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Ryuji Kitaura salary

Ryuji Kitaura is paid ¥13,000,000 by the Yomiuri Giants in 2026, the joint 522nd highest of the 1,061 in NPB. That is 74% below the league average of ¥50,899,387, and 0.2% of the Yomiuri Giants payroll of ¥6,129,500,000. Among the 547 pitchers in the league, Ryuji Kitaura is paid the joint 271st most.

SALARY¥13,000,000
LEAGUE RANK522 of 1,061
TEAM RANK46 of 104
VS AVERAGE0.26x
AGE26

Ryuji Kitaura and the Yomiuri Giants

Every player on the Yomiuri Giants in 2026, highest paid first

Yomiuri Giants players ranked by salary in 2026.
# PLAYER POSITION SALARY CONVERTED LEAGUE RANK
1 Raidel Martinez Pitcher ¥1,200,000,000£6,048,000£6.0m 1
2 Hayato Sakamoto Infielder ¥300,000,000£1,512,000£1.5m 24
2 Takahiro Norimoto Pitcher ¥300,000,000£1,512,000£1.5m 24
2 Takuya Kai Catcher ¥300,000,000£1,512,000£1.5m 24
5 Trey Cabbage Outfielder ¥250,000,000£1,260,000£1.3m 39
6 Shosei Togo Pitcher ¥240,000,000£1,209,600£1.2m 47
7 Forrest Whitley Pitcher ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m 53
7 Naoki Yoshikawa Infielder ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m 53
7 Yoshihiro Maru Outfielder ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m 53
10 Iori Yamasaki Pitcher ¥180,000,000£907,200£907k 74
10 Shinnosuke Ogasawara Pitcher ¥180,000,000£907,200£907k 74
10 Taisei Ota Pitcher ¥180,000,000£907,200£907k 74
13 Takumi Oshiro Catcher ¥160,000,000£806,400£806k 86
14 Alberto Baldonado Pitcher ¥150,000,000£756,000£756k 97
14 Bobby Dalbec Infielder ¥150,000,000£756,000£756k 97
14 Kota Nakagawa Pitcher ¥150,000,000£756,000£756k 97
14 Spencer Howard Pitcher ¥150,000,000£756,000£756k 97
14 Yuhei Takanashi Pitcher ¥150,000,000£756,000£756k 97
19 Go Matsumoto Outfielder ¥110,000,000£554,400£554k 148
20 Bryan Mata Pitcher ¥100,000,000£504,000£504k 157
20 Masahiro Tanaka Pitcher ¥100,000,000£504,000£504k 157
22 Hiromasa Funabasama Pitcher ¥90,000,000£453,600£454k 174
23 Yukinori Kishida Catcher ¥70,000,000£352,800£353k 202
24 Yuta Izuguchi Infielder ¥59,000,000£297,360£297k 232
25 Yuji Akahoshi Pitcher ¥48,000,000£241,920£242k 264
26 Eito Tanaka Pitcher ¥46,500,000£234,360£234k 270
27 Makoto Kadowaki Infielder ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k 290
27 Seiji Kobayashi Catcher ¥40,000,000£201,600£202k 290
29 Haruto Inoue Pitcher ¥38,000,000£191,520£192k 309
29 Raito Nakayama Outfielder ¥38,000,000£191,520£192k 309
31 Tatsuya Ishikawa Pitcher ¥36,500,000£183,960£184k 317
32 Keisuke Izumi Pitcher ¥35,000,000£176,400£176k 322
33 Kai Yokogawa Pitcher ¥30,000,000£151,200£151k 348
34 Daiki Masuda Infielder ¥27,000,000£136,080£136k 375
34 Ryuta Heinai Pitcher ¥27,000,000£136,080£136k 375
34 Yuhi Nishidate Pitcher ¥27,000,000£136,080£136k 375
37 Richard Sunagawa Infielder ¥26,000,000£131,040£131k 385
37 Riku Masuda Infielder ¥26,000,000£131,040£131k 385
39 Shunsuke Sasaki Outfielder ¥23,000,000£115,920£116k 404
40 Shogo Asano Outfielder ¥17,000,000£85,680£86k 463
41 Kazuyuki Takemaru Pitcher ¥16,000,000£80,640£81k 469
41 Masaya Hagio Outfielder ¥16,000,000£80,640£81k 469
43 Kenshin Hotta Pitcher ¥15,000,000£75,600£76k 488
43 Shunya Morita Pitcher ¥15,000,000£75,600£76k 488
45 Dai Yuasa Infielder ¥13,500,000£68,040£68k 521
46 Ryuji Kitaura Pitcher ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k 522
46 Shunsuke Urata Infielder ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k 522
46 Yugo Bando Pitcher ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k 522
49 Yusei Ishizuka Infielder ¥12,300,000£61,992£62k 540
50 Ren Tawa Pitcher ¥12,000,000£60,480£60k 541
50 Yu Aramaki Infielder ¥12,000,000£60,480£60k 541
52 Elvis Luciano Pitcher ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
52 Gakuto Minakawa Outfielder ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
52 Kyohei Yamashiro Pitcher ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
52 Shinnosuke Yamase Catcher ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
52 Shunsuke Miyahara Pitcher ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
52 Yuto Kohama Infielder ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
58 Teppei Mataki Pitcher ¥9,700,000£48,888£49k 638
59 Ryusei Yamada Pitcher ¥9,500,000£47,880£48k 641
60 Yuki Okada Outfielder ¥8,500,000£42,840£43k 669
61 Takuya Kori Catcher ¥8,400,000£42,336£42k 675
62 Keito Matsuura Pitcher ¥6,500,000£32,760£33k 747
63 Hayate Matsui Pitcher ¥6,300,000£31,752£32k 761
64 Yamato Shiroki Pitcher ¥6,200,000£31,248£31k 763
65 Misaki Sasahara Outfielder ¥6,000,000£30,240£30k 771
65 Ryusuke Kita Catcher ¥6,000,000£30,240£30k 771
67 Juza Ishida Pitcher ¥5,600,000£28,224£28k 795
68 Julian Tima Outfielder ¥5,500,000£27,720£28k 801
69 Jumpei Kawarada Infielder ¥5,400,000£27,216£27k 819
69 Kensho Fujii Infielder ¥5,400,000£27,216£27k 819
71 Hayato Ishita Pitcher ¥5,100,000£25,704£26k 833
72 Chin-Hao Huang Pitcher ¥4,500,000£22,680£23k 859
72 Rui Mitsuka Outfielder ¥4,500,000£22,680£23k 859
74 Kisara Utsunomiya Infielder ¥4,400,000£22,176£22k 866
74 Makoto Kyomoto Pitcher ¥4,400,000£22,176£22k 866
74 Yamato Suzuki Outfielder ¥4,400,000£22,176£22k 866
77 Atsuki Sonoda Pitcher ¥4,200,000£21,168£21k 870
77 Ayumu Nakata Infielder ¥4,200,000£21,168£21k 870
77 Tatsuya Sakamoto Catcher ¥4,200,000£21,168£21k 870
77 Yuki Hanada Pitcher ¥4,200,000£21,168£21k 870
81 Motoya Kinoshita Pitcher ¥4,100,000£20,664£21k 877
81 Ryu Tomida Pitcher ¥4,100,000£20,664£21k 877
81 Tomoki Tamura Pitcher ¥4,100,000£20,664£21k 877
84 Eijiro Tomishige Pitcher ¥4,000,000£20,160£20k 880
84 Kira Hayashi Pitcher ¥4,000,000£20,160£20k 880
84 Taisei Chinen Outfielder ¥4,000,000£20,160£20k 880
84 Yusaku Kono Pitcher ¥4,000,000£20,160£20k 880
88 Keita Kameda Catcher ¥3,900,000£19,656£20k 916
88 Kota Hirayama Infielder ¥3,900,000£19,656£20k 916
90 Ayumu Nishikawa Pitcher ¥3,800,000£19,152£19k 918
90 Hakuto Aizawa Outfielder ¥3,800,000£19,152£19k 918
90 Shotaro Horie Pitcher ¥3,800,000£19,152£19k 918
90 Tessei Morimoto Pitcher ¥3,800,000£19,152£19k 918
90 Yusefu Yoshimura Pitcher ¥3,800,000£19,152£19k 918
95 Gen Murayama Infielder ¥3,700,000£18,648£19k 923
95 Raia Takeshita Infielder ¥3,700,000£18,648£19k 923
95 Rio Kitamura Infielder ¥3,700,000£18,648£19k 923
95 Shido Fukita Pitcher ¥3,700,000£18,648£19k 923
95 Yuya Tanoue Infielder ¥3,700,000£18,648£19k 923
100 Cristian Feliz Outfielder ¥3,600,000£18,144£18k 928
100 Francis Guzman Pitcher ¥3,600,000£18,144£18k 928
100 Keishin Suzuki Pitcher ¥3,600,000£18,144£18k 928
100 Rentaro Matsui Catcher ¥3,600,000£18,144£18k 928
100 Takahiro Chiba Pitcher ¥3,600,000£18,144£18k 928

The Yomiuri Giants by salary

Raidel Martinez ¥1.20bn Hayato Sakamoto ¥300m Takahiro Norimoto ¥300m Takuya Kai ¥300m Trey Cabbage ¥250m Shosei Togo ¥240m Forrest Whitley ¥200m Naoki Yoshikawa ¥200m Yoshihiro Maru ¥200m Iori Yamasaki ¥180m Shinnosuke Ogasawara ¥180m Taisei Ota ¥180m Takumi Oshiro ¥160m Alberto Baldonado ¥150m Bobby Dalbec ¥150m Kota Nakagawa ¥150m Spencer Howard ¥150m Yuhei Takanashi ¥150m Go Matsumoto ¥110m Bryan Mata ¥100m Masahiro Tanaka ¥100m Hiromasa Funabasama ¥90m Yukinori Kishida ¥70m Yuta Izuguchi ¥59m Yuji Akahoshi ¥48m Eito Tanaka ¥46.5m Makoto Kadowaki ¥40m Seiji Kobayashi ¥40m Haruto Inoue ¥38m Raito Nakayama ¥38m Tatsuya Ishikawa ¥36.5m Keisuke Izumi ¥35m Kai Yokogawa ¥30m Daiki Masuda ¥27m Ryuta Heinai ¥27m Yuhi Nishidate ¥27m Richard Sunagawa ¥26m Riku Masuda ¥26m Shunsuke Sasaki ¥23m Shogo Asano ¥17m Kazuyuki Takemaru ¥16m Masaya Hagio ¥16m Kenshin Hotta ¥15m Shunya Morita ¥15m Dai Yuasa ¥13.5m
Ryuji Kitaura ¥13m
Shunsuke Urata ¥13m
Yugo Bando ¥13m
Yusei Ishizuka ¥12.3m Ren Tawa ¥12m Yu Aramaki ¥12m Elvis Luciano ¥10m Gakuto Minakawa ¥10m Kyohei Yamashiro ¥10m Shinnosuke Yamase ¥10m Shunsuke Miyahara ¥10m Yuto Kohama ¥10m Teppei Mataki ¥9.7m Ryusei Yamada ¥9.5m Yuki Okada ¥8.5m Takuya Kori ¥8.4m Keito Matsuura ¥6.5m
Hayate Matsui ¥6.3m
Yamato Shiroki ¥6.2m Misaki Sasahara ¥6m
Ryusuke Kita ¥6m
Juza Ishida ¥5.6m
Julian Tima ¥5.5m
Jumpei Kawarada ¥5.4m
Kensho Fujii ¥5.4m
Hayato Ishita ¥5.1m
Chin-Hao Huang ¥4.5m
Rui Mitsuka ¥4.5m Kisara Utsunomiya ¥4.4m
Makoto Kyomoto ¥4.4m
Yamato Suzuki ¥4.4m
Atsuki Sonoda ¥4.2m
Ayumu Nakata ¥4.2m
Tatsuya Sakamoto ¥4.2m
Yuki Hanada ¥4.2m
Motoya Kinoshita ¥4.1m
Ryu Tomida ¥4.1m
Tomoki Tamura ¥4.1m
Eijiro Tomishige ¥4m
Kira Hayashi ¥4m
Taisei Chinen ¥4m
Yusaku Kono ¥4m
Keita Kameda ¥3.9m
Kota Hirayama ¥3.9m
Ayumu Nishikawa ¥3.8m
Hakuto Aizawa ¥3.8m
Shotaro Horie ¥3.8m
Tessei Morimoto ¥3.8m
Yusefu Yoshimura ¥3.8m
Gen Murayama ¥3.7m
Raia Takeshita ¥3.7m
Rio Kitamura ¥3.7m
Shido Fukita ¥3.7m
Yuya Tanoue ¥3.7m
Cristian Feliz ¥3.6m
Francis Guzman ¥3.6m
Keishin Suzuki ¥3.6m
Rentaro Matsui ¥3.6m
Takahiro Chiba ¥3.6m

The players paid either side of Ryuji Kitaura

The 25 players paid closest to Ryuji Kitaura in 2026, of 1,061 in the league

NPB players paid close to Ryuji Kitaura in 2026.
# PLAYER TEAM SALARY CONVERTED
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
522 Haruka Nemoto Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k
522 Hikaru Kimura Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k
522 Jay Okawa Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k
522 Keigo Kitamura Tokyo Yakult Swallows ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k
522 Koshiro Hiroike Chiba Lotte Marines ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k
522 Ryuji Kitaura Yomiuri Giants ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k
522 Ryuku Tsuchida Chunichi Dragons ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k
522 Shunsuke Urata Yomiuri Giants ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k
522 Yudai Shoji Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k
522 Yugo Bando Yomiuri Giants ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k
522 Yuma Yasuda Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k
535 Daita Miyagi Yokohama DeNA BayStars ¥12,800,000£64,512£65k
536 Atsuki Muto Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ¥12,500,000£63,000£63k
536 Hakua Iwaki Saitama Seibu Lions ¥12,500,000£63,000£63k
536 Shota Maruyama Tokyo Yakult Swallows ¥12,500,000£63,000£63k
536 Taiga Ueda Saitama Seibu Lions ¥12,500,000£63,000£63k
540 Yusei Ishizuka Yomiuri Giants ¥12,300,000£61,992£62k
541 Daiju Nomura Saitama Seibu Lions ¥12,000,000£60,480£60k

Frequently asked questions

How much does Ryuji Kitaura earn?

¥13,000,000 in 2026, a base salary from the Yomiuri Giants. It is the joint 522nd highest of the 1,061 salaries in NPB.

Is Ryuji Kitaura the highest paid player on the Yomiuri Giants?

No. Raidel Martinez is, on ¥1,200,000,000. Ryuji Kitaura is joint 46th of the 104 on the team.

How does Ryuji Kitaura's salary compare with the NPB average?

The average across the league is ¥50,899,387 and the median is ¥13,000,000, so ¥13,000,000 is 74% 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 Yomiuri Giants payroll, and every player in the league on the NPB salaries 2026 page. Everything else we hold on baseball is on the baseball page.