2009 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Roster
Team Record: 77-66
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Katsuya Nomura (77-66)
Location: Sendai, Japan
Ballpark: Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi
Playoffs - Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 2 games, Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 0
Playoffs - Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 4 games, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 1
The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Japan Pacific League ended the 2009 season with a record of 77 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Golden Eagles plated 598 runs and gave up 609 runs. Takeshi Yamasaki walloped 39 home runs for Tohoku and accounted for 107 RBI. Teppei Tsuchiya paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .327 clip. Masahiro Tanaka topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.33 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 2009 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Marcus Gwyn, Fernando Seguignol, Matt Childers, Kazuo Fukumori, Darrell Rasner, Rick Short, Masahiro Tanaka, Hisashi Iwakuma, Norihiro Nakamura and Todd Linden.
Katsuya Nomura served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kouji Aoyama | R | R | August 12, 1983 | 5'11" | 176 | Hakodate, Hokkaido JP |
| Kanehisa Arime | L | L | September 27, 1978 | 5'9" | 165 | Naha, Okinawa JP |
| Hideki Asai | R | R | January 1, 1984 | 5'10" | 181 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Matt Childers | R | R | December 3, 1978 | 6'5" | 215 | Douglas, GA US |
| Akihito Fujii | R | R | June 18, 1976 | 5'7" | 172 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Hiromichi Fujiwara | L | L | January 15, 1985 | 5'10" | 172 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Kazuo Fukumori | R | R | August 4, 1976 | 6'0" | 175 | Kita Morokata-gun, Miyazaki JP |
| Marcus Gwyn | R | R | November 4, 1977 | 6'3" | 215 | Tulsa, OK US |
| Kohei Hasebe | L | L | May 21, 1985 | 5'8" | 154 | Seki, Gifu JP |
| Ryo Hijirisawa | L | R | November 3, 1985 | 5'10" | 159 | Chikuma, Nagano JP |
| Yosuke Hiraishi | L | L | April 23, 1980 | 5'9" | 165 | Kitsuki, Oita JP |
| Ryohei Isaka | R | R | October 19, 1984 | 6'1" | 165 | Toride, Ibaraki JP |
| Tadashi Ishimine | L | R | June 22, 1985 | 5'10" | 172 | Ginowan, Okinawa JP |
| Koichi Isobe | L | R | March 12, 1974 | 5'9" | 181 | Higashi, Hiroshima JP |
| Hisashi Iwakuma | R | R | April 12, 1981 | 6'3" | 210 | Higashi Yamato, Tokyo JP |
| Wataru Karashima | L | L | October 18, 1990 | 5'8" | 159 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Tsuyoshi Kawagishi | R | R | September 12, 1979 | 5'9" | 163 | Sagamihara, Kanagawa JP |
| Kenshi Kawaguchi | L | R | June 28, 1976 | 5'9" | 198 | Yame, Fukuoka JP |
| Takashi Kawai | L | L | September 16, 1976 | 5'11" | 183 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Hisashi Kitani | R | R | October 15, 1980 | 5'11" | 172 | Ika-gun, Shiga JP |
| Makoto Kosaka | L | R | July 2, 1973 | 5'6" | 145 | Watari-gun, Miyagi JP |
| Shinichiro Koyama | R | R | June 13, 1978 | 5'11" | 198 | Watari-gun, Mie JP |
| Daisuke Kusano | L | R | December 4, 1976 | 5'7" | 172 | Nobeoka, Miyazaki JP |
| Todd Linden | S | R | June 30, 1980 | 6'2" | 225 | Edmonds, WA US |
| Akihisa Makida | R | R | June 3, 1982 | 6'0" | 172 | Echizen, Fukui JP |
| Shintaro Masuda | L | R | July 8, 1987 | 5'10" | 181 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Akira Matsumoto | R | R | August 30, 1977 | 5'11" | 176 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Shingo Matsuzaki | L | L | September 17, 1983 | 5'11" | 200 | Soma, Fukushima JP |
| Ryuji Miyade | R | R | August 18, 1977 | 6'3" | 194 | Uwajima, Ehime JP |
| Jobu Morita | R | R | November 29, 1980 | 6'1" | 185 | Tsukuba, Ibaraki JP |
| Satoshi Nagai | L | R | September 27, 1984 | 5'10" | 159 | Fujioka, Gunma JP |
| Masato Nakamura | L | R | February 2, 1982 | 5'9" | 157 | Gose, Nara JP |
| Norihiro Nakamura | R | R | July 24, 1973 | 5'10" | 205 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Toshiya Nakashima | R | R | June 10, 1980 | 5'11" | 176 | Chikugo, Fukuoka JP |
| Jin Nakatani | R | R | May 5, 1979 | 6'0" | 187 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Wataru Nishimura | S | R | September 8, 1983 | 5'10" | 165 | Nanjo, Okinawa JP |
| Hisanori Nishitani | L | R | May 6, 1982 | 5'10" | 170 | Kuki, Saitama JP |
| Darrell Rasner | R | R | January 13, 1981 | 6'3" | 210 | Carson City, NV US |
| Kenta Satake | L | L | October 23, 1978 | 5'10" | 183 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Fernando Seguignol | S | R | January 19, 1975 | 6'5" | 257 | , Bocas del Toro PA |
| Motohiro Shima | R | R | December 13, 1984 | 5'10" | 181 | Kaizu, Gifu JP |
| Tatsuya Shiokawa | R | R | March 15, 1983 | 5'11" | 174 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Rick Short | R | R | December 6, 1972 | 6'0" | 200 | Elgin, IL US |
| Yosuke Takasu | R | R | February 9, 1976 | 5'6" | 160 | Imari, Saga JP |
| Masahiro Tanaka | R | R | November 1, 1988 | 6'3" | 215 | Itami, Hyogo JP |
| Teppei Tsuchiya | L | R | December 27, 1982 | 5'10" | 172 | Oita, Oita JP |
| Kensuke Uchimura | S | R | March 17, 1986 | 5'4" | 143 | , Tokyo JP |
| Koki Watanabe | L | L | May 17, 1978 | 5'9" | 161 | Tokorozawa, Saitama JP |
| Naoto Watanabe | R | R | October 15, 1980 | 5'8" | 161 | Uku, Ibaraki JP |
| Hiroki Yamamura | R | R | May 2, 1976 | 5'11" | 163 | Naka Koma-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Takeshi Yamasaki | R | R | November 7, 1968 | 6'0" | 220 | Tokai, Aichi JP |
| Fuminori Yokogawa | L | R | December 3, 1984 | 6'1" | 202 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
