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Shogo Nakamura salary

Shogo Nakamura is paid ¥200,000,000 by the Chiba Lotte Marines in 2026, the joint 53rd highest of the 1,061 in NPB. That is 3.9 times the league average of ¥50,899,387, and 5.2% of the Chiba Lotte Marines payroll of ¥3,861,800,000. Among the 238 infielders in the league, Shogo Nakamura is paid the joint 15th most.

SALARY¥200,000,000
LEAGUE RANK53 of 1,061
TEAM RANK4 of 87
VS AVERAGE3.93x
AGE34

Shogo Nakamura and the Chiba Lotte Marines

Every player on the Chiba Lotte Marines in 2026, highest paid first

Chiba Lotte Marines players ranked by salary in 2026.
# PLAYER POSITION SALARY CONVERTED LEAGUE RANK
1 Gregory Polanco Outfielder ¥400,000,000£2,016,000£2.0m 17
2 Andre Jackson Pitcher ¥300,000,000£1,512,000£1.5m 24
2 Neftali Soto Infielder ¥300,000,000£1,512,000£1.5m 24
4 Jose Castillo Pitcher ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m 53
4 Sam Long Pitcher ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m 53
4 Shogo Nakamura Infielder ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m 53
7 Shuta Ishikawa Pitcher ¥160,000,000£806,400£806k 86
8 Yuji Nishino Pitcher ¥150,000,000£756,000£756k 97
9 Kazuya Ojima Pitcher ¥145,000,000£730,800£731k 114
10 Atsuki Taneichi Pitcher ¥130,000,000£655,200£655k 122
11 Naoya Masuda Pitcher ¥120,000,000£604,800£605k 135
12 Yudai Fujioka Infielder ¥110,000,000£554,400£554k 148
13 Kyota Fujiwara Outfielder ¥80,000,000£403,200£403k 183
14 Toshiya Sato Catcher ¥72,000,000£362,880£363k 201
15 Hiromi Oka Outfielder ¥70,000,000£352,800£353k 202
15 Tatsuhiro Tamura Catcher ¥70,000,000£352,800£353k 202
17 Katsuya Kakunaka Outfielder ¥60,000,000£302,400£302k 222
18 Rikuto Yokoyama Pitcher ¥58,000,000£292,320£292k 233
19 Shota Suzuki Pitcher ¥51,000,000£257,040£257k 252
20 Akito Takabe Outfielder ¥50,000,000£252,000£252k 253
21 Yuki Karakawa Pitcher ¥44,000,000£221,760£222k 275
22 Hisanori Yasuda Infielder ¥43,000,000£216,720£217k 280
23 Fumiya Ono Pitcher ¥42,000,000£211,680£212k 284
23 Misho Nishikawa Outfielder ¥42,000,000£211,680£212k 284
25 Atsuki Tomosugi Infielder ¥38,000,000£191,520£192k 309
26 Shuta Takano Pitcher ¥34,000,000£171,360£171k 327
27 Koshiro Sakamoto Pitcher ¥33,000,000£166,320£166k 332
28 Koki Yamaguchi Outfielder ¥30,000,000£151,200£151k 348
29 Ryusei Ogawa Infielder ¥27,000,000£136,080£136k 375
30 Shunsuke Nakamori Pitcher ¥26,000,000£131,040£131k 385
31 Aito Takeda Outfielder ¥24,000,000£120,960£121k 400
32 Haruya Tanaka Pitcher ¥23,000,000£115,920£116k 404
32 Shingo Ishikawa Outfielder ¥23,000,000£115,920£116k 404
34 Ryusei Terachi Catcher ¥22,000,000£110,880£111k 415
35 Koshiro Wada Outfielder ¥20,000,000£100,800£101k 424
35 Kyuto Ueda Infielder ¥20,000,000£100,800£101k 424
35 Raito Ikeda Infielder ¥20,000,000£100,800£101k 424
35 Riku Kikuchi Pitcher ¥20,000,000£100,800£101k 424
35 Yuto Kimura Pitcher ¥20,000,000£100,800£101k 424
40 Keisuke Sawada Pitcher ¥19,400,000£97,776£98k 441
41 Akira Yagi Pitcher ¥18,000,000£90,720£91k 451
41 Daito Yamamoto Outfielder ¥18,000,000£90,720£91k 451
41 Kenta Chatani Infielder ¥18,000,000£90,720£91k 451
41 Yusuke Azuma Pitcher ¥18,000,000£90,720£91k 451
45 Genki Ishigaki Pitcher ¥16,000,000£80,640£81k 469
46 Ryusei Miyazaki Infielder ¥15,000,000£75,600£76k 488
47 Ko Matsukawa Catcher ¥14,000,000£70,560£71k 505
48 Atsuya Hirohata Pitcher ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k 522
48 Koshiro Hiroike Pitcher ¥13,000,000£65,520£66k 522
50 Kaito Mori Pitcher ¥12,000,000£60,480£60k 541
50 Tokito Kawamura Pitcher ¥12,000,000£60,480£60k 541
52 Fumiya Motomae Pitcher ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
52 Hayato Fuji Pitcher ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
52 Kota Inoue Outfielder ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
52 Rikima Ichijo Pitcher ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
52 Tsuyoshi Yamasaki Infielder ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
52 Yu Tatematsu Infielder ¥10,000,000£50,400£50k 589
58 Hikaru Otani Pitcher ¥9,200,000£46,368£46k 648
59 Masami Ishigaki Infielder ¥9,000,000£45,360£45k 649
60 Yamato Tanaka Pitcher ¥8,000,000£40,320£40k 678
61 Oto Hayasaka Pitcher ¥7,100,000£35,784£36k 716
62 Hayato Miyazaki Pitcher ¥7,000,000£35,280£35k 717
63 Haru Sakai Pitcher ¥6,000,000£30,240£30k 771
63 Raito Okumura Pitcher ¥6,000,000£30,240£30k 771
63 Shota Ueda Catcher ¥6,000,000£30,240£30k 771
66 Yuya Sakurai Infielder ¥5,600,000£28,224£28k 795
67 Ryotaro Mori Pitcher ¥5,500,000£27,720£28k 801
68 Ryota Nakamura Pitcher ¥5,000,000£25,200£25k 836
68 Seiun Akiyama Pitcher ¥5,000,000£25,200£25k 836
68 Stiven Acevedo Outfielder ¥5,000,000£25,200£25k 836
68 Yuta Kaneda Infielder ¥5,000,000£25,200£25k 836
68 Yuto Yoshikawa Pitcher ¥5,000,000£25,200£25k 836
73 Ryoju Okamura Catcher ¥4,600,000£23,184£23k 857
74 Kosuke Nagashima Pitcher ¥3,100,000£15,624£16k 981
75 Kirato Nagashimada Pitcher ¥3,000,000£15,120£15k 982
75 Ryo Sugiyama Outfielder ¥3,000,000£15,120£15k 982
77 Hikaru Kono Outfielder ¥2,900,000£14,616£15k 1012
77 Rui Katsumata Infielder ¥2,900,000£14,616£15k 1012
79 Kaishu Takahashi Pitcher ¥2,800,000£14,112£14k 1015
79 Kazuki Fujita Outfielder ¥2,800,000£14,112£14k 1015
79 Konoshin Tomiyama Catcher ¥2,800,000£14,112£14k 1015
79 Ryota Takeuchi Pitcher ¥2,800,000£14,112£14k 1015
79 Shinya Matsuishi Infielder ¥2,800,000£14,112£14k 1015
84 Tsuyoshi Tanimura Infielder ¥2,700,000£13,608£14k 1031
84 Yuta Ibaragi Pitcher ¥2,700,000£13,608£14k 1031
86 Yuto Nakayama Pitcher ¥2,600,000£13,104£13k 1033
87 Chariel Radney Pitcher ¥2,500,000£12,600£13k 1043

The Chiba Lotte Marines by salary

Gregory Polanco ¥400m Andre Jackson ¥300m Neftali Soto ¥300m Jose Castillo ¥200m Sam Long ¥200m
Shogo Nakamura ¥200m
Shuta Ishikawa ¥160m Yuji Nishino ¥150m Kazuya Ojima ¥145m Atsuki Taneichi ¥130m Naoya Masuda ¥120m Yudai Fujioka ¥110m Kyota Fujiwara ¥80m Toshiya Sato ¥72m Hiromi Oka ¥70m Tatsuhiro Tamura ¥70m Katsuya Kakunaka ¥60m Rikuto Yokoyama ¥58m Shota Suzuki ¥51m Akito Takabe ¥50m Yuki Karakawa ¥44m Hisanori Yasuda ¥43m Fumiya Ono ¥42m Misho Nishikawa ¥42m Atsuki Tomosugi ¥38m Shuta Takano ¥34m Koshiro Sakamoto ¥33m Koki Yamaguchi ¥30m Ryusei Ogawa ¥27m Shunsuke Nakamori ¥26m Aito Takeda ¥24m Haruya Tanaka ¥23m Shingo Ishikawa ¥23m Ryusei Terachi ¥22m Koshiro Wada ¥20m Kyuto Ueda ¥20m Raito Ikeda ¥20m Riku Kikuchi ¥20m Yuto Kimura ¥20m Keisuke Sawada ¥19.4m Akira Yagi ¥18m Daito Yamamoto ¥18m Kenta Chatani ¥18m Yusuke Azuma ¥18m Genki Ishigaki ¥16m Ryusei Miyazaki ¥15m Ko Matsukawa ¥14m Atsuya Hirohata ¥13m Koshiro Hiroike ¥13m Kaito Mori ¥12m Tokito Kawamura ¥12m
Fumiya Motomae ¥10m
Hayato Fuji ¥10m Kota Inoue ¥10m Rikima Ichijo ¥10m Tsuyoshi Yamasaki ¥10m Yu Tatematsu ¥10m Hikaru Otani ¥9.2m Masami Ishigaki ¥9m Yamato Tanaka ¥8m Oto Hayasaka ¥7.1m Hayato Miyazaki ¥7m Haru Sakai ¥6m Raito Okumura ¥6m Shota Ueda ¥6m Yuya Sakurai ¥5.6m Ryotaro Mori ¥5.5m
Ryota Nakamura ¥5m
Seiun Akiyama ¥5m
Stiven Acevedo ¥5m
Yuta Kaneda ¥5m
Yuto Yoshikawa ¥5m Ryoju Okamura ¥4.6m
Kosuke Nagashima ¥3.1m
Kirato Nagashimada ¥3m
Ryo Sugiyama ¥3m
Hikaru Kono ¥2.9m
Rui Katsumata ¥2.9m
Kaishu Takahashi ¥2.8m
Kazuki Fujita ¥2.8m
Konoshin Tomiyama ¥2.8m
Ryota Takeuchi ¥2.8m
Shinya Matsuishi ¥2.8m
Tsuyoshi Tanimura ¥2.7m
Yuta Ibaragi ¥2.7m
Yuto Nakayama ¥2.6m
Chariel Radney ¥2.5m

The players paid either side of Shogo Nakamura

The 25 players paid closest to Shogo Nakamura in 2026, of 1,061 in the league

NPB players paid close to Shogo Nakamura in 2026.
# PLAYER TEAM SALARY CONVERTED
52 Shota Morishita Hanshin Tigers ¥210,000,000£1,058,400£1.1m
53 Daichi Ishii Hanshin Tigers ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m
53 Daichi Osera Hiroshima Toyo Carp ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m
53 Forrest Whitley Yomiuri Giants ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m
53 Hiroto Takahashi Chunichi Dragons ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m
53 Jose Castillo Chiba Lotte Marines ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m
53 Kenta Imamiya Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m
53 Kenta Maeda Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m
53 Masato Morishita Hiroshima Toyo Carp ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m
53 Miguel Sano Chunichi Dragons ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m
53 Naoki Yoshikawa Yomiuri Giants ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m
53 Sam Long Chiba Lotte Marines ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m
53 Shogo Nakamura Chiba Lotte Marines ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m
53 Suguru Iwazaki Hanshin Tigers ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m
53 Toshiro Miyazaki Yokohama DeNA BayStars ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m
53 Yoshihiro Maru Yomiuri Giants ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m
53 Yuya Yanagi Chunichi Dragons ¥200,000,000£1,008,000£1.0m
69 Chusei Mannami Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters ¥195,000,000£982,800£983k
70 Jose Urena Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ¥190,000,000£957,600£958k
71 Easton Lucas Hanshin Tigers ¥188,400,000£949,536£950k
72 Sandro Fabian Hiroshima Toyo Carp ¥186,000,000£937,440£937k
73 Hiroki Tokoda Hiroshima Toyo Carp ¥185,000,000£932,400£932k
74 Iori Yamasaki Yomiuri Giants ¥180,000,000£907,200£907k
74 Kenya Wakatsuki Orix Buffaloes ¥180,000,000£907,200£907k
74 Ryoji Kuribayashi Hiroshima Toyo Carp ¥180,000,000£907,200£907k

Frequently asked questions

How much does Shogo Nakamura earn?

¥200,000,000 in 2026, a base salary from the Chiba Lotte Marines. It is the joint 53rd highest of the 1,061 salaries in NPB.

Is Shogo Nakamura the highest paid player on the Chiba Lotte Marines?

No. Gregory Polanco is, on ¥400,000,000. Shogo Nakamura is joint 4th of the 87 on the team.

How does Shogo Nakamura's salary compare with the NPB average?

The average across the league is ¥50,899,387 and the median is ¥13,000,000, so ¥200,000,000 is 3.9 times 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 Chiba Lotte Marines payroll, and every player in the league on the NPB salaries 2026 page. Everything else we hold on baseball is on the baseball page.