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Ryota Takinaka salary

Ryota Takinaka is paid ¥40,000,000 by the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2026, the joint 290th highest of the 1,061 in NPB. That is 21% below the league average of ¥50,899,387, and 1.1% of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles payroll of ¥3,696,250,000. Among the 547 pitchers in the league, Ryota Takinaka is paid the joint 161st most.

SALARY¥40,000,000
LEAGUE RANK290 of 1,061
TEAM RANK24 of 79
VS AVERAGE0.79x
AGE31

Ryota Takinaka and the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

Every player on the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2026, highest paid first

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles players ranked by salary in 2026.
# PLAYER POSITION SALARY CONVERTED LEAGUE RANK
1 Hideto Asamura Infielder ¥500,000,000£2,520,000£2.5m 6
2 Luke Voit Infielder ¥240,000,000£1,209,600£1.2m 47
3 Kenta Maeda Pitcher ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m 53
4 Jose Urena Pitcher ¥190,000,000£957,600£958k 70
5 Takayuki Kishi Pitcher ¥180,000,000£907,200£907k 74
6 Oscar Gonzalez Outfielder ¥160,000,000£806,400£806k 86
6 Roansy Contreras Pitcher ¥160,000,000£806,400£806k 86
8 Carson McCusker Outfielder ¥130,000,000£655,200£655k 122
9 Daichi Suzuki Infielder ¥128,000,000£645,120£645k 130
10 Itsuki Murabayashi Infielder ¥125,000,000£630,000£630k 132
11 Chia-Hao Sung Pitcher ¥100,000,000£504,000£504k 157
12 Sora Suzuki Pitcher ¥88,000,000£443,520£444k 178
13 Hiroto Kobukata Infielder ¥85,000,000£428,400£428k 180
14 Shoma Fujihira Pitcher ¥80,000,000£403,200£403k 183
14 Tomohito Sakai Pitcher ¥80,000,000£403,200£403k 183
14 Wataru Karashima Pitcher ¥80,000,000£403,200£403k 183
17 Takahisa Hayakawa Pitcher ¥60,000,000£302,400£302k 222
17 Yuya Ogo Outfielder ¥60,000,000£302,400£302k 222
19 Hikaru Ota Catcher ¥58,000,000£292,320£292k 233
20 Hikaru Ito Catcher ¥52,000,000£262,080£262k 249
21 Naoto Nishiguchi Pitcher ¥50,000,000£252,000£252k 253
22 Masaru Fujii Pitcher ¥47,000,000£236,880£237k 268
23 Seiryu Uchi Pitcher ¥44,000,000£221,760£222k 275
24 Kosei Shoji Pitcher ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k 290
24 Rui Muneyama Infielder ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k 290
24 Ryota Takinaka Pitcher ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k 290
27 Tatsuki Koja Pitcher ¥39,500,000£199,080£199k 305
28 Daisuke Nakashima Outfielder ¥37,000,000£186,480£186k 314
28 Masaya Nishigaki Pitcher ¥37,000,000£186,480£186k 314
30 Shota Watanabe Pitcher ¥36,000,000£181,440£181k 318
31 Ren Kajiya Pitcher ¥34,000,000£171,360£171k 327
32 Fumiya Kurokawa Infielder ¥33,000,000£166,320£166k 332
32 Ryuta Konno Pitcher ¥33,000,000£166,320£166k 332
34 Kazuki Tanaka Outfielder ¥30,000,000£151,200£151k 348
35 Yoshiaki Watanabe Infielder ¥28,000,000£141,120£141k 366
36 Naoki Sato Outfielder ¥27,000,000£136,080£136k 375
37 Yukiya Ito Infielder ¥19,000,000£95,760£96k 442
38 Sota Fujiwara Pitcher ¥16,000,000£80,640£81k 469
38 Tsuyoshi Ishihara Catcher ¥16,000,000£80,640£81k 469
40 Kengo Horiuchi Catcher ¥15,000,000£75,600£76k 488
40 Taisei Tsurusaki Pitcher ¥15,000,000£75,600£76k 488
42 Masahiro Ehara Pitcher ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k 505
43 Chiharu Tanaka Pitcher ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k 522
43 Yuma Yasuda Catcher ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k 522
45 Atsuki Muto Outfielder ¥12,500,000£63,000£63k 536
46 Tatsuki Ito Pitcher ¥11,000,000£55,440£55k 573
47 Akira Shigenaga Infielder ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
47 Haruto Nakagomi Pitcher ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
47 Kazuto Tokuyama Pitcher ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
50 Daichi Shibata Pitcher ¥9,000,000£45,360£45k 649
50 Ryu Kutani Pitcher ¥9,000,000£45,360£45k 649
52 Kotaro Komori Infielder ¥8,500,000£42,840£43k 669
52 Takaya Tanaka Catcher ¥8,500,000£42,840£43k 669
54 Ryuya Taira Infielder ¥8,000,000£40,320£40k 678
55 Soshi Yoshino Outfielder ¥7,900,000£39,816£40k 694
56 Katsutoshi Tai Pitcher ¥7,500,000£37,800£38k 699
56 Yuki Hayashi Pitcher ¥7,500,000£37,800£38k 699
58 Tsubasa Yoshino Outfielder ¥7,300,000£36,792£37k 705
59 Shoya Sakaue Outfielder ¥7,000,000£35,280£35k 717
59 Takuma Matsuda Pitcher ¥7,000,000£35,280£35k 717
61 Haruto Sakai Pitcher ¥6,400,000£32,256£32k 760
62 Naoki Hinata Pitcher ¥6,100,000£30,744£31k 769
63 Daiki Irie Infielder ¥5,800,000£29,232£29k 792
64 Po-Hsiang Yang Infielder ¥5,500,000£27,720£28k 801
64 RikaiJyumile Waters Infielder ¥5,500,000£27,720£28k 801
64 Seiya Ohuchi Pitcher ¥5,500,000£27,720£28k 801
64 Taisei Ito Pitcher ¥5,500,000£27,720£28k 801
64 Toshiya Osakae Catcher ¥5,500,000£27,720£28k 801
69 Ginji Maeda Outfielder ¥5,250,000£26,460£26k 830
70 Takumi Aono Infielder ¥5,200,000£26,208£26k 831
71 Kei Mizukami Catcher ¥4,500,000£22,680£23k 859
72 Kosei Koga Pitcher ¥4,300,000£21,672£22k 869
73 Chi Hsiao Pitcher ¥3,000,000£15,120£15k 982
74 Daita Horomura Outfielder ¥2,500,000£12,600£13k 1043
74 Kyosuke Kaneko Infielder ¥2,500,000£12,600£13k 1043
74 Shion Otsubo Outfielder ¥2,500,000£12,600£13k 1043
74 Taiga Shimahara Catcher ¥2,500,000£12,600£13k 1043
74 Takuma Nakazawa Pitcher ¥2,500,000£12,600£13k 1043
74 Yuya Kishimoto Infielder ¥2,500,000£12,600£13k 1043

The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles by salary

Hideto Asamura ¥500m Luke Voit ¥240m Kenta Maeda ¥200m Jose Urena ¥190m Takayuki Kishi ¥180m Oscar Gonzalez ¥160m Roansy Contreras ¥160m Carson McCusker ¥130m Daichi Suzuki ¥128m Itsuki Murabayashi ¥125m Chia-Hao Sung ¥100m Sora Suzuki ¥88m Hiroto Kobukata ¥85m Shoma Fujihira ¥80m Tomohito Sakai ¥80m Wataru Karashima ¥80m Takahisa Hayakawa ¥60m Yuya Ogo ¥60m Hikaru Ota ¥58m Hikaru Ito ¥52m Naoto Nishiguchi ¥50m Masaru Fujii ¥47m Seiryu Uchi ¥44m Kosei Shoji ¥40m Rui Muneyama ¥40m
Ryota Takinaka ¥40m
Tatsuki Koja ¥39.5m Daisuke Nakashima ¥37m Masaya Nishigaki ¥37m Shota Watanabe ¥36m Ren Kajiya ¥34m Fumiya Kurokawa ¥33m Ryuta Konno ¥33m Kazuki Tanaka ¥30m Yoshiaki Watanabe ¥28m Naoki Sato ¥27m Yukiya Ito ¥19m Sota Fujiwara ¥16m Tsuyoshi Ishihara ¥16m Kengo Horiuchi ¥15m Taisei Tsurusaki ¥15m Masahiro Ehara ¥14m Chiharu Tanaka ¥13m Yuma Yasuda ¥13m Atsuki Muto ¥12.5m Tatsuki Ito ¥11m Akira Shigenaga ¥10m Haruto Nakagomi ¥10m
Kazuto Tokuyama ¥10m
Daichi Shibata ¥9m Ryu Kutani ¥9m Kotaro Komori ¥8.5m Takaya Tanaka ¥8.5m Ryuya Taira ¥8m Soshi Yoshino ¥7.9m Katsutoshi Tai ¥7.5m Yuki Hayashi ¥7.5m Tsubasa Yoshino ¥7.3m Shoya Sakaue ¥7m
Takuma Matsuda ¥7m
Haruto Sakai ¥6.4m Naoki Hinata ¥6.1m Daiki Irie ¥5.8m Po-Hsiang Yang ¥5.5m RikaiJyumile Waters ¥5.5m Seiya Ohuchi ¥5.5m Taisei Ito ¥5.5m Toshiya Osakae ¥5.5m
Ginji Maeda ¥5.3m
Takumi Aono ¥5.2m
Kei Mizukami ¥4.5m
Kosei Koga ¥4.3m
Chi Hsiao ¥3m
Daita Horomura ¥2.5m
Kyosuke Kaneko ¥2.5m
Shion Otsubo ¥2.5m
Taiga Shimahara ¥2.5m
Takuma Nakazawa ¥2.5m
Yuya Kishimoto ¥2.5m

The players paid either side of Ryota Takinaka

The 25 players paid closest to Ryota Takinaka in 2026, of 1,061 in the league

NPB players paid close to Ryota Takinaka in 2026.
# PLAYER TEAM SALARY CONVERTED
288 Reiji Kozawa Tokyo Yakult Swallows ¥41,000,000£206,640£207k
289 Taiki Sekine Yokohama DeNA BayStars ¥40,400,000£203,616£204k
290 Bo Takahashi Saitama Seibu Lions ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k
290 Ginjiro Sumitani Saitama Seibu Lions ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k
290 Hiroya Shimamoto Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k
290 Kaito Yoza Saitama Seibu Lions ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k
290 Kazunari Ishii Saitama Seibu Lions ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k
290 Koji Oshiro Orix Buffaloes ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k
290 Kosei Shoji Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k
290 Makoto Kadowaki Yomiuri Giants ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k
290 Rui Muneyama Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k
290 Ryota Isobata Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k
290 Ryota Takinaka Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k
290 Ryuhei Obata Hanshin Tigers ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k
290 Seiji Kobayashi Yomiuri Giants ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k
290 Tatsuhiro Shibata Yokohama DeNA BayStars ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k
290 Wataru Matsumoto Saitama Seibu Lions ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k
305 Tatsuki Koja Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ¥39,500,000£199,080£199k
306 Daigo Kamikawabata Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters ¥39,000,000£196,560£197k
306 Yuki Hashimoto Chunichi Dragons ¥39,000,000£196,560£197k
308 Natsuki Takeuchi Saitama Seibu Lions ¥38,500,000£194,040£194k
309 Atsuki Tomosugi Chiba Lotte Marines ¥38,000,000£191,520£192k
309 Haruto Inoue Yomiuri Giants ¥38,000,000£191,520£192k
309 Raito Nakayama Yomiuri Giants ¥38,000,000£191,520£192k
309 Shohei Mori Hiroshima Toyo Carp ¥38,000,000£191,520£192k

Frequently asked questions

How much does Ryota Takinaka earn?

¥40,000,000 in 2026, a base salary from the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. It is the joint 290th highest of the 1,061 salaries in NPB.

Is Ryota Takinaka the highest paid player on the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles?

No. Hideto Asamura is, on ¥500,000,000. Ryota Takinaka is joint 24th of the 79 on the team.

How does Ryota Takinaka's salary compare with the NPB average?

The average across the league is ¥50,899,387 and the median is ¥13,000,000, so ¥40,000,000 is 21% 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 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles payroll, and every player in the league on the NPB salaries 2026 page. Everything else we hold on baseball is on the baseball page.