield defense) 76 Yoshifumi Okada (outfield defense)

Player statistics

Batting

2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics^[10]

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	TB
Yuichi Adachi	10	17	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	.059	.111	.118	2
Ginji Akaminai	35	91	5	26	1	0	0	3	0	14	11	.286	.381	.297	27
Hideto Asamura	143	483	70	130	18	1	18	67	1	101	96	.269	.395	.422	204
Rusney Castillo	33	71	4	16	1	0	1	3	0	4	17	.225	.276	.282	20
Brandon Dixon	38	108	6	18	3	1	4	15	2	12	42	.167	.268	.324	35
Takahisa Hayakawa	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0
Masaki Iwami	4	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.286	2
Takayuki Kishi	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0
Hiroto Kobukata	121	391	60	97	10	3	3	21	5	44	65	.248	.328	.312	122
Fumiya Kurokawa	34	75	4	14	2	0	1	8	0	3	17	.187	.228	.253	19
Eigoro Mogi	120	410	50	106	19	4	14	53	6	48	107	.259	.343	.427	175
Itsuki Murabayashi	79	40	3	6	1	0	1	4	4	2	8	.150	.191	.250	10
Atsuki Mutoh	44	19	4	2	0	1	0	0	4	0	8	.105	.105	.211	4
Takahiro Norimoto	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	0
Yuya Ogo	38	77	6	14	3	1	2	6	1	6	23	.182	.259	.325	25
Hikaru Ohta	107	240	25	45	4	0	4	23	1	17	64	.188	.260	.254	61
Takero Okajima	126	461	40	129	30	4	8	56	3	28	94	.280	.331	.414	191
Louis Okoye	42	94	7	21	1	0	0	6	3	8	21	.223	.291	.234	22
Hiroaki Shimauchi	141	486	64	125	34	5	21	96	2	97	87	.257	.385	.477	232
Takahiro Shimotsuma	16	23	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	4	5	.174	.296	.174	4
Ko Shimozuru	6	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	1
Takahiro Shiomi	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0
Ginjiro Sumitani†	51	105	11	23	3	0	3	8	0	7	24	.219	.272	.333	35
Daichi Suzuki	143	552	70	153	19	3	10	53	3	52	51	.277	.343	.377	208
Ryota Takinaka	20	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	0
Kazuki Tanaka	61	59	5	8	0	0	0	3	0	7	16	.136	.239	.136	8
Masahiro Tanaka	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1
Takaya Tanaka	31	38	2	10	2	0	2	3	0	3	9	.263	.317	.474	18
Ryosuke Tatsumi	130	374	49	84	13	1	10	32	6	51	99	.225	.326	.345	129
Yasuhito Uchida	25	54	2	11	2	0	1	11	0	1	19	.204	.220	.296	16
Ren Wada	7	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.250	.333	.250	2
Hideaki Wakui	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0
Yoshiaki Watanabe	45	99	12	27	2	0	1	7	0	11	19	.273	.351	.323	32
Tsuyoshi Yamasaki	56	168	29	43	6	3	4	24	4	15	41	.256	.326	.399	67
Toshitake Yokoo	30	61	1	11	2	0	0	3	0	0	8	.180	.254	.213	13
Total：35 players	1,209	4,641	532	1,129	178	27	108	508	45	538	975	.243	.329	.363	1,685

^†Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.

^‡Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.

Bold/italics denotes best in the league^[11]

Pitching

2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics^[10]

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Tomohiro Anraku	3	3	2.08	58	0	2	56.1	45	13	13	33	50
Alan Busenitz	1	0	4.97	31	0	0	29	32	16	16	9	23
Yuya Fukui	0	0	4.43	19	0	0	20.1	17	10	10	6	21
Hiroyuki Fukuyama	0	2	2.38	24	0	0	22.2	23	6	6	12	13
Takahisa Hayakawa	9	7	3.86	24	23	0	137.2	132	59	59	30	127
Ryota Ishibashi	0	1	3.46	3	3	0	13	12	5	5	6	4
Yoshinao Kamata	0	0	11.25	1	1	0	4	8	5	5	1	2
Takayuki Kishi	9	10	3.44	25	25	0	149	149	62	57	34	131
Kazuhisa Makita	0	0	3.31	17	0	0	16.1	17	10	6	3	5
Yuki Matsui	0	2	0.63	43	0	24	43	22	3	3	21	59
Kohei Morihara	0	0	2.78	34	0	0	32.1	29	10	10	8	30
Naoto Nishiguchi	5	2	3.28	33	1	0	57.2	46	23	21	23	55
Takahiro Norimoto	11	5	3.17	23	23	0	144.2	123	56	51	35	152
Tomohito Sakai	4	3	2.28	54	0	3	51.1	33	15	13	24	44
Takahiro Shiomi	0	0	3.6	1	1	0	5	5	2	2	1	4
Shu Sugahara	0	0	16.88	1	0	0	2.2	2	5	5	5	0
Sung Chia-hao	3	3	2.23	63	0	7	60.2	46	18	15	23	49
Sora Suzuki	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.1	3	0	0	4	5
Koichi Takada	0	0	1.35	3	1	0	6.2	6	2	1	1	6
Hosei Takata	0	1	9.39	4	1	0	7.2	13	9	8	5	8
Ryota Takinaka	10	5	3.21	20	20	0	103.2	97	40	37	27	75
Masahiro Tanaka	4	9	3.01	23	23	0	155.2	131	54	52	29	126
Taisei Tsurusaki	0	0	5.06	11	0	0	10.2	11	6	6	5	7
Takuma Uchima	0	0	5.91	11	0	0	10.2	9	7	7	4	16
Hideaki Wakui	6	8	5.04	21	17	0	96.1	110	57	54	26	76
Yuki Watanabe	0	0	5.4	9	0	0	5	5	3	3	2	4
Hayato Yuge	1	1	7.24	5	4	0	13.2	20	11	11	6	6
Total：27 players	66	62	3.40	566	143	36	1,260	1,146	507	476	383	1,098

^†Denotes player joined the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.

^‡Denotes player left the team mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Eagles only.

Bold/italics denotes best in the league^[12]

Awards and honors

Taiju Life Monthly MVP Award^[13]

• Hideaki Wakui - March/April (pitcher)

All-Star Series selections^[14]

• Hideto Asamura - second baseman
• Hiroto Kobukata - infielder
• Yuki Matsui - closing pitcher
• Takahiro Norimoto - pitcher
• Hiroaki Shimauchi - outfielder
• Sung Chia-hao - pitcher
• Masahiro Tanaka - pitcher

All-Star Series MVP^[15]

• Hiroaki Shimauchi - Game 2

Farm team

2021 Eastern League regular season standings^[16]

#	Team	GTooltip Games played	W	L	T	Pct.	GBTooltip Games behind	Home	Road
1	Chiba Lotte Marines	108	60	42	6	.588	—	33–20–2	27–22–4
2	Yomiuri Giants	116	56	57	3	.496	9½	33–29	23–28–3
3	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	114	54	55	5	.4954	9½	28–27–3	26–28–2
4	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	104	49	50	5	.4949	9½	24–21–5	25–29
5	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	108	49	51	8	.490	10	31–19–2	18–32–6
6	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	111	51	55	5	.481	11	24–25–4	27–30–1
7	Saitama Seibu Lions	107	48	53	6	.475	11½	29–23–3	19–30–3

Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles draft selections^[17]

Round	Name	Position	Affiliation	Signed?
1	Soshi Yoshino	Outfielder	Shohei High School	Yes
2	Yuma Yasuda	Catcher	Aichi University	Yes
3	Ginji Maeda	Infielder	Mishima Minami High School	Yes
4	Katsutoshi Tai	Pitcher	Kamimura Gakuen High School	Yes
5	Tomotaka Matsui	Pitcher	Kanazawa Gakuin University	Yes
6	Masaya Nishigaki	Pitcher	Waseda University	Yes
7	Yudai Yoshikawa	Pitcher	JFE West	Yes
Development players
1	Satoshi Miyamori	Pitcher	Kochi Fighting Dogs	Yes
2	Ozora Yanagisawa	Outfield	Nihon University Fujisawa High School	Yes
3	Sho Okawara	Outfielder	Tokai University Yamagata High School	Yes

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