The 2026 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season is the ongoing 22nd season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles play their home games at Rakuten Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team is led by Hajime Miki in his second season in his second stint as team manager, and his third season overall.

Miki took a leave of absence for poor results and the head coach Tatsuya Shiokawa had taken command as acting manager from 10 June to 17 June. The team announced that Miki departed from the team and Masato Yoshii was appointed as the new manager on 17 June.

Regular season + 2026 Pacific League regular season standings Team 1Orix Buffaloes4325180—18–4–07–14–02Saitama Seibu Lions4525191½12–10–113–9–03Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters46232303½13–9–010–14–04Fukuoka Softbank Hawks42202204½13–9–010–14–05Chiba Lotte Marines4319240613–9–06–15–06Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles43182416½11–10–07–14–1

Chihō ballparks The Eagles will host five home games outside of Rakuten Mobile Saikyo Park Miyagi in 2026. 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. A sixth will be played at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. + 2026 Rakuten Eagles chihō ballparks Ballpark City Prefecture Haruka Yume Stadium Hirosaki Aomori Prefecture Kirayaka Stadium Yamagata Yamagata Prefecture York Kaiseizan Stadium Kōriyama Fukushima Prefecture Komachi Stadium Akita Akita Prefecture Kitagin Ballpark Morioka Iwate Prefecture Tokyo Dome Bunkyō Tokyo

Game log

|-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || March 27 || @ Buffaloes || 10–0 || Shoji (1–0) || Miyagi (0–1) || — || Kyocera Dome || 35,942 || 1–0–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || March 28 || @ Buffaloes || 0–6 || Kuri (1–0) || Takinaka (0–1) || — || Kyocera Dome || 30,991 || 1–1–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || March 29 || @ Buffaloes || 4–5 || Yamazaki (1–0) || Fujiwara (0–1) || Machado (1) || Kyocera Dome || 34,537 || 1–2–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || March 31 || Hawks || 2–4 || Ohzeki (1–0) || K. Maeda (0–1) || Sugiyama (2) || Rakuten Mobile Park || 24,882 || 1–3–0 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || April 1 || Hawks || 1–6 || Hsu (1–0) || Koja (0–1) || — || Rakuten Mobile Park || 24,584 || 1–4–0 || L4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || April 2 || Hawks || 5–4 || Nishigaki (1–0) || Y. Matsumoto (1–1) || Fujihira (1) || Rakuten Mobile Park || 24,088 || 2–4–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || April 3 || @ Lions || 6–3 || Shoji (2–0) || Y. Watanabe (0–2) || Fujihira (2) || Belluna Dome || 20,103 || 3–4–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || April 4 || @ Lions || 2–1 || Sung (1–0) || Kaino (0–1) || C. Tanaka (1) || Belluna Dome || 21,983 || 4–4–0 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffeeaa" | 9 || April 5 || @ Lions || 1−1 || colspan=3| Game tied after 12 innings || Belluna Dome || 27,090 || 4–4–1 || T1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || April 7 || Fighters || 3–0 || Kajiya (1–0) || Hosono (1–1) || Fujihira (3) || Rakuten Mobile Park || 24,770 || 5–4–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || April 8 || Fighters || 0–1 || Kitayama (1–1) || Koja (0–2) || Yanagawa (2) || Rakuten Mobile Park || 23,615 || 5–5–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || April 9 || Fighters || 2–4 || T. Katoh (2–0) || Uchi (0–1) || Yanagawa (3) || Rakuten Mobile Park || 22,609 || 5–6–1 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || April 10 || Buffaloes || colspan=4|Postponed (rain) – Makeup date: TBD || Rakuten Mobile Park || — || — || — |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || April 11 || Buffaloes || 11–4 || Hayakawa (1–0) || Kuri (1–1) || — || Rakuten Mobile Park || 24,340 || 6–6–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || April 12 || Buffaloes || 4–0 || Takinaka (1–1) || Hjelle (0–1) || — || Rakuten Mobile Park || 24,908 || 7–6–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || April 14 || @ Hawks || 3–2 || Shoji (3–0) || Stewart Jr. (2–1) || Fujihira (4) || Mizuho PayPay Dome || 37,996 || 8–6–1 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || April 15 || @ Hawks || 3–2 || Sung (2–0) || S. Ogata (0–1) || Fujihira (5) || Mizuho PayPay Dome || 38,057 || 9–6–1 || W4 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || April 16 || @ Hawks || 0–6 || Ohtsu (2–0) || Fujiwara (0–2) || — || Kitakyushu Stadium || 19,288 || 9–7–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || April 17 || Marines || 1–0 || Kajiya (2–0) || Sakamoto (0–1) || — || Rakuten Mobile Park || 24,265 || 10–7–1 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 18 || Marines || 1–0 || Ureña (1–0) || H. Tanaka (1–2) || — || Rakuten Mobile Park || 24,046 || 11–7–1 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || April 19 || Marines || 5–8 || Takano (1–2) || C. Tanaka (0–1) || Yokoyama (5) || Rakuten Mobile Park || 24,353 || 11–8–1 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || April 21 || @ Fighters || 1–3 || Tatsu (2–1) || Shoji (3–1) || Yanagawa (5) || Es Con Field || 29,000 || 11–9–1 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || April 22 || @ Fighters || 4–4 || Shimamoto (1–0) || C. Tanaka (0–2) || — || Es Con Field || 28,254 || 11–10–1 || L3

|  Win  |    Loss  |    Tie  |    Postponement  |   Bold = Eagles team member

Roster

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