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Kaito Shimomura salary

Kaito Shimomura is paid ¥11,000,000 by the Hanshin Tigers in 2026, the joint 573rd highest of the 1,061 in NPB. That is 78% below the league average of ¥50,899,387, and 0.2% of the Hanshin Tigers payroll of ¥5,427,000,000. Among the 547 pitchers in the league, Kaito Shimomura is paid the joint 301st most.

SALARY¥11,000,000
LEAGUE RANK573 of 1,061
TEAM RANK49 of 80
VS AVERAGE0.22x
AGE24

Kaito Shimomura and the Hanshin Tigers

Every player on the Hanshin Tigers in 2026, highest paid first

Hanshin Tigers players ranked by salary in 2026.
# PLAYER POSITION SALARY CONVERTED LEAGUE RANK
1 Koji Chikamoto Outfielder ¥500,000,000£2,520,000£2.5m 6
2 Teruaki Sato Infielder ¥450,000,000£2,268,000£2.3m 13
3 Yusuke Oyama Infielder ¥340,000,000£1,713,600£1.7m 22
4 Takumu Nakano Infielder ¥300,000,000£1,512,000£1.5m 24
4 Yuki Nishi Pitcher ¥300,000,000£1,512,000£1.5m 24
6 Hiroto Saiki Pitcher ¥250,000,000£1,260,000£1.3m 39
7 Shoki Murakami Pitcher ¥230,000,000£1,159,200£1.2m 49
8 Shota Morishita Outfielder ¥210,000,000£1,058,400£1.1m 52
9 Daichi Ishii Pitcher ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m 53
9 Suguru Iwazaki Pitcher ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m 53
11 Easton Lucas Pitcher ¥188,400,000£949,536£950k 71
12 Dauri Moreta Pitcher ¥156,000,000£786,240£786k 93
13 Masashi Ito Pitcher ¥140,000,000£705,600£706k 115
14 Cam Devanney Infielder ¥139,500,000£703,080£703k 120
15 Kotaro Otake Pitcher ¥130,000,000£655,200£655k 122
16 Carson Ragsdale Pitcher ¥125,800,000£634,032£634k 131
17 Ryutaro Umeno Catcher ¥120,000,000£604,800£605k 135
18 Masaki Oyokawa Pitcher ¥100,000,000£504,000£504k 157
18 Rafael Dolis Pitcher ¥100,000,000£504,000£504k 157
18 Seishiro Sakamoto Catcher ¥100,000,000£504,000£504k 157
18 Torai Fushimi Catcher ¥100,000,000£504,000£504k 157
18 Yuta Iwasada Pitcher ¥100,000,000£504,000£504k 157
23 Takuma Kirishiki Pitcher ¥85,000,000£428,400£428k 180
24 Atsuki Yuasa Pitcher ¥60,000,000£302,400£302k 222
25 Anderson Severino Pitcher ¥57,000,000£287,280£287k 237
26 Kento Itohara Infielder ¥55,000,000£277,200£277k 241
26 Seiya Kinami Infielder ¥55,000,000£277,200£277k 241
28 Ryuhei Obata Infielder ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k 290
29 Takato Ihara Pitcher ¥36,000,000£181,440£181k 318
30 Ukyo Maegawa Outfielder ¥31,000,000£156,240£156k 342
31 Haruto Takahashi Pitcher ¥30,000,000£151,200£151k 348
31 Kairi Shimada Outfielder ¥30,000,000£151,200£151k 348
31 Takahiro Kumagai Infielder ¥30,000,000£151,200£151k 348
34 Kai Ueda Infielder ¥25,000,000£126,000£126k 391
34 Ren Tomida Pitcher ¥25,000,000£126,000£126k 391
36 Nozomu Takatera Infielder ¥20,000,000£100,800£101k 424
36 Seishu Hatake Pitcher ¥20,000,000£100,800£101k 424
38 Hidetaka Okadome Pitcher ¥19,000,000£95,760£96k 442
39 Masahiro Tateishi Infielder ¥16,000,000£80,640£81k 469
39 Taiki Hamada Outfielder ¥16,000,000£80,640£81k 469
41 Dan Onodera Outfielder ¥15,000,000£75,600£76k 488
41 Junya Nishi Outfielder ¥15,000,000£75,600£76k 488
43 Hiyu Motoyama Infielder ¥12,000,000£60,480£60k 541
43 Keito Mombetsu Pitcher ¥12,000,000£60,480£60k 541
43 Kenya Nagasaka Catcher ¥12,000,000£60,480£60k 541
43 Rito Kinoshita Pitcher ¥12,000,000£60,480£60k 541
43 Shogo Tanihata Infielder ¥12,000,000£60,480£60k 541
48 Hiroshi Toyoda Outfielder ¥11,300,000£56,952£57k 572
49 Kaito Shimomura Pitcher ¥11,000,000£55,440£55k 573
50 Hayato Nakagawa Catcher ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
50 Tsuyoshi Shiiba Pitcher ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
50 Yuki Sakaeda Catcher ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
53 Dermis Garcia Outfielder ¥9,700,000£48,888£49k 638
54 Kaisei Okashiro Outfielder ¥9,600,000£48,384£48k 640
55 Yuya Ishiguro Pitcher ¥9,000,000£45,360£45k 649
56 Taisei Kudo Pitcher ¥8,400,000£42,336£42k 675
57 Hayato Machida Catcher ¥7,300,000£36,792£37k 705
57 Taiyo Sano Infielder ¥7,300,000£36,792£37k 705
59 Daiki Hayakawa Pitcher ¥7,200,000£36,288£36k 711
59 Junya Tsuda Pitcher ¥7,200,000£36,288£36k 711
59 Yuki Kesamaru Pitcher ¥7,200,000£36,288£36k 711
62 Hinase Itsubo Outfielder ¥7,000,000£35,280£35k 717
63 Syuto Noto Pitcher ¥6,600,000£33,264£33k 744
64 Ippei Ogawa Pitcher ¥6,500,000£32,760£33k 747
65 Shuya Yamada Infielder ¥6,000,000£30,240£30k 771
66 Hidetoshi Ibaragi Pitcher ¥5,500,000£27,720£28k 801
67 Kento Fujita Catcher ¥5,400,000£27,216£27k 819
68 Aoi Momosaki Infielder ¥5,000,000£25,200£25k 836
69 Reiji Toi Infielder ¥4,800,000£24,192£24k 852
69 Saku Hayase Pitcher ¥4,800,000£24,192£24k 852
71 Ryo Ito Pitcher ¥3,500,000£17,640£18k 961
72 Anthony Martinez Pitcher ¥3,000,000£15,120£15k 982
72 Jean Arnaez Infielder ¥3,000,000£15,120£15k 982
72 Kai Matsubara Pitcher ¥3,000,000£15,120£15k 982
72 Kein Fukushima Outfielder ¥3,000,000£15,120£15k 982
72 Rinshiro Shimamura Catcher ¥3,000,000£15,120£15k 982
72 Ryosuke Jingu Pitcher ¥3,000,000£15,120£15k 982
72 Shoei Yamasaki Outfielder ¥3,000,000£15,120£15k 982
72 Stanley Consuegra Outfielder ¥3,000,000£15,120£15k 982
72 Toshiaki Kawasaki Infielder ¥3,000,000£15,120£15k 982

The Hanshin Tigers by salary

Koji Chikamoto ¥500m Teruaki Sato ¥450m Yusuke Oyama ¥340m Takumu Nakano ¥300m Yuki Nishi ¥300m Hiroto Saiki ¥250m Shoki Murakami ¥230m Shota Morishita ¥210m Daichi Ishii ¥200m Suguru Iwazaki ¥200m Easton Lucas ¥188.4m Dauri Moreta ¥156m Masashi Ito ¥140m Cam Devanney ¥139.5m Kotaro Otake ¥130m Carson Ragsdale ¥125.8m Ryutaro Umeno ¥120m Masaki Oyokawa ¥100m Rafael Dolis ¥100m Seishiro Sakamoto ¥100m Torai Fushimi ¥100m Yuta Iwasada ¥100m Takuma Kirishiki ¥85m Atsuki Yuasa ¥60m Anderson Severino ¥57m Kento Itohara ¥55m Seiya Kinami ¥55m Ryuhei Obata ¥40m Takato Ihara ¥36m Ukyo Maegawa ¥31m Haruto Takahashi ¥30m Kairi Shimada ¥30m Takahiro Kumagai ¥30m Kai Ueda ¥25m Ren Tomida ¥25m Nozomu Takatera ¥20m Seishu Hatake ¥20m Hidetaka Okadome ¥19m Masahiro Tateishi ¥16m Taiki Hamada ¥16m Dan Onodera ¥15m
Junya Nishi ¥15m
Hiyu Motoyama ¥12m Keito Mombetsu ¥12m Kenya Nagasaka ¥12m Rito Kinoshita ¥12m Shogo Tanihata ¥12m Hiroshi Toyoda ¥11.3m
Kaito Shimomura ¥11m
Hayato Nakagawa ¥10m Tsuyoshi Shiiba ¥10m Yuki Sakaeda ¥10m Dermis Garcia ¥9.7m Kaisei Okashiro ¥9.6m Yuya Ishiguro ¥9m Taisei Kudo ¥8.4m Hayato Machida ¥7.3m Taiyo Sano ¥7.3m Daiki Hayakawa ¥7.2m Junya Tsuda ¥7.2m Yuki Kesamaru ¥7.2m Hinase Itsubo ¥7m Syuto Noto ¥6.6m
Ippei Ogawa ¥6.5m
Shuya Yamada ¥6m Hidetoshi Ibaragi ¥5.5m Kento Fujita ¥5.4m Aoi Momosaki ¥5m
Reiji Toi ¥4.8m
Saku Hayase ¥4.8m
Ryo Ito ¥3.5m
Anthony Martinez ¥3m
Jean Arnaez ¥3m
Kai Matsubara ¥3m
Kein Fukushima ¥3m Rinshiro Shimamura ¥3m Ryosuke Jingu ¥3m
Shoei Yamasaki ¥3m
Stanley Consuegra ¥3m
Toshiaki Kawasaki ¥3m

The players paid either side of Kaito Shimomura

The 25 players paid closest to Kaito Shimomura in 2026, of 1,061 in the league

NPB players paid close to Kaito Shimomura in 2026.
# PLAYER TEAM SALARY CONVERTED
541 Shunya Shimada Yokohama DeNA BayStars ¥12,000,000£60,480£60k
541 Taichi Saito Hiroshima Toyo Carp ¥12,000,000£60,480£60k
541 Tokito Kawamura Chiba Lotte Marines ¥12,000,000£60,480£60k
541 Yorinosuke Sakurai Chunichi Dragons ¥12,000,000£60,480£60k
541 Yu Aramaki Yomiuri Giants ¥12,000,000£60,480£60k
541 Yuya Shinto Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters ¥12,000,000£60,480£60k
568 Ryohei Hosokawa Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters ¥11,500,000£57,960£58k
568 Ryota Itogawa Saitama Seibu Lions ¥11,500,000£57,960£58k
568 Seiya Yoshida Chunichi Dragons ¥11,500,000£57,960£58k
568 Wataru Takamatsu Saitama Seibu Lions ¥11,500,000£57,960£58k
572 Hiroshi Toyoda Hanshin Tigers ¥11,300,000£56,952£57k
573 Gota Suzuki Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ¥11,000,000£55,440£55k
573 Kaito Shimomura Hanshin Tigers ¥11,000,000£55,440£55k
573 Kakeru Yamanobe Tokyo Yakult Swallows ¥11,000,000£55,440£55k
573 Kane Edokpolo Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters ¥11,000,000£55,440£55k
573 Ryuya Matsumoto Hiroshima Toyo Carp ¥11,000,000£55,440£55k
573 Shinnosuke Hada Saitama Seibu Lions ¥11,000,000£55,440£55k
573 Sho Kusaka Chunichi Dragons ¥11,000,000£55,440£55k
573 Tatsuki Ito Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ¥11,000,000£55,440£55k
573 Teruki Yoshino Yokohama DeNA BayStars ¥11,000,000£55,440£55k
573 Yugo Maeda Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ¥11,000,000£55,440£55k
583 Hansel Marcelino Yokohama DeNA BayStars ¥10,900,000£54,936£55k
584 Kota Ishibashi Chunichi Dragons ¥10,600,000£53,424£53k
585 Akira Neo Chunichi Dragons ¥10,500,000£52,920£53k
585 Ikumi Kai Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ¥10,500,000£52,920£53k

Frequently asked questions

How much does Kaito Shimomura earn?

¥11,000,000 in 2026, a base salary from the Hanshin Tigers. It is the joint 573rd highest of the 1,061 salaries in NPB.

Is Kaito Shimomura the highest paid player on the Hanshin Tigers?

No. Koji Chikamoto is, on ¥500,000,000. Kaito Shimomura is 49th of the 80 on the team.

How does Kaito Shimomura's salary compare with the NPB average?

The average across the league is ¥50,899,387 and the median is ¥13,000,000, so ¥11,000,000 is 78% below the average.

Who is the highest paid player in NPB?

Raidel Martinez of the Yomiuri Giants, on ¥1,200,000,000 in 2026.

Where to next

The whole Hanshin Tigers payroll, and every player in the league on the NPB salaries 2026 page. Everything else we hold on baseball is on the baseball page.