# 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.
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 :
| Pos | 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 |
    $^†$ 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

2021 record vs. opponents :
| 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 :
| Pos | 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 |
    $^†$ Interleague champion

### Opening Day starting roster

Friday, March 26, 2021, vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
2021 Rakuten Eagles Opening Day starting roster :
| 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/April: 14–9–6 (Home: 7–5–4; Away: 7–4–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 26Fighters8–2Wakui (1–0)Uwasawa (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park14,5591–0–0W1
2March 27Fighters4–9Kato (1–0)Takata (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park14,6811–1–0L1
3March 28Fighters5–0Hayakawa (1–0)Ikeda (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park14,4252–1–0W1
4March 30@ Marines5–0Kishi (1–0)Ojima (0–1)—Zozo Marine Stadium9,9313–1–0W2
5March 31@ Marines2–1T. Norimoto (1–0)Iwashita (0–1)Matsui (1)Zozo Marine Stadium9,5944–1–0W3
6April 1@ Marines5–16Motomae (1–0)Takinaka (0–1)—Zozo Marine Stadium7,4474–2–0L1
7April 2Buffaloes4–2Wakui (2–0)Yamasaki (0–1)Matsui (2)Rakuten Seimei Park7,2475–2–0W1
8April 3Buffaloes3–2Anraku (1–0)Yamaoka (0–2)Matsui (3)Rakuten Seimei Park9,8566–2–0W2
9April 4Buffaloes0–4Miyagi (2–0)Hayakawa (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park7,3766–3–0L1
10April 6@ Lions13–2Kishi (2–0)Matsumoto (1–1)—MetLife Dome8,6087–3–0W1
11April 7@ Lions6–3T. Norimoto (2–0)Imai (0–1)—MetLife Dome7,3908–3–0W2
12April 8@ Lions4–0Takinaka (1–1)Uema (0–1)—MetLife Dome6,6539–3–0W3
13April 9Hawks1–1Game tied after 9 inningsRakuten Seimei Park5,0499–3–1T1
14April 10Hawks8–8Game tied after 9 inningsRakuten Seimei Park8,1229–3–2T2
15April 11Hawks0–2Taura (1–0)Hayakawa (1–2)Mori (3)Rakuten Seimei Park8,5159–4–2L1
16April 13Marines2–6Ishikawa (1–0)Kishi (2–1)Masuda (2)Rakuten Seimei Park6,1889–5–2L2
17April 14Marines2–2Game tied after 9 inningsRakuten Seimei Park6,3039–5–3T1
18April 15Marines3–7Iwashita (2–1)Takinaka (1–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park5,8749–6–3L1
19April 16@ Fighters4–1Wakui (3–0)Hori (1–1)Matsui (4)Tokyo Dome9,55910–6–3W1
20April 17@ Fighters1–4Uwasawa (1–2)M. Tanaka (0–1)Sugiura (4)Tokyo Dome9,98510–7–3L1
21April 18@ Fighters4–1Hayakawa (2–2)Kaneko (0–1)Matsui (5)Tokyo Dome9,98111–7–3W1
22April 20@ Hawks4–6Kayama (1–0)Kishi (2–2)Mori (5)Kitakyushu Stadium9,80111–8–3L1
23April 21@ Hawks1–4Wada (2–1)T. Norimoto (2–1)Mori (6)PayPay Dome12,04911–9–3L2
24April 23Lions2–2Game tied after 9 inningsRakuten Seimei Park6,20511–9–4T1
25April 24Lions2–1M. Tanaka (1–1)Honda (0–1)Matsui (6)Rakuten Seimei Park6,61912–9–4W1
26April 25Lions8–4Hayakawa (3–2)Hirai (3–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park7,03713–9–4W2
27April 27@ Buffaloes5–5Game tied after 9 inningsKyocera Dome—13–9–5T1
28April 28@ Buffaloes0–0Game tied after 9 inningsKyocera Dome—13–9–6T2
—April 29@ BuffaloesPostponed (COVID-19) – Makeup date: October 20Kyocera Dome———
29April 30Marines8–1Wakui (4–0)T. Nakamura (0–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park4,73414–9–6W1 :
May: 11–11–3 (Home: 5–3–2; Away: 6–8–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
30May 1Marines3–0M. Tanaka (2–1)Futaki (1–2)Matsui (7)Rakuten Seimei Park7,91415–9–6W2
31May 2Marines5–6Karakawa (2–1)Matsui (0–1)Masuda (6)Rakuten Seimei Park7,62215–10–6L1
32May 3@ Hawks7–4Takinaka (2–2)Niho (0–1)Matsui (8)PayPay Dome18,38216–10–6W1
33May 4@ Hawks4–6Tsumori (1–0)Kishi (2–3)Moinelo (2)PayPay Dome18,58416–11–6L1
34May 5@ Hawks5–5Game tied after 9 inningsPayPay Dome17,90216–11–7T1
35May 7@ Fighters1–6VerHagen (1–2)Wakui (4–1)—Sapporo Dome5,67416–12–7L1
36May 8@ Fighters1–4Uwasawa (3–2)M. Tanaka (2–2)B. Rodriguez (1)Sapporo Dome13,02216–13–7L2
37May 9@ Fighters6–3Hayakawa (4–2)Ikeda (2–4)Matsui (9)Sapporo Dome9,69817–13–7W1
38May 11Lions3–3Game tied after 9 inningsRakuten Seimei Park5,12817–13–8T1
39May 12Lions4–3T. Norimoto (3–1)Neal (0–1)Matsui (10)Rakuten Seimei Park5,12818–13–8W1
40May 14@ Buffaloes4–9Yamaoka (2–3)Wakui (4–2)—Hotto Motto Field4,88818–14–8L1
41May 15@ Buffaloes3–4Takeyasu (2–0)M. Tanaka (2–3)K. Suzuki (1)Hotto Motto Field7,79518–15–8L2
42May 16@ Buffaloes1–0Hayakawa (5–2)Yamasaki (1–4)—Kyocera Dome—19–15–8W1
43May 18Fighters3–2Sung (1–0)B. Rodriguez (0–1)Matsui (11)Rakuten Seimei Park6,01620–15–8W2
44May 19Fighters3–2T. Norimoto (4–1)Kato (3–1)Matsui (12)Rakuten Seimei Park7,03521–15–8W3
45May 20Fighters1–4Hori (2–1)Fukuyama (0–1)Sugiura (9)Rakuten Seimei Park8,44821–16–8L1
46May 21@ Marines13–6Wakui (5–2)Ishikawa (2–2)—Zozo Marine Stadium7,74222–16–8W1
47May 22@ Marines1–3Karakawa (3–1)Fukuyama (0–2)Masuda (11)Zozo Marine Stadium11,78822–17–8L1
48May 23@ Marines6–5Hayakawa (6–2)Ojima (1–2)Matsui (13)Zozo Marine Stadium10,60523–17–8W1
49May 25@ Giants4–9Togo (4–2)Kishi (2–4)—Tokyo Dome10,32923–18–8L1
50May 26@ Giants2–5Takahashi (6–1)T. Norimoto (4–2)De La Rosa (6)Tokyo Dome9,77823–19–8L2
51May 27@ Giants2–0Takinaka (3–2)Yokogawa (0–1)Matsui (14)Tokyo Dome8,95324–19–8W1
52May 28BayStars6–7Kuniyoshi (1–0)Wakui (5–3)Mishima (7)Rakuten Seimei Park10,82224–20–8L1
53May 29BayStars1–1Game tied after 9 inningsRakuten Seimei Park13,05724–20–9T1
54May 30BayStars5–1Sakai (1–0)Ishida (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park12,42625–20–9W1 :
June: 11–10–1 (Home: 5–8–1; Away: 6–2–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
55June 1@ Swallows4–7Onishi (1–0)Sakai (1–1)McGough (6)Meiji Jingu Stadium7,80925–21–9L1
56June 2@ Swallows3–1T. Norimoto (5–2)Taguchi (2–4)Matsui (15)Meiji Jingu Stadium7,54326–21–9W1
57June 3@ Swallows4–2Takinaka (4–2)Sneed (1–1)Matsui (16)Meiji Jingu Stadium7,10527–21–9W2
58June 4@ Carp12–5Wakui (6–3)Y. Nakamura (0–3)—Mazda Stadium14,27428–21–9W3
59June 5@ Carp7–3Anraku (2–0)Horie (1–2)—Mazda Stadium16,23129–21–9W4
60June 6@ Carp6–4Hayakawa (7–2)K. Takahashi (2–2)Matsui (17)Mazda Stadium16,24630–21–9W5
61June 8Dragons5–2Kishi (3–4)Yanagi (5–2)Matsui (18)Rakuten Seimei Park10,85031–21–9W6
62June 9Dragons3–7Ogasawara (4–2)T. Norimoto (5–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park8,85431–22–9L1
63June 10Dragons6–2Takinaka (5–2)Katsuno (3–4)—Rakuten Seimei Park8,78232–22–9W1
64June 11Tigers2–3Aoyagi (5–2)Wakui (6–4)Robert Suárez (20)Rakuten Seimei Park12,52532–23–9L1
65June 12Tigers1–9M. Ito (4–3)M. Tanaka (2–4)—Rakuten Seimei Park13,25732–24–9L2
66June 13Tigers5–6Fujinami (4–3)Matsui (0–2)Robert Suárez (21)Rakuten Seimei Park13,15532–25–9L3
67June 18Buffaloes2–5Yamamoto (7–5)Wakui (6–5)Yo. Hirano (6)Rakuten Seimei Park10,97632–26–9L4
—June 19BuffaloesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 21Rakuten Seimei Park———
68June 20Buffaloes0–3Miyagi (7–1)Hayakawa (7–3)Yo. Hirano (7)Rakuten Seimei Park13,09132–27–9L5
69June 21Buffaloes3–4Yamasaki (3–5)Takinaka (5–3)Yo. Hirano (8)Rakuten Seimei Park5,39632–28–9L6
70June 22@ Lions0–2Matsumoto (6–3)Kishi (3–5)Taira (8)MetLife Dome8,42032–29–9L7
71June 23@ Lions6–4M. Tanaka (3–4)Y. Watanabe (0–1)Matsui (19)MetLife Dome10,29233–29–9W1
72June 25Hawks5–1T. Norimoto (6–3)Ishikawa (3–7)—Rakuten Seimei Park7,91734–29–9W2
73June 26Hawks3–2Nishiguchi (1–0)Martinez (5–2)Matsui (20)Rakuten Seimei Park12,42835–29–9W3
74June 27Hawks3–2Anraku (3–0)Wada (4–5)Matsui (21)Rakuten Seimei Park9,68036–29–9W4
75June 29Fighters5–5Game tied after 9 inningsRakuten Seimei Park6,21436–29–10T1
76June 30Fighters0–3Tateno (1–0)Wakui (6–6)Sugiura (14)Rakuten Seimei Park8,35836–30–10L1 :
July: 5–6–1 (Home: 1–2–0; Away: 4–4–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
77July 1Fighters1–2Ito (6–4)Kishi (3–6)Sugiura (15)Rakuten Seimei Park5,84336–31–10L2
—July 2@ MarinesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: July 5Zozo Marine Stadium———
78July 3@ Marines3–5Flores (1–0)Sung (1–1)Masuda (19)Zozo Marine Stadium12,40936–32–10L3
79July 4@ Marines6–8Ojima (5–2)Takinaka (5–4)Masuda (20)Zozo Marine Stadium9,13236–33–10L4
80July 5@ Marines1–8Iwashita (7–4)Nishiguchi (1–1)—Zozo Marine Stadium3,80236–34–10L5
81July 6@ Buffaloes7–2T. Norimoto (7–3)Yo. Hirano (0–3)—Kyocera Dome4,94237–34–10W1
82July 7@ Buffaloes6–5Busenitz (1–0)Urushihara (2–2)Matsui (22)Kyocera Dome4,98938–34–10W2
83July 8@ Buffaloes1–1Game tied after 9 inningsKyocera Dome4,99738–34–11T1
84July 10Lions2–6Imai (6–3)Nishiguchi (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park13,04938–35–11L1
85July 11Lions9–3Sakai (2–1)Togame (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park11,83239–35–11W1
86July 12@ Hawks0–8Rea (3–1)T. Norimoto (7–4)—PayPay Dome9,95739–36–11L1
87July 13@ Hawks6–2M. Tanaka (4–5)Ishikawa (3–8)—PayPay Dome9,84540–36–11W1
88July 14@ Hawks4–2Kishi (4–6)Higashihama (2–2)Matsui (23)PayPay Dome9,93041–36–11W2
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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
Olympic Break: Japan places first
89August 13@ Lions5–0Kishi (5–6)Matsumoto (7–5)—MetLife Dome7,47742–36–11W3
90August 14@ Lions7–6Sakai (3–1)Masuda (0–3)Matsui (24)MetLife Dome7,34043–36–11W4
91August 15@ Lions2–10Y. Watanabe (1–2)Wakui (6–7)—MetLife Dome7,29143–37–11L1
—August 17HawksPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 23Rakuten Seimei Park———
92August 18Hawks0–3Senga (2–1)Hayakawa (7–4)Iwasaki (6)Rakuten Seimei Park10,19343–38–11L2
93August 20@ Fighters3–3Game tied after 9 inningsSapporo Dome5,56643–38–12T1
94August 21@ Fighters8–4Kishi (6–6)Itoh (7–5)—Sapporo Dome8,41344–38–12W1
95August 22@ Fighters1–2Uwasawa (7–5)Wakui (6–8)Sugiura (17)Sapporo Dome7,69944–39–12L1
—August 24BuffaloesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 25Rakuten Seimei Park———
96August 25Buffaloes2–2Game tied after 9 inningsRakuten Seimei Park4,40544–39–13T1
97August 26Buffaloes7–6T. Norimoto (8–4)Yamazaki (0–1)Sung (1)Rakuten Seimei Park4,19445–39–13W1
98August 27Marines1–3Kuniyoshi (1–0)Anraku (3–1)Masuda (27)Rakuten Seimei Park6,13545–40–13L1
99August 28Marines1–5R. Sasaki (2–2)Kishi (6–7)—Rakuten Seimei Park8,11145–41–13L2
100August 29Marines0–1C. Sasaki (7–0)Sung (1–2)Masuda (28)Rakuten Seimei Park6,30645–42–13L3
101August 31@ Hawks6–3Nishiguchi (2–1)Higashihama (3–3)Sung (2)Sun Marine Stadium7,48446–42–13W1 :
September: 11–11–1 (Home: 7–4–0; Away: 4–7–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
102September 2@ Hawks2–5Senga (4–1)T. Norimoto (8–5)Kaino (1)PayPay Dome1,63046–43–13L1
103September 3Lions4–8Moriwaki (2–0)Sung (1–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park4,74246–44–13L2
104September 4Lions8–5Kishi (7–7)Imai (6–5)Sakai (1)Rakuten Seimei Park5,08847–44–13W1
105September 5Lions8–2Nishiguchi (3–1)Y. Watanabe (2–3)—Rakuten Seimei Park6,53148–44–13W2
106September 7@ Fighters2–4Itoh (9–5)Hayakawa (7–5)B. Rodriguez (3)Sapporo Dome4,99048–45–13L1
107September 8@ Fighters8–0Takinaka (6–4)Uwasawa (8–6)—Sapporo Dome4,99249–45–13W1
108September 9@ Fighters4–0T. Norimoto (9–5)VerHagen (3–7)—Sapporo Dome4,98950–45–13W2
109September 10@ Marines2–3Masuda (1–4)Sakai (3–2)—Zozo Marine Stadium8,38750–46–13L1
110September 11@ Marines1–4Ojima (7–3)Kishi (7–8)—Zozo Marine Stadium9,92450–47–13L2
111September 12@ Marines2–9Kawamura (2–0)Ishibashi (0–1)—Zozo Marine Stadium7,79450–48–13L3
112September 14Buffaloes4–1Hayakawa (8–5)Miyagi (11–2)Sakai (2)Rakuten Seimei Park6,03451–48–13W1
113September 15Buffaloes7–0Takinaka (7–4)Yamazaki (0–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park6,73952–48–13W2
114September 16Buffaloes1–3Tajima (6–7)Anraku (3–2)Yo. Hirano (18)Rakuten Seimei Park6,00352–49–13L1
—September 18HawksPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 24Rakuten Seimei Park———
115September 19Hawks4–2Nishiguchi (4–1)Iwasaki (2–4)Sakai (3)Rakuten Seimei Park9,99353–49–13W1
116September 20Hawks4–5Matsumoto (2–3)M. Tanaka (4–6)Mori (9)Rakuten Seimei Park9,14353–50–13L1
117September 22@ Lions4–2Hayakawa (9–5)Hamaya (1–4)Sung (3)MetLife Dome8,75654–50–13W1
118September 23@ Lions3–4Taira (2–2)Sakai (3–3)—MetLife Dome9,39654–51–13L1
119September 24@ Buffaloes4–3T. Norimoto (10–5)Miyagi (11–3)Sung (4)Kyocera Dome5,27555–51–13W1
120September 25@ Buffaloes2–3Yamamoto (15–5)Kishi (7–9)Yo. Hirano (21)Kyocera Dome9,56055–52–13L1
121September 26@ Buffaloes1–1Game tied after 9 inningsKyocera Dome9,58955–52–14T1
122September 28Fighters1–3Kawano (3–4)Hayakawa (9–6)Sugiura (23)Rakuten Seimei Park4,98655–53–14L1
123September 29Fighters5–0Takinaka (8–4)Itoh (9–7)—Rakuten Seimei Park4,98056–53–14W1
124September 30Fighters8–5Yuge (1–0)Kaneko (0–4)—Rakuten Seimei Park4,99157–53–14W2 :
October: 9–9–1 (Home: 5–7–0; Away: 4–2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
—October 1MarinesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 27Rakuten Seimei Park———
125October 2Marines6–1Kishi (8–9)Futaki (5–6)—Rakuten Seimei Park9,85158–53–14W3
126October 3Marines0–2Ojima (10–3)M. Tanaka (4–7)—Rakuten Seimei Park9,96758–54–14L1
127October 5@ Hawks7–7Game tied after 9 inningsPayPay Dome8,01958–54–15T1
128October 6@ Hawks5–0Takinaka (9–4)Martinez (9–4)—PayPay Dome8,23359–54–15W1
129October 7@ Marines3–2Sung (2–3)Masuda (1–6)Anraku (1)Zozo Marine Stadium9,93360–54–15W2
130October 9@ Lions2–1Nishiguchi (5–1)Taira (2–4)Anraku (2)MetLife Dome9,30161–54–15W3
131October 10@ Lions2–3Taira (3–4)Nishiguchi (5–2)—MetLife Dome9,43561–55–15L1
132October 13Hawks2–1Sung (3–3)Mori (1–2)—Rakuten Seimei Park7,33462–55–15W1
133October 14Hawks5–6Furuya (1–1)Anraku (3–3)Mori (15)Rakuten Seimei Park8,10862–56–15L1
134October 15Lions1–5Imai (8–7)Takinaka (9–5)—Rakuten Seimei Park9,05462–57–15L2
135October 16Lions3–0Kishi (9–9)Hamaya (1–6)Sung (5)Rakuten Seimei Park8,12763–57–15W1
136October 17Lions5–6Y. Watanabe (4–4)M. Tanaka (4–8)Moriwaki (1)Rakuten Seimei Park9,98763–58–15L1
137October 18Fighters0–5Kato (5–7)Yuge (1–1)—Rakuten Seimei Park8,17063–59–15L2
138October 19@ Buffaloes3–6Tajima (8–8)Hayakawa (9–7)Yo. Hirano (28)Kyocera Dome11,27463–60–15L3
139October 20@ Buffaloes5–2T. Norimoto (11–5)Tomiyama (2–1)Sung (6)Kyocera Dome11,31764–60–15W1
140October 23Hawks8–1Takinaka (10–5)Higashihama (4–4)—Rakuten Seimei Park10,55465–60–15W2
141October 24Hawks2–6Kasaya (3–4)Kishi (9–10)—Rakuten Seimei Park11,27565–61–15L1
142October 25Hawks0–4Yamamoto (18–5)M. Tanaka (4–9)—Rakuten Seimei Park9,57365–62–15L2
143October 27Marines2–1Sakai (4–3)C. Sasaki (8–1)Sung (7)Rakuten Seimei Park11,07466–62–15W1 :
Win  |     Loss  |     Tie  |     Postponement  |      = Interleague play Bold = Eagles team member :

## Postseason
### Game log

2021 postseason game log: 0–1–1 (Away: 0–1–1) :
Climax Series first stage: 0–1–1 (Away: 0–1–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1November 6@ Marines4–5Masuda (1–0)Sung (0–1)—Zozo Marine Stadium14,9040–1–0L1
2November 7@ Marines4–4Game tied after 9 inningsZozo Marine Stadium14,8910–1–1T1 :
Win  |     Loss  |     Tie  |     Postponement Bold = Eagles team member :

## Player statistics
### Batting

2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics :
| 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 | 143 | 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

### Pitching

2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics :
| 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

## Awards and honors

Taiju Life Monthly MVP Award
* Hideaki Wakui - March/April (pitcher)
All-Star Series selections
* 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
* Hiroaki Shimauchi - Game 2

## Farm team

2021 Eastern League regular season standings :
| Pos | 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 |
    $^†$ League champion

## Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2021 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles draft selections :
| 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 |