The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (東北楽天ゴールデンイーグルス) is a baseball team founded in 2004 to begin play in 2005 in the Japanese Pacific League. The team was created to fill the void left by the merger of the Orix Blue Wave and the Kintetsu Buffaloes, who merged at the end of the 2004 season due to financial difficulties, leaving the league with an odd number of teams. The team is based in Sendai. It inaugurated its first season with a 3 – 1 victory over Lotte.

Founded: 2004

Home ballpark: Fullcast Stadium Miyagi

Uniform colors: Red, white, and gold

Logo design: A stylized white 'E' with horizontal stripes to the left in the shape of a wing, all in white with a golden trim.

League championships won (0):

Japan Series championships won (0):

Players of note

Retired numbers

• 10 - This number is worn by both team mascots, and is considered the number of the fan, the 'tenth player' on the field.

See also

• Rakuten

External links

• Official page for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles