# 2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season

The 2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was 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 was led by Kazuhisa Ishii in his third season as team manager.

## Regular season
### Standings

2023 Pacific League regular season standings :
| Pos | Team | GTooltip Games played | W | L | T | Pct. | GBTooltip Games behind | Home | Road |
| 1 | Orix Buffaloes$^†$ | 143 | 86 | 53 | 4 | .619 | — | 41–28–3 | 45–25–1 |
| 2 | Chiba Lotte Marines* | 143 | 70 | 68 | 5 | .507 | 15½ | 42–27–2 | 28–40–3 |
| 3 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks* | 143 | 71 | 69 | 3 | .507 | 15½ | 39–32–0 | 32–37–3 |
| 4 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 143 | 70 | 71 | 2 | .496 | 17 | 38–33–1 | 32–38–1 |
| 5 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 143 | 65 | 77 | 1 | .458 | 22½ | 33–37–1 | 32–40–0 |
| 6 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 143 | 60 | 82 | 1 | .423 | 27½ | 31–40–0 | 29–42–1 |
    $^†$ = 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

2023 record vs. opponents :
| Team | Buffaloes | Eagles | Fighters | Hawks | Lions | Marines | CL |
| Buffaloes | — | 15–10 | 15–9–1 | 13–11−1 | 17–8 | 15–8−2 | 11–7 |
| Eagles | 10–15 | — | 15–10 | 14–10−1 | 10–14–1 | 12–13 | 9–9 |
| Fighters | 9–15–1 | 10–15 | — | 11–14 | 9–16 | 11–14 | 10–8 |
| Hawks | 11–13−1 | 10–14−1 | 14–11 | — | 13–12 | 12–12−1 | 11–7 |
| Lions | 8–17 | 14–10–1 | 16–9 | 12–13 | — | 9–16 | 6–12 |
| Marines | 8–15−2 | 13–12 | 14–11 | 12–12−1 | 16–9 | — | 7–9−2 |

### Interleague

2023 regular season interleague standings :
| Pos | Team | GTooltip Games played | W | L | T | Pct. | GBTooltip Games behind | Home | Road |
| 1 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars$^†$ | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | — | 6–3 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | — | 4–5 | 7–2 |
| 3 | Yomiuri Giants | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | — | 5–4 | 6–3 |
| 4 | Orix Buffaloes | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | — | 4–5 | 7–2 |
| 5 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 1 | 4–5 | 6–3 |
| 6 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 2 | 5–4 | 4–5 |
| 7 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 2 | 4–5 | 5–4 |
| 8 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | .438 | 3 | 5–4 | 2–5−2 |
| 9 | Chunichi Dragons | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | .412 | 3½ | 2–6−1 | 5–4 |
| 10 | Hanshin Tigers | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | .412 | 3½ | 4–4−1 | 3–6 |
| 11 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .389 | 4 | 3–6 | 4–5 |
| 12 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .333 | 5 | 4–5 | 2–7 |
    $^†$ = Interleague champion

### Chihō ballparks

The Eagles hosted three home games outside of Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in 2023. Two were played at chihō, or "countryside", ballparks in Yamagata and Iwate Prefectures in Japan's Tōhoku region and the third was played at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo. The game in Iwate Prefecture was played at the new Kitagin Ballpark; it was the first time a professional baseball game was played in the stadium.
2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles chihō ballparks :
| Ballpark | City | Prefecture |
| Kirayaka Stadium | Yamagata | Yamagata Prefecture |
| Kitagin Ballpark | Morioka | Iwate Prefecture |
| Tokyo Dome | Bunkyō | Tokyo |

### Opening Day starting roster

Rakuten's 2023 Opening Day game was on Thursday, March 30, against the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters at Es Con Field Hokkaido. The game was the first official NPB game to be played at the new stadium.
2023 Rakuten Eagles Opening Day starting roster :
| Order | Player | Position |
| 1 | Ryosuke Tatsumi | Center fielder |
| 2 | Hiroto Kobukata | Left fielder |
| 3 | Maikel Franco | Designated hitter |
| 4 | Hideto Asamura | Second baseman |
| 5 | Hiroaki Shimauchi | Right fielder |
| 6 | Toshiki Abe | First baseman |
| 7 | Tsuyoshi Yamasaki | Shortstop |
| 8 | Yukiya Itoh | Third baseman |
| 9 | Yuma Yasuda | Catcher |
| — | Masahiro Tanaka | Starting pitcher |

### Game log

2023 game log: 70–71–2 (Home: 38–33–1; Away: 32–38–1) :
March/April: 9–14–0 (Home: 4–6–0; Away: 5–8–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
1March 30@ Fighters3–1M. Tanaka (1–0)Kato (0–1)Y. Matsui (1)Es Con Field31,0921–0–0W1
2April 1@ Fighters3–4 (10)Suzuki (1–0)Miyamori (0–1)—Es Con Field30,6371–1–0L1
3April 2@ Fighters2–1Fujihira (1–0)Kitayama (0–1)Y. Matsui (2)Es Con Field30,7752–1–0W1
4April 4Lions0–4Imai (1–0)Norimoto (0–1)—Rakuten Mobile Park24,3652–2–0L1
5April 5Lions1–0Hayakawa (1–0)Sumida (0–1)Y. Matsui (3)Rakuten Mobile Park21,5263–2–0W1
6April 6Lions1–2Matsumoto (1–0)M. Tanaka (1–1)Masuda (1)Rakuten Mobile Park19,0343–3–0L1
7April 8@ Marines4–5Sawamura (1–0)Nishiguchi (0–1)Masuda (3)Zozo Marine Stadium27,4443–4–0L2
8April 9@ Marines1–10Taneichi (1–1)Kishi (0–1)—Zozo Marine Stadium28,8483–5–0L3
9April 11Buffaloes0–6Yamashita (1–0)Norimoto (0–2)—Rakuten Mobile Park13,1653–6–0L4
10April 12Buffaloes2–7Tajima (1–1)Hayakawa (1–1)—Rakuten Mobile Park12,4883–7–0L5
11April 14Hawks3–0M. Tanaka (2–1)Wada (1–1)Y. Matsui (4)Rakuten Mobile Park15,7284–7–0W1
—April 15HawksPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 7Rakuten Mobile Park———
12April 16Hawks3–6Tsumori (2–0)Nishiguchi (0–2)Osuna (3)Rakuten Mobile Park18,5044–8–0L1
13April 18@ Buffaloes5–1M. Itoh (1–0)Waguespack (2–1)—Kyocera Dome15,1735–8–0W1
14April 19@ Buffaloes1–2Tajima (2–1)Nishiguchi (0–3)Yo. Hirano (4)Kyocera Dome14,9835–9–0L1
15April 20@ Buffaloes1–3Yamasaki (1–0)Fujihira (1–1)Waguespack (1)Kyocera Dome13,8735–10–0L2
16April 21Fighters8–7Suzuki (1–0)S. Tanaka (0–1)—Rakuten Mobile Park16,4426–10–0W1
17April 22Fighters3–5Uwasawa (2–1)Shoji (0–1)Miyanishi (1)Rakuten Mobile Park17,1616–11–0L1
18April 23Fighters4–3 (11)Uchi (1–0)Tamai (0–1)—Rakuten Mobile Park21,1287–11–0W1
—April 25@ HawksPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 2Kitakyushu Stadium———
19April 26@ Hawks2–4Wada (2–1)Hayakawa (1–2)Osuna (4)PayPay Dome34,8587–12–0L1
20April 27@ Hawks3–5Mori (1–0)Takinaka (0–1)Osuna (5)PayPay Dome35,1027–13–0L2
21April 28@ Lions0–4Imai (3–0)M. Tanaka (2–2)—Belluna Dome16,4537–14–0L3
22April 29@ Lions8–2Fujihira (2–1)K. Takahashi (3–1)—Belluna Dome24,1488–14–0W1
23April 30@ Lions7–6 (10)Y. Matsui (1–0)Yoza (0–1)Sakai (1)Belluna Dome22,1769–14–0W2 :
May: 9–13–1 (Home: 7–8–0; Away: 2–5–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
24May 2Marines5–1Kishi (1–1)Nishino (3−1)Y. Matsui (5)Rakuten Mobile Park21,55010–14–0W3
25May 3Marines0−2 (10)Sawamura (3–0)Uchi (1–1)Masuda (9)Rakuten Mobile Park25,14310−15−0L1
26May 4Marines6−0T. Matsui (1−0)Mori (1−1)—Rakuten Mobile Park25,13411−15−0W1
27May 5@ Fighters2−5Miyauchi (1−0)Nishiguchi (0–4)S. Tanaka (4)Es Con Field26,34211−16−0L1
28May 6@ Fighters5−0Takinaka (1–1)Uwasawa (3–2)—Es Con Field26,76112−16−0W1
29May 7@ Fighters2−3S. Tanaka (1−1)Miyamori (0–2)—Es Con Field25,25012−17−0L1
30May 9Buffaloes0−2Miyagi (4−0)Hayakawa (1–3)—Rakuten Mobile Park17,45912−18−0L2
31May 10Buffaloes2−8Tajima (4–2)Kishi (1–2)—Rakuten Mobile Park23,48012−19−0L3
32May 11Buffaloes7−3Norimoto (1–2)Kuroki (0−2)—Rakuten Mobile Park21,70913−19−0W1
33May 12@ Lions4−4Game tied after 12 inningsBelluna Dome12,67513−19−1T1
34May 13@ Lions4−7K. Takahashi (3–1)Fujihira (2–2)Moriwaki (1)Belluna Dome18,41713−20−1L1
35May 14@ Lions5−0Takinaka (2–1)Sumida (1–4)—Belluna Dome22,25714−20−1W1
36May 16Hawks3−0Hayakawa (2–3)Ohzeki (2−4)Y. Matsui (6)Kitagin Ballpark16,07015−20−1W2
37May 17Hawks1−10Wada (3–1)Shoji (0–2)—Kirayaka Stadium9,91215−21−1L1
—May 19MarinesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 9Rakuten Mobile Park———
38May 20Marines1−6Nishino (5−1)Norimoto (1–3)—Rakuten Mobile Park18,11915−22−1L2
39May 21Marines4−6Hirohata (1−0)Takinaka (2–2)Perdomo (1)Rakuten Mobile Park17,85915−23−1L3
40May 23@ Buffaloes0−8Yamashita (4–0)M. Tanaka (2–3)—Hotto Motto Field21,05515−24−1L4
41May 24@ Buffaloes5−6Waguespack (2–2)Y. Matsui (1–1)—Hotto Motto Field21,36215−25−1L5
42May 26Fighters4−3Uchi (2–1)H. Itoh (2−4)Y. Matsui (7)Rakuten Mobile Park16,44416−25−1W1
43May 27Fighters1−3Suzuki (4–2)T. Matsui (1−1)S. Tanaka (7)Rakuten Mobile Park20,11116−26−1L1
44May 28Fighters3−2 (12)Sung (1−0)Rodriguez (0−3)—Rakuten Mobile Park20,95417−26−1W1
45May 30BayStars2−3Imanaga (3−1)Norimoto (1–4)—Rakuten Mobile Park13,06117−27−1L1
46May 31BayStars3−1M. Tanaka (3–3)Wendelken (1−1)Y. Matsui (8)Rakuten Mobile Park13,67718−27−1W1 :
June: 10–13–0 (Home: 4–6–0; Away: 6–7–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
47June 1BayStars3−11K. Azuma (5−2)Takinaka (2–3)—Rakuten Mobile Park12,40618−28−1L1
—June 2@ SwallowsPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 20Meiji Jingu Stadium———
48June 3@ Swallows5−9Peters (2−1)Hayakawa (2–4)—Meiji Jingu Stadium29,34518−29−1L2
49June 4@ Swallows2−5Kozawa (1−1)Shoji (0–3)Taguchi (12)Meiji Jingu Stadium29,60218−30−1L3
50June 6Tigers4−1Norimoto (2–4)Murakami (5−2)Y. Matsui (9)Rakuten Mobile Park16,02819−30−1W1
51June 7Tigers3−11Y. NishiM. Tanaka (3–4)—Rakuten Mobile Park17,16819−31−1L1
52June 8Tigers6−4Uchi (3–1)Yuasa (0−1)—Rakuten Mobile Park16,49820−31−1W1
53June 9Dragons5−4S. Watanabe (1−0)Ogasawara (4−3)Y. Matsui (10)Rakuten Mobile Park15,30221−31−1W2
54June 10Dragons1−0Hayakawa (3–4)Matsuba (0−1)Y. Matsui (11)Rakuten Mobile Park23,56222−31−1W3
—June 11DragonsPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: June 21Rakuten Mobile Park———
55June 13@ Carp6−3Norimoto (3–4)Ohsera (2−5)Y. Matsui (12)Mazda Stadium28,43023−31−1W4
56June 14@ Carp3−4Yasaki (4−0)Y. Matsui (1−2)—Mazda Stadium23,94923−32−1L1
57June 15@ Carp11−7S. Watanabe (2−0)Shimauchi (1−2)—Mazda Stadium23,16924−32−1W1
58June 16@ Giants5−6Ohe (4−0)Sakai (0−1)—Tokyo Dome36,91624−33−1L1
59June 17@ Giants2−1Hayakawa (4–4)Griffin (4−3)Y. Matsui (13)Tokyo Dome40,84525−33−1W1
60June 18@ Giants2−1Kishi (2–2)Sugano (1−1)Y. Matsui (14)Tokyo Dome40,92926−33−1W2
61June 20@ Swallows0−13Yamamoto (1−0)Fujihira (2–3)—Meiji Jingu Stadium16,18226−34−1L1
62June 21Dragons2−5Takahashi (3−6)Takinaka (2–4)Martínez (15)Rakuten Mobile Park13,95926−35−1L2
63June 23Lions4−5Hirai (3−2)Sakai (0−2)Masuda (10)Rakuten Mobile Park13,79426−36−1L3
64June 24Lions0−1K. Takahashi (5–5)Karashima (0−1)Masuda (11)Rakuten Mobile Park18,27626−37−1L4
65June 25Lions2−5Sumida (3–6)Hayakawa (4–5)Moriwaki (3)Rakuten Mobile Park17,06526−38−1L5
66June 26@ Hawks3−1M. Tanaka (4–4)Wada (5–3)Y. Matsui (15)Tokyo Dome41,87627−38−1W1
67June 28@ Hawks2−3Moinelo (3−0)S. Watanabe (2−1)Osuna (14)PayPay Dome34,35127−39−1L1
68June 29@ Hawks2−3Ohtsu (2−0)Uchi (3–2)Osuna (15)PayPay Dome36,15727−40−1L2
69June 30@ Marines5−4Sakai (1−2)Perdomo (0−1)Y. Matsui (16)Zozo Marine Stadium18,54628−40−1W1 :
July: 15–7–0 (Home: 8–4–0; Away: 7–3–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
70July 1@ Marines2−10Taneichi (5–3)Karashima (0−2)—Zozo Marine Stadium25,37028−41−1L1
71July 2@ Marines11−4Fujii (1−0)Mercedes (3−4)—Zozo Marine Stadium23,05129−41−1W1
72July 4Buffaloes7−9Udagawa (1−0)M. Tanaka (4–5)Yo. Hirano (13)Tokyo Dome40,50229−42−1L1
73July 5Buffaloes6−1Shoji (1–3)Miyagi (6−3)—Rakuten Mobile Park12,57530−42−1W1
74July 6Buffaloes3−0Kishi (3–2)Yamashita (7–2)Y. Matsui (17)Rakuten Mobile Park12,08731−42−1W2
75July 7Hawks6−5Norimoto (4–4)Arihara (3−1)Y. Matsui (18)Rakuten Mobile Park14,61332−42−1W3
76July 8Hawks8−1Karashima (1−2)Higashihama (5−6)—Rakuten Mobile Park23,95033−42−1W4
77July 9Hawks5−1Fujii (2−0)Ishikawa (3−4)—Rakuten Mobile Park20,02834−42−1W5
78July 11@ Fighters3−2M. Tanaka (5–5)Kitayama (5–4)Y. Matsui (19)Es Con Field26,85535−42−1W6
79July 12@ Fighters4−3Sung (2−0)H. Itoh (5−5)Y. Matsui (20)Es Con Field25,93636−42−1W7
80July 13@ Fighters3−2Sakai (2−2)S. Tanaka (2–2)Y. Matsui (21)Es Con Field29,01037−42−1W8
81July 15@ Marines7−9T. Nakamura (1−0)Sakai (2−3)Masuda (23)Zozo Marine Stadium25,56037−43−1L1
82July 16@ Marines7−6S. Watanabe (3−1)Masuda (2−2)Y. Matsui (22)Zozo Marine Stadium26,61738−43−1W1
83July 17@ Marines4−2Anraku (1−0)Taneichi (6–4)Y. Matsui (23)Zozo Marine Stadium22,09839−43−1W2
All-Star Break: PL defeats the CL, 2–0
84July 22@ Lions1−2Imai (5–2)Karashima (2−2)Masuda (16)Belluna Dome17,60639−44−1L1
85July 23@ Lions4−2Norimoto (5–4)Enns (1−8)S. Suzuki (1)Belluna Dome15,68540−44−1W1
86July 25Fighters3−1Hayakawa (5–5)Kato (5–7)S. Watanabe (1)Rakuten Mobile Park16,15841−44−1W2
87July 26Fighters2−3Ikeda (1−3)S. Suzuki (1−1)S. Tanaka (15)Rakuten Mobile Park16,93541−45−1L1
88July 27Fighters5−9Kitayama (6–4)M. Tanaka (5–6)—Rakuten Mobile Park15,08241−46−1L2
89July 28Lions5−1Kishi (4–2)Taira (6−5)—Rakuten Mobile Park15,16442−46−1W1
90July 29Lions1−3Imai (6–2)Karashima (2−4)Masuda (18)Rakuten Mobile Park18,85542−47−1L1
91July 30Lions5−4 (10)Sakai (3−3)Mizukami (0−1)—Rakuten Mobile Park17,20943−47−1W1 :
August: 12–12–0 (Home: 9–5–0; Away: 3–7–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
92August 1@ Buffaloes2−6Yamamoto (10−4)Hayakawa (5–6)Yamazaki (5)Kyocera Dome28,52743−48−1L1
93August 2@ Buffaloes2−3Yo. Hirano (3−1)Anraku (1−1)—Kyocera Dome21,65143−49−1L2
94August 3@ Buffaloes9−1M. Tanaka (6–6)Waguespack (3–5)—Kyocera Dome23,01644−49−1W1
95August 4Marines3−5Taneichi (8–4)Kishi (4–3)Tojo (1)Rakuten Mobile Park17,03544−50−1L1
96August 5Marines7−6Sakai (4−3)Perdomo (1−2)Y. Matsui (24)Rakuten Mobile Park16,50145−50−1W1
97August 6Marines2−1Norimoto (6–4)Ojima (5−4)Y. Matsui (25)Rakuten Mobile Park18,01846−50−1W2
98August 8@ Hawks9−3Hayakawa (6–6)Taura (2−1)—PayPay Dome35,20347−50−1W3
—August 9@ HawksPostponed (Typhoon Khanun) – Makeup date: October 3PayPay Dome———
99August 10@ Hawks4−11Wada (6–4)M. Tanaka (6–7)—PayPay Dome37,97447−51−1L1
100August 11Buffaloes5−0Kishi (5–3)Yamasaki (8–3)—Rakuten Mobile Park22,31348−51−1W1
—August 12BuffaloesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 14Rakuten Mobile Park———
101August 13Buffaloes0−1Udagawa (3−0)Norimoto (6–5)Yo. Hirano (19)Rakuten Mobile Park20,52648−52−1L1
102August 15@ Lions5−3S. Watanabe (4−1)Masuda (4−3)Y. Matsui (26)Belluna Dome20,41449−52−1W1
103August 16@ Lions1−4Imai (7–3)Karashima (1−5)—Belluna Dome18,19449−53−1L1
104August 17@ Lions2−4Sumida (7–7)M. Tanaka (6–8)Aoyama (3)Belluna Dome16,49649−54−1L2
105August 18Marines1−4Taneichi (10–4)Kishi (5–4)Masuda (30)Rakuten Mobile Park20,02149−55−1L3
106August 19Marines7−5S. Watanabe (5−1)Perdomo (1−3)Y. Matsui (27)Rakuten Mobile Park21,26650−55−1W1
107August 20Marines3−4Nishimura (3−0)Y. Matsui (1−3)Masuda (31)Rakuten Mobile Park20,02850−56−1L1
108August 22@ Fighters2−6Kato (5–7)Hayakawa (6–7)—Es Con Field23,56350−57−1L2
109August 23@ Fighters4−10Ponce (2−4)T. Matsui (1−2)—Es Con Field22,43550−58−1L3
110August 25Hawks3−2 (10)S. Watanabe (6−1)Kaino (1−1)—Rakuten Mobile Park26,37251−58−1W1
111August 26Hawks2−1M. Tanaka (7–8)Bando (4−3)Y. Matsui (28)Rakuten Mobile Park25,66952−58−1W2
112August 27Hawks7−1Shoji (2–3)Matsumoto (0−1)—Rakuten Mobile Park18,40853−58−1W3
113August 29Lions2−1Norimoto (7–5)Matsumoto (4–8)Y. Matsui (29)Rakuten Mobile Park13,95254−58−1W4
114August 30Lions6−4Uchi (4–2)Masuda (4−4)—Rakuten Mobile Park14,81255−58−1W5
115August 31Lions4−5Kumon (1−0)S. Watanabe (6−2)Kriske (1)Rakuten Mobile Park13,53755−59−1L1 :
September/October: 15–11–1 (Home: 6–3–1; Away: 9–8–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordStreak
116September 1@ Marines0−5Mima (2−7)Kishi (5–5)—Zozo Marine Stadium22,53555−60−1L2
117September 2@ Marines5−3Anraku (2−1)Masuda (2−4)Y. Matsui (30)Zozo Marine Stadium28,85756−60−1W1
118September 3@ Marines5−4Shoji (3–3)Nakamori (1−2)Y. Matsui (31)Zozo Marine Stadium27,72957−60−1W2
—September 5FightersPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: September 22Rakuten Mobile Park———
—September 6FightersPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 5Rakuten Mobile Park———
119September 8@ Hawks8−6Kishi (6–5)Ishikawa (4−7)Y. Matsui (32)PayPay Dome34,79558−60−1W3
120September 9@ Hawks2−7Kaino (2−1)M. Tanaka (7–9)—PayPay Dome38,33158−61−1L1
121September 10@ Hawks6−4Shoji (4–3)Bando (5−4)Y. Matsui (33)PayPay Dome38,13959−61−1W1
122September 12@ Marines3−5Sawada (2−0)Norimoto (7–6)Masuda (35)Zozo Marine Stadium24,23459−62−1L1
123September 13@ Marines5−3S. Watanabe (7−2)Masuda (2−5)Y. Matsui (34)Zozo Marine Stadium24,20060−62−1W1
124September 14Buffaloes0−2 (11)Yamazaki (1−0)Anraku (2−2)Yamaoka (1)Rakuten Mobile Park21,53960−63−1L1
125September 16@ Buffaloes3−1Kishi (7–5)Yamamoto (14−6)Y. Matsui (35)Kyocera Dome35,36061−63−1W1
126September 17@ Buffaloes4−6Udagawa (4−0)Sung (2−1)Yamazaki (8)Kyocera Dome35,68861−64−1L1
127September 18@ Buffaloes3−6Kogita (3−0)M. Tanaka (7–10)Yamazaki (9)Kyocera Dome33,77361−65−1L2
128September 19Hawks3−2Norimoto (8–6)Matayoshi (2−2)Y. Matsui (36)Rakuten Mobile Park20,04862−65−1W1
129September 20Hawks6−1Fujii (3−0)Ohzeki (4−7)—Rakuten Mobile Park20,30063−65−1W2
130September 21Lions2−7Imai (10–4)Shiomi (0−1)—Rakuten Mobile Park14,03163−66−1L1
131September 22Fighters0−3Kanemura (2−1)Fujihira (2–4)S. Tanaka (24)Rakuten Mobile Park15,81163−67−1L2
132September 23Fighters4−1Kishi (8–5)Uwasawa (8–9)Y. Matsui (37)Rakuten Mobile Park25,94664−67−1W1
133September 24Fighters3−1Y. Matsui (2−3)Ikeda (1−5)—Rakuten Mobile Park25,56165−67−1W2
134September 25@ Fighters9−1S. Watanabe (8−2)Itoh (7−10)—Es Con Field26,01066−67−1W3
135September 27@ Lions1−2Hirai (4−3)S. Watanabe (8−3)Kriske (7)Belluna Dome24,87366−68−1L1
136September 28Buffaloes9−5Anraku (3−2)Abe (3−5)—Rakuten Mobile Park22,91167−68−1W1
137September 30@ Buffaloes5−4Kishi (9–5)Tajima (6–4)Y. Matsui (38)Kyocera Dome26,15968−68−1W2
138October 1@ Buffaloes8−2Shoji (5–3)Kuroki (1−5)—Kyocera Dome28,16269−68−1W3
139October 2@ Hawks0−6Ohzeki (5−7)M. Tanaka (7–11)—PayPay Dome37,41369−69−1L1
140October 3@ Hawks3−7Wada (8–6)Norimoto (8–7)Osuna (26)PayPay Dome38,59769−70−1L2
141October 5Fighters5−3Sakai (5−3)Nemoto (3−1)Y. Matsui (39)Rakuten Mobile Park24,99770−70−1W1
142October 7Hawks5−5Game tied after 12 inningsRakuten Mobile Park25,84170−70−2T1
—October 9MarinesPostponed (rain) – Makeup date: October 10Rakuten Mobile Park———
143October 10Marines0−5Ojima (10−6)Norimoto (8–8)—Rakuten Mobile Park25,63070−71−2L1 :
Win  |     Loss  |     Tie  |     Postponement  |      = Interleague play Bold = Eagles team member :

## Player statistics
### Batting

2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles batting statistics :
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | TB |
| Toshiki Abe | 78 | 216 | 16 | 55 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 27 | 47 | .255 | .340 | .398 | 86 |
| Ginji Akaminai | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | 1 |
| Hideto Asamura | 143 | 522 | 64 | 143 | 20 | 0 | 26 | 78 | 2 | 75 | 108 | .274 | .368 | .462 | 241 |
| Maikel Franco | 95 | 312 | 31 | 69 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 21 | 52 | .221 | .273 | .372 | 116 |
| Takahisa Hayakawa | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | 1 |
| Kengo Horiuchi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1 |
| Yukiya Itoh | 87 | 188 | 20 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 48 | .245 | .301 | .367 | 69 |
| Wataru Karashima | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Takayuki Kishi | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Hiroto Kobukata | 134 | 477 | 67 | 123 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 36 | 48 | 83 | .258 | .329 | .331 | 158 |
| Fumiya Kurokawa | 9 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .091 | .087 | .227 | 5 |
| Eigoro Mogi | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .083 | .267 | .083 | 1 |
| Itsuki Murabayashi | 98 | 301 | 35 | 77 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 11 | 21 | 55 | .256 | .311 | .336 | 101 |
| Haruki Nishikawa | 35 | 72 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 24 | .181 | .286 | .278 | 20 |
| Takahiro Norimoto | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Yuya Ogo | 120 | 390 | 53 | 102 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 49 | 13 | 36 | 85 | .262 | .321 | .395 | 154 |
| Hikaru Ohta | 104 | 173 | 19 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 47 | .243 | .356 | .330 | 57 |
| Takero Okajima | 114 | 361 | 33 | 96 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 33 | 67 | .266 | .327 | .371 | 134 |
| Hiroaki Shimauchi | 104 | 322 | 21 | 76 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 41 | 41 | .236 | .325 | .342 | 110 |
| Kosei Shoji | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Yuya Shozui | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | 0 |
| Ginjiro Sumitani | 65 | 131 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .221 | .259 | .260 | 34 |
| Daichi Suzuki | 101 | 250 | 25 | 61 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 24 | 36 | .244 | .330 | .348 | 87 |
| Kazuki Tanaka | 95 | 34 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | .088 | .205 | .265 | 9 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 |
| Ryosuke Tatsumi | 133 | 434 | 45 | 114 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 43 | 13 | 40 | 99 | .263 | .341 | .385 | 167 |
| Ren Wada | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .167 | .200 | 1 |
| Yoshiaki Watanabe | 25 | 49 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .143 | .222 | .143 | 7 |
| Tsuyoshi Yamasaki | 117 | 261 | 29 | 53 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 35 | 58 | .203 | .303 | .287 | 75 |
| Yuma Yasuda | 53 | 110 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 25 | .218 | .323 | .318 | 35 |
| Total：30 players | 143 | 4,667 | 513 | 1,140 | 168 | 25 | 104 | 485 | 102 | 490 | 937 | .244 | .321 | .358 | 1,670 |
    Bold/italics denotes best in the league

### Pitching

2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles pitching statistics :
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Tomohiro Anraku | 3 | 2 | 3.04 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 47.1 | 48 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 32 |
| Manny Bañuelos | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Shoma Fujihira | 2 | 4 | 4.44 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 50.2 | 50 | 30 | 25 | 27 | 42 |
| Masaru Fujii | 3 | 0 | 2.29 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 35.1 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 24 |
| Takahisa Hayakawa | 6 | 7 | 3.44 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 96.2 | 102 | 42 | 37 | 27 | 78 |
| Ryota Ishibashi | 0 | 0 | 18.90 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Mao Itoh | 1 | 0 | 3.27 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 9 |
| Wataru Karashima | 1 | 5 | 4.56 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 51.1 | 57 | 27 | 26 | 16 | 24 |
| Takayuki Kishi | 9 | 5 | 3.07 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 120.1 | 123 | 44 | 41 | 20 | 76 |
| Ryuji Komago | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Tomotaka Matsui | 1 | 2 | 3.86 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18.2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 13 |
| Yuki Matsui | 2 | 3 | 1.57 | 59 | 0 | 39 | 57.1 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 72 |
| Satoshi Miyamori | 0 | 2 | 7.71 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 30 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 15 |
| Masaya Nishigaki | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Naoto Nishiguchi | 0 | 4 | 4.56 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 23.2 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 18 |
| Takahiro Norimoto | 8 | 8 | 2.61 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 155 | 134 | 57 | 45 | 44 | 111 |
| Tomohito Sakai | 5 | 3 | 2.98 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 42.1 | 36 | 17 | 14 | 25 | 30 |
| Takahiro Shiomi | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Kosei Shoji | 5 | 3 | 3.36 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 109.2 | 90 | 43 | 41 | 48 | 93 |
| Sung Chia-hao | 2 | 1 | 2.89 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 46.2 | 41 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 35 |
| Sora Suzuki | 1 | 1 | 3.30 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 43.2 | 37 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 47 |
| Koichi Takada | 0 | 0 | 1.86 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Ryota Takinaka | 2 | 4 | 3.83 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 42.1 | 45 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 18 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | 7 | 11 | 4.91 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 139.1 | 156 | 79 | 76 | 38 | 81 |
| Taisei Tsurusaki | 0 | 0 | 1.86 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Seiryu Uchi | 4 | 2 | 2.28 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 55.1 | 38 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 35 |
| Shota Watanabe | 8 | 3 | 2.40 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 48.2 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 41 |
| Hayato Yuge | 0 | 0 | 5.59 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Total：28 players | 70 | 71 | 3.52 | 143 | 143 | 42 | 1,268.2 | 1,206 | 556 | 496 | 440 | 921 |
    Bold/italics denotes best in the league

## Awards and honors

Taiju Life Monthly MVP Award
* Hideto Asamura - July (batter)
Best Nine Award
* Hideto Asamura - second baseman
Mitsui Golden Glove Award
* Ryosuke Tatsumi - outfielder
All-Star Series selections
* Masahiro Tanaka - pitcher
* Hiroto Kobukata - infielder
SKY PerfecTV! Sayonara Award
* Hiroto Kobukata - June (June 8)
* Hideto Asamura - August (August 30)

## Farm team

2023 Eastern League regular season standings :
| Pos | Team | GTooltip Games played | W | L | T | Pct. | GBTooltip Games behind | Home | Road |
| 1 | Yomiuri Giants$^†$ | 124 | 74 | 44 | 6 | .627 | — | 45–18 | 29–26–6 |
| 2 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 129 | 78 | 48 | 3 | .619 | 0 | 41–22–2 | 37–26–1 |
| 3 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 124 | 71 | 49 | 4 | .592 | 4 | 24–24–2 | 37–25–2 |
| 4 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 132 | 59 | 66 | 7 | .472 | 18½ | 35–29–3 | 24–37–4 |
| 5 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 128 | 54 | 67 | 7 | .446 | 21½ | 29–30–6 | 25–37–1 |
| 6 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 122 | 45 | 73 | 4 | .381 | 29 | 26–31–3 | 19–42–1 |
| 7 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 124 | 43 | 75 | 6 | .364 | 31 | 21–37–3 | 22–38–3 |
    $^†$ = League champion

## Nippon Professional Baseball draft

2023 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles draft selections :
| Round | Name | Position | Affiliation | Signed? |
| 1 | Tatsuki Koja | Pitcher | Toin University of Yokohama | Yes |
| 2 | Haruto Sakai | Pitcher | Takigawa Daini High School | Yes |
| 3 | Hinata Naoki | Pitcher | Tokai University Sugao High School | Yes |
| 4 | Jumil Rikai Waters | Infielder | Nihon Wellness Okinawa High School | Yes |
| 5 | Takuma Matsuda | Pitcher | Osaka Sangyo University | Yes |
| 6 | Daisuke Nakajima | Outfielder | Aoyama Gakuin University | Yes |
| 7 | Seiya Ohuchi | Pitcher | Nihon Wellness Miyagi High School | Yes |
| 8 | Takumi Aono | Infielder | Himi High School | Yes |