The 2025 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the 21st season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles played 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 Team 1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks14387524—44–24–343–28–12Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters*143835734½43–2840–29–33Orix Buffaloes*1437466313½38–32–236–34–14Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles143677422135–36–132–38–15Saitama Seibu Lions1436377324½35–34–228–43–16Chiba Lotte Marines1435684331½33–38–123–46–2 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 + 2025 record vs. opponentsTeamBuffaloesEaglesFightersHawksLionsMarines Buffaloes — 15–10 12–12–1 7–16−2 14–11 15–10 17–7 Eagles 10–15 — 8–16–1 11–14 13–12 16–9 9–8–1 Fighters 12–12–1 16–8–1 — 12–13 15–9–1 17–8 11–7 Hawks 16–7−2 14–11 13–12 — 17–8 15–9−1 12–5–1 Lions 11–14 12–13 9–15–1 8–17 — 13–10–2 10–8 Marines 10–15 9–16 8–17 9–15−1 10–13–2 — 10−8

Interleague + 2025 regular season interleague standings Team 1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks181251.706—7–1–15–42Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters181170.6111½6–35–43Orix Buffaloes181170.6111½7–24–54Saitama Seibu Lions181080.5562½7–23–65Chiba Lotte Marines181080.5562½7–23–66Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles18981.52935–44–4–17Hiroshima Toyo Carp18990.5003½6–33–68Hanshin Tigers188100.4444½6–32–79Chunichi Dragons188100.4444½5–43–610Yokohama DeNA BayStars187110.3895½4–53–611Yomiuri Giants186111.35365–41–7–112Tokyo Yakult Swallows185121.29473–5−12–7 Interleague champion

Chihō ballparks The Eagles hosted six home games outside of Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in 2025. Five were played at chihō, or "countryside", ballparks in the remaining five prefectures that make up Japan's Tōhoku region: Fukushima, Aomori, Yamagata, and Akita Prefectures. A sixth was played at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo.

+ 2025 Rakuten Eagles chihō ballparks 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 + 2025 Rakuten Eagles Opening Day starting roster 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

|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || March 28 || @ Buffaloes || 2–3 || Machado (1–0) || S. Suzuki (0–1) || — || Kyocera Dome || 36,079 || 0–1–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || March 29 || @ Buffaloes || 5–4 || Norimoto (1–0) || Yamada (0–1) || Uchi (1) || Kyocera Dome || 32,121 || 1–1–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || March 30 || @ Buffaloes || 1–6 || Takashima (1–0) || Karashima (0–1) || — || Kyocera Dome || 30,583 || 1–2–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || April 1 || Lions || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 19 || Rakuten Mobile Park || — || — || — |-align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || April 2 || Lions || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 4 || Rakuten Mobile Park || — || — || — |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 3 || Lions || 4–1 || Kishi (1–0) || Hada (0–1) || Norimoto (1) || Rakuten Mobile Park || 23,114 || 2–2–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 4 || @ Marines || 3–1 || Hayakawa (1–0) || Tanaka (0–1) || Norimoto (2) || Zozo Marine Stadium || 24,606 || 3–2–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || April 5 || @ Marines || 0–1 || Ojima (1–0) || Ehara (0–1) || Guerrero (1) || Zozo Marine Stadium || 24,892 || 3–3–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || April 6 || @ Marines || 5–0 || Koja (1–0) || Voth (0–1) || — || Zozo Marine Stadium || 26,375 || 4–3–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || April 8 || Fighters || 2–5 || Itoh (1–1) || Norimoto (1–1) || — || Rakuten Mobile Park || 23,024 || 4–4–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || April 9 || Fighters || 2–8 || T. Katoh (1–0) || Karashima (0–2) || — || Rakuten Mobile Park || 20,007 || 4–5–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || April 10 || Fighters || 0–10 || Kitayama (2–0) || Kishi (1–1) || — || Rakuten Mobile Park || 20,722 || 4–6–0 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || April 11 || Buffaloes || 1–4 || D. Tajima (1–0) || Hayakawa (1–1) || Machado (4) || Rakuten Mobile Park || 22,498 || 4–7–0 || L4 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || April 12 || Buffaloes || 2–4 || Kuri (2–0) || Matsui (0–1) || — || Rakuten Mobile Park || 23,656 || 4–8–0 || L5 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 13 || Buffaloes || 1–6 || Miyagi (2–0) || Koja (1–1) || — || Rakuten Mobile Park || 24,129 || 4–9–0 || L6 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || April 15 || @ Hawks || 2–1 || Norimoto (2–1) || Hernández (0–2) || S. Suzuki (1) || Mizuho PayPay Dome || 30,162 || 5–9–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || April 16 || @ Hawks || 6–2 || Takinaka (1–0) || Uwasawa (1–1) || — || Mizuho PayPay Dome || 30,232 || 6–9–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || April 17 || @ Hawks || 4–3 || Matsui (1–1) || Osuna (1–1) || Norimoto (3) || Mizuho PayPay Dome || 30,521 || 7–9–0 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || April 18 || Marines || 1–4 || Voth (1–1) || Hayakawa (1–2) || Masuda (2) || Rakuten Mobile Park || 22,667 || 7–10–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || April 19 || Marines || 2–1 || Nishigaki (1–0) || Ojima (1–2) || Norimoto (4) || Rakuten Mobile Park || 24,931 || 8–10–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 20 || Marines || 4–1 || Koja (2–1) || Nishino (0–2) || Norimoto (5) || Rakuten Mobile Park || 24,830 || 9–10–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || April 22 || @ Fighters || 4–2 || Konno (1–0) || Sugiura (1–1) || Fujihira (1) || Es Con Field || 28,624 || 10–10–0 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || April 23 || @ Fighters || 8–3 || Takinaka (2–0) || Gu Lin (0–1) || — || Es Con Field || 28,461 || 11–10–0 || W4 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || April 25 || Hawks || 0–1 || Arihara (1–3) || Norimoto (2–2) || Osuna (3) || Rakuten Mobile Park || 23,693 || 11–11–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || April 26 || Hawks || 6–3 || Uchi (1–0) || Ohzeki (1–2) || Fujihira (2) || Rakuten Mobile Park || 23,230 || 12–11–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || April 27 || Hawks || 3–2 || Norimoto (3–2) || Tsumori (1–1) || — || Rakuten Mobile Park || 25,506 || 13–11–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || April 29 || @ Lions || 1–7 || K. Takahashi (1–2) || Koja (2–2) || — || Belluna Dome || 27,624 || 13–12–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || April 30 || @ Lions || 1–3 || Sugai (3–1) || Fujii (0–1) || Taira (6) || Belluna Dome || 18,629 || 13–13–0 || L2

|-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || May 1 || @ Lions || 1–2 || Hada (1–1) || Fujihira (0–1) || — || Belluna Dome || 19,543 || 13–14–0 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || May 2 || Buffaloes || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 5 || Rakuten Mobile Park || — || — || — |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || May 3 || Buffaloes || 0–7 || Sotani (2–2) || Hayakawa (1–3) || — || Rakuten Mobile Park || 25,300 || 13–15–0 || L4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || May 4 || Buffaloes || 14–3 || Kishi (2–1) || Takashima (2–1) || — || Rakuten Mobile Park || 25,600 || 14–15–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 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 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || May 6 || @ Marines || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 30 || Zozo Marine Stadium || — || — || — |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || May 7 || @ Marines || 3–7 || Takano (1–0) || Fujii (0–2) || — || Zozo Marine Stadium || 25,127 || 15–16–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || May 9 || @ Fighters || 1–2 || Kanemura (3–2) || Takinaka (2–1) || — || Es Con Field || 27,826 || 15–17–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 10 || @ Fighters || 1–2 || T. Yamamoto (1–0) || Matsui (1–2) || Tanaka || Es Con Field || 29,280 || 15–18–0 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || May 11 || @ Fighters || 0–4 || Gu Lin (2–1) || Kishi (2–2) || — || Es Con Field || 30,375 || 15–19–0 || L4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 13 || Marines || 4–3 || Nishiguchi (1–0) || Guerrero (1–2) || — || Rakuten Mobile Park || 23,521 || 16–19–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 36 || May 14 || Marines || 4–0 || Howard (1–0) || Taneichi (2–3) || — || Rakuten Mobile Park || 24,353 || 17–19–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || May 15 || Marines || 2–5 || Sammons (1–0) || Hayakawa (1–4) || Kimura (1) || Tokyo Dome || 40,629 || 17–20–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 16 || @ Hawks || 5–1 || Fujii (1–2) || Arihara (2–4) || — || Mizuho PayPay Dome || 39,511 || 18–20–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 39 || May 17 || @ Hawks || 1–2 || Ohzeki (3–3) || Matsui (1–3) || Osuna (6) || Mizuho PayPay Dome || 40,060 || 18–21–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 40 || May 18 || @ Hawks || 1–2 || Fujii (2–1) || Konno (1–1) || — || Mizuho PayPay Dome || 40,116 || 18–22–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 41 || May 20 || Lions || 0–1 || Sugai (4–2) || Takinaka (2–2) || Taira (11) || Kitagin Ballpark || 12,509 || 18–23–0 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 42 || May 22 || Lions || 2–1 || Nishiguchi (2–0) || Wingenter (0–2) || — || Rakuten Mobile Park || 24,010 || 19–23–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 23 || Fighters || 0–1 || Kanemura (4–2) || Hayakawa (1–5) || — || Rakuten Mobile Park || 25,594 || 19–24–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || May 24 || Fighters || 2–1 || Shoji (1–0) || Yamasaki (2–2) || S. Suzuki (3) || Rakuten Mobile Park || 25,162 || 20–24–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa" | 45 || May 25 || Fighters || 1−1 || colspan=3| Game tied after 12 innings || Rakuten Mobile Park || 25,117 || 20–24–1 || T1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || May 27 || @ Lions || 3–1 || Kajiya (1–0) || Wingenter (0–3) || S. Suzuki (4) || || 11,281 || 21–24–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 47 || May 28 || @ Lions || 0–6 || Y. Watanabe (3–3) || Takinaka (2–3) || — || Belluna Dome || 24,465 || 21–25–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 48 || May 29 || @ Lions || 6–3 || Nishigaki (3–0) || Takeuchi (1–1) || Fujihira (3) || Belluna Dome || 22,503 || 22–25–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 49 || May 30 || Hawks || 2–4 || Sugiyama (1–2) || S. Suzuki (0–2) || Osuna (8) || Rakuten Mobile Park || 24,604 || 22–26–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || May 31 || Hawks || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 26 || Rakuten Mobile Park || — || — || —

|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 50 || June 1 || Hawks || 3–0 || Fujii (2–2) || H. Matsumoto (1–1) || Fujihira (4) || Rakuten Mobile Park || 25,012 || 23–26–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" style="border-top: solid 2px black; border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black" | 51 || June 3 || BayStars || 3–6 || K. Azuma (6–2) || Yajure (0–1) || Irie (12) || Rakuten Mobile Park || 23,802 || 23–27–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" style="border-right: solid 2px black; border-left: solid 2px black"