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Ren Mukunoki salary

Ren Mukunoki is paid ¥14,000,000 by the Orix Buffaloes in 2026, the joint 505th highest of the 1,061 in NPB. That is 72% below the league average of ¥50,899,387, and 0.3% of the Orix Buffaloes payroll of ¥4,108,700,000. Among the 547 pitchers in the league, Ren Mukunoki is paid the joint 262nd most.

SALARY¥14,000,000
LEAGUE RANK505 of 1,061
TEAM RANK48 of 91
VS AVERAGE0.28x
AGE26

Ren Mukunoki and the Orix Buffaloes

Every player on the Orix Buffaloes in 2026, highest paid first

Orix Buffaloes players ranked by salary in 2026.
# PLAYER POSITION SALARY CONVERTED LEAGUE RANK
1 Ryoma Nishikawa Outfielder ¥400,000,000£2,016,000£2.0m 17
1 Tomoya Mori Catcher ¥400,000,000£2,016,000£2.0m 17
3 Andres Machado Pitcher ¥280,000,000£1,411,200£1.4m 38
4 Anderson Espinoza Pitcher ¥230,000,000£1,159,200£1.2m 49
5 Hiroya Miyagi Pitcher ¥220,000,000£1,108,800£1.1m 51
6 Kenya Wakatsuki Catcher ¥180,000,000£907,200£907k 74
7 Allen Kuri Pitcher ¥160,000,000£806,400£806k 86
8 Bob Seymour Infielder ¥150,000,000£756,000£756k 97
8 Sean Hjelle Pitcher ¥150,000,000£756,000£756k 97
10 Luis Perdomo Pitcher ¥120,000,000£604,800£605k 135
11 Daiki Tajima Pitcher ¥110,000,000£554,400£554k 148
12 Keita Nakagawa Infielder ¥100,000,000£504,000£504k 157
13 Kotaro Kurebayashi Infielder ¥95,000,000£478,800£479k 170
14 Yuma Tongu Catcher ¥85,000,000£428,400£428k 180
15 Taisuke Yamaoka Pitcher ¥80,000,000£403,200£403k 183
16 Yutaro Sugimoto Outfielder ¥77,000,000£388,080£388k 192
17 Ryo Ota Infielder ¥70,000,000£352,800£353k 202
18 Sho Iwasaki Pitcher ¥65,000,000£327,600£328k 215
19 Yuma Mune Infielder ¥62,000,000£312,480£312k 219
20 Nobuyoshi Yamada Pitcher ¥55,000,000£277,200£277k 241
20 Ryuhei Sotani Pitcher ¥55,000,000£277,200£277k 241
20 Yoshihisa Hirano Pitcher ¥55,000,000£277,200£277k 241
23 Masahiro Nishino Infielder ¥50,000,000£252,000£252k 253
24 Soichiro Yamazaki Pitcher ¥45,000,000£226,800£227k 273
25 Taishi Hirooka Infielder ¥44,000,000£221,760£222k 275
26 Koji Oshiro Infielder ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k 290
27 Shota Abe Pitcher ¥37,000,000£186,480£186k 314
28 Shunpeita Yamashita Pitcher ¥30,000,000£151,200£151k 348
29 Kaito Saiki Pitcher ¥28,000,000£141,120£141k 366
29 Kosei Yoshida Pitcher ¥28,000,000£141,120£141k 366
29 Yuki Udagawa Pitcher ¥28,000,000£141,120£141k 366
32 Seiryu Kotajima Pitcher ¥27,000,000£136,080£136k 375
33 Taito Takashima Pitcher ¥24,000,000£120,960£121k 400
34 Atsuya Kogita Pitcher ¥23,000,000£115,920£116k 404
34 Yusuke Mugitani Outfielder ¥23,000,000£115,920£116k 404
36 Hiroshi Suzuki Pitcher ¥22,000,000£110,880£111k 415
37 Shota Hiranuma Outfielder ¥21,000,000£105,840£106k 422
38 Hitomi Honda Pitcher ¥20,000,000£100,800£101k 424
39 Kohei Azuma Pitcher ¥19,000,000£95,760£96k 442
39 Kosei Osato Infielder ¥19,000,000£95,760£96k 442
39 Ryoto Kita Outfielder ¥19,000,000£95,760£96k 442
42 Tomoya Noguchi Infielder ¥18,000,000£90,720£91k 451
43 Haruto Watanabe Outfielder ¥17,000,000£85,680£86k 463
43 Sho Fukunaga Catcher ¥17,000,000£85,680£86k 463
45 Kento Kawase Pitcher ¥16,000,000£80,640£81k 469
45 Raiku Katayama Pitcher ¥16,000,000£80,640£81k 469
47 Ryo Ishikawa Catcher ¥15,000,000£75,600£76k 488
48 Kaede Yokoyama Pitcher ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k 505
48 Naruki Teranishi Pitcher ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k 505
48 Ren Mukunoki Pitcher ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k 505
51 Ryoga Tomiyama Pitcher ¥12,000,000£60,480£60k 541
52 Kaito Iriyama Pitcher ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
52 Kendai Gen Outfielder ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
52 Ryoma Yamanaka Catcher ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
55 Kyosuke Saito Pitcher ¥9,500,000£47,880£48k 641
56 Ryu Sugisawa Outfielder ¥9,000,000£45,360£45k 649
57 Atsuya Fujikawa Pitcher ¥8,000,000£40,320£40k 678
57 Kazuma Sato Pitcher ¥8,000,000£40,320£40k 678
59 Haruki Mori Pitcher ¥7,000,000£35,280£35k 717
59 Reiji Higashiyama Pitcher ¥7,000,000£35,280£35k 717
59 Ryoma Ikeda Outfielder ¥7,000,000£35,280£35k 717
59 Ryusei Gonda Pitcher ¥7,000,000£35,280£35k 717
59 Shu Takaya Pitcher ¥7,000,000£35,280£35k 717
59 Yosuke Kubota Outfielder ¥7,000,000£35,280£35k 717
65 Kaisei Tomatsu Pitcher ¥6,500,000£32,760£33k 747
65 Seiya Yokoyama Infielder ¥6,500,000£32,760£33k 747
67 Mu-Heng Chen Pitcher ¥6,000,000£30,240£30k 771
68 Ho Naito Infielder ¥5,500,000£27,720£28k 801
68 Kosuke Kawachi Pitcher ¥5,500,000£27,720£28k 801
68 Reo Yamaguchi Pitcher ¥5,500,000£27,720£28k 801
68 Shuna Hori Catcher ¥5,500,000£27,720£28k 801
72 Ryuga Sato Pitcher ¥5,000,000£25,200£25k 836
72 Sho Gibo Infielder ¥5,000,000£25,200£25k 836
72 Yuito Mae Pitcher ¥5,000,000£25,200£25k 836
75 Kazuya Katsuki Infielder ¥4,800,000£24,192£24k 852
76 Shikira Nogami Catcher ¥4,500,000£22,680£23k 859
77 Riku Miyaguni Pitcher ¥3,000,000£15,120£15k 982
78 Hiroto Suga Pitcher ¥2,600,000£13,104£13k 1033
78 Kyoichiro Murakami Catcher ¥2,600,000£13,104£13k 1033
78 Sota Kawano Infielder ¥2,600,000£13,104£13k 1033
81 Kento Inui Pitcher ¥2,500,000£12,600£13k 1043
81 Kosuke Tajima Catcher ¥2,500,000£12,600£13k 1043
81 Musashi Shimizu Infielder ¥2,500,000£12,600£13k 1043
81 Seiichi Teramoto Outfielder ¥2,500,000£12,600£13k 1043
81 Taiga Uehara Pitcher ¥2,500,000£12,600£13k 1043
81 Taketo Ashida Pitcher ¥2,500,000£12,600£13k 1043
81 Tomoki Imasaka Infielder ¥2,500,000£12,600£13k 1043
88 Haruto Mikata Outfielder ¥2,400,000£12,096£12k 1057
88 Issei Watanabe Pitcher ¥2,400,000£12,096£12k 1057
88 Matthewichiro Shapiro Pitcher ¥2,400,000£12,096£12k 1057
88 Sota Nakanishi Infielder ¥2,400,000£12,096£12k 1057

The Orix Buffaloes by salary

Ryoma Nishikawa ¥400m Tomoya Mori ¥400m Andres Machado ¥280m Anderson Espinoza ¥230m Hiroya Miyagi ¥220m Kenya Wakatsuki ¥180m Allen Kuri ¥160m Bob Seymour ¥150m Sean Hjelle ¥150m Luis Perdomo ¥120m Daiki Tajima ¥110m Keita Nakagawa ¥100m Kotaro Kurebayashi ¥95m Yuma Tongu ¥85m Taisuke Yamaoka ¥80m Yutaro Sugimoto ¥77m Ryo Ota ¥70m Sho Iwasaki ¥65m Yuma Mune ¥62m Nobuyoshi Yamada ¥55m Ryuhei Sotani ¥55m Yoshihisa Hirano ¥55m Masahiro Nishino ¥50m Soichiro Yamazaki ¥45m Taishi Hirooka ¥44m Koji Oshiro ¥40m Shota Abe ¥37m Shunpeita Yamashita ¥30m Kaito Saiki ¥28m Kosei Yoshida ¥28m
Yuki Udagawa ¥28m
Seiryu Kotajima ¥27m Taito Takashima ¥24m
Atsuya Kogita ¥23m
Yusuke Mugitani ¥23m Hiroshi Suzuki ¥22m Shota Hiranuma ¥21m Hitomi Honda ¥20m Kohei Azuma ¥19m
Kosei Osato ¥19m
Ryoto Kita ¥19m Tomoya Noguchi ¥18m Haruto Watanabe ¥17m Sho Fukunaga ¥17m Kento Kawase ¥16m Raiku Katayama ¥16m Ryo Ishikawa ¥15m Kaede Yokoyama ¥14m Naruki Teranishi ¥14m
Ren Mukunoki ¥14m
Ryoga Tomiyama ¥12m Kaito Iriyama ¥10m
Kendai Gen ¥10m
Ryoma Yamanaka ¥10m Kyosuke Saito ¥9.5m Ryu Sugisawa ¥9m Atsuya Fujikawa ¥8m Kazuma Sato ¥8m Haruki Mori ¥7m Reiji Higashiyama ¥7m Ryoma Ikeda ¥7m Ryusei Gonda ¥7m Shu Takaya ¥7m Yosuke Kubota ¥7m Kaisei Tomatsu ¥6.5m Seiya Yokoyama ¥6.5m Mu-Heng Chen ¥6m Ho Naito ¥5.5m
Kosuke Kawachi ¥5.5m
Reo Yamaguchi ¥5.5m Shuna Hori ¥5.5m Ryuga Sato ¥5m Sho Gibo ¥5m
Yuito Mae ¥5m
Kazuya Katsuki ¥4.8m
Shikira Nogami ¥4.5m Riku Miyaguni ¥3m
Hiroto Suga ¥2.6m
Kyoichiro Murakami ¥2.6m
Sota Kawano ¥2.6m
Kento Inui ¥2.5m
Kosuke Tajima ¥2.5m
Musashi Shimizu ¥2.5m
Seiichi Teramoto ¥2.5m
Taiga Uehara ¥2.5m
Taketo Ashida ¥2.5m
Tomoki Imasaka ¥2.5m
Haruto Mikata ¥2.4m
Issei Watanabe ¥2.4m
Matthewichiro Shapiro ¥2.4m
Sota Nakanishi ¥2.4m

The players paid either side of Ren Mukunoki

The 25 players paid closest to Ren Mukunoki in 2026, of 1,061 in the league

NPB players paid close to Ren Mukunoki in 2026.
# PLAYER TEAM SALARY CONVERTED
488 Shunya Morita Yomiuri Giants ¥15,000,000£75,600£76k
488 Taiga Kojima Saitama Seibu Lions ¥15,000,000£75,600£76k
488 Taiki Ishikami Yokohama DeNA BayStars ¥15,000,000£75,600£76k
488 Taisei Tsurusaki Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ¥15,000,000£75,600£76k
488 Takehiro Hasegawa Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ¥15,000,000£75,600£76k
488 Toshiki Abe Chunichi Dragons ¥15,000,000£75,600£76k
505 Hayato Tsunehiro Hiroshima Toyo Carp ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k
505 Kaede Yokoyama Orix Buffaloes ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k
505 Ko Matsukawa Chiba Lotte Marines ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k
505 Koya Takahashi Hiroshima Toyo Carp ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k
505 Masahiro Ehara Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k
505 Naruki Teranishi Orix Buffaloes ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k
505 Ren Mukunoki Orix Buffaloes ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k
505 Ryosuke Kodama Saitama Seibu Lions ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k
505 Ryosuke Moriwaki Saitama Seibu Lions ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k
505 Ryui Ito Tokyo Yakult Swallows ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k
505 Seiji Kawagoe Chunichi Dragons ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k
505 Shinya Sugai Saitama Seibu Lions ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k
505 Shoichi Futamata Hiroshima Toyo Carp ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k
505 Taiga Hirasawa Saitama Seibu Lions ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k
505 Takeru Sasaki Saitama Seibu Lions ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k
505 Tokumasa Chano Saitama Seibu Lions ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k
521 Dai Yuasa Yomiuri Giants ¥13,500,000£68,040£68k
522 Atsuya Hirohata Chiba Lotte Marines ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k
522 Chiharu Tanaka Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k

Frequently asked questions

How much does Ren Mukunoki earn?

¥14,000,000 in 2026, a base salary from the Orix Buffaloes. It is the joint 505th highest of the 1,061 salaries in NPB.

Is Ren Mukunoki the highest paid player on the Orix Buffaloes?

No. Ryoma Nishikawa is, on ¥400,000,000. Ren Mukunoki is joint 48th of the 91 on the team.

How does Ren Mukunoki's salary compare with the NPB average?

The average across the league is ¥50,899,387 and the median is ¥13,000,000, so ¥14,000,000 is 72% 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 Orix Buffaloes payroll, and every player in the league on the NPB salaries 2026 page. Everything else we hold on baseball is on the baseball page.