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Shoma Kariu salary

Shoma Kariu is paid ¥7,000,000 by the Saitama Seibu Lions in 2026, the joint 717th highest of the 1,061 in NPB. That is 86% below the league average of ¥50,899,387, and 0.2% of the Saitama Seibu Lions payroll of ¥3,691,800,000. Among the 547 pitchers in the league, Shoma Kariu is paid the joint 382nd most.

SALARY¥7,000,000

LEAGUE RANK717 of 1,061

TEAM RANK65 of 102

VS AVERAGE0.14x

AGE19

Shoma Kariu and the Saitama Seibu Lions

Every player on the Saitama Seibu Lions in 2026, highest paid first

Saitama Seibu Lions players ranked by salary in 2026.
#	PLAYER	POSITION	SALARY	CONVERTED	LEAGUE RANK
1	Kaima Taira	Pitcher	¥300,000,000	£1,512,000£1.5m	24
1	Sosuke Genda	Infielder	¥300,000,000	£1,512,000£1.5m	24
1	Tyler Nevin	Infielder	¥300,000,000	£1,512,000£1.5m	24
4	Kona Takahashi	Pitcher	¥250,000,000	£1,260,000£1.3m	39
5	Chihiro Sumida	Pitcher	¥160,000,000	£806,400£806k	86
5	Shuta Tonosaki	Infielder	¥160,000,000	£806,400£806k	86
7	Alexander Canario	Outfielder	¥150,000,000	£756,000£756k	97
7	An-Ko Lin	Outfielder	¥150,000,000	£756,000£756k	97
7	Trey Wingenter	Pitcher	¥150,000,000	£756,000£756k	97
10	Emmanuel Ramirez	Pitcher	¥130,000,000	£655,200£655k	122
11	Allan Winans	Pitcher	¥120,000,000	£604,800£605k	135
11	Masayuki Kuwahara	Outfielder	¥120,000,000	£604,800£605k	135
13	Takeya Nakamura	Infielder	¥75,000,000	£378,000£378k	193
14	Hiroshi Kaino	Pitcher	¥68,000,000	£342,720£343k	211
15	Yuto Koga	Catcher	¥66,000,000	£332,640£333k	213
16	Takumi Kuriyama	Outfielder	¥60,000,000	£302,400£302k	222
17	Manaya Nishikawa	Outfielder	¥57,000,000	£287,280£287k	237
18	Yutaro Watanabe	Pitcher	¥43,000,000	£216,720£217k	280
19	Bo Takahashi	Pitcher	¥40,000,000	£201,600£202k	290
19	Ginjiro Sumitani	Catcher	¥40,000,000	£201,600£202k	290
19	Kaito Yoza	Pitcher	¥40,000,000	£201,600£202k	290
19	Kazunari Ishii	Infielder	¥40,000,000	£201,600£202k	290
19	Wataru Matsumoto	Pitcher	¥40,000,000	£201,600£202k	290
24	Natsuki Takeuchi	Pitcher	¥38,500,000	£194,040£194k	308
25	Shunsuke Sato	Pitcher	¥38,000,000	£191,520£192k	309
26	Shinya Hasegawa	Outfielder	¥34,000,000	£171,360£171k	327
27	Gakuto Wakabayashi	Outfielder	¥32,500,000	£163,800£164k	337
28	Natsuo Takizawa	Infielder	¥32,000,000	£161,280£161k	338
29	Seiya Watanabe	Outfielder	¥31,000,000	£156,240£156k	342
30	Haruto Yamada	Pitcher	¥30,000,000	£151,200£151k	348
31	Yuta Kuroki	Pitcher	¥24,000,000	£120,960£121k	400
32	Takayoshi Yamamura	Infielder	¥23,000,000	£115,920£116k	404
33	Junichiro Kishi	Outfielder	¥19,000,000	£95,760£96k	442
33	Takuya Hiruma	Outfielder	¥19,000,000	£95,760£96k	442
35	Yuta Nakamura	Pitcher	¥18,000,000	£90,720£91k	451
36	Sena Tsuge	Catcher	¥17,000,000	£85,680£86k	463
37	Taiga Kojima	Catcher	¥15,000,000	£75,600£76k	488
38	Ryosuke Kodama	Infielder	¥14,000,000	£70,560£71k	505
38	Ryosuke Moriwaki	Pitcher	¥14,000,000	£70,560£71k	505
38	Shinya Sugai	Pitcher	¥14,000,000	£70,560£71k	505
38	Taiga Hirasawa	Infielder	¥14,000,000	£70,560£71k	505
38	Takeru Sasaki	Pitcher	¥14,000,000	£70,560£71k	505
38	Tokumasa Chano	Outfielder	¥14,000,000	£70,560£71k	505
44	Hakua Iwaki	Pitcher	¥12,500,000	£63,000£63k	536
44	Taiga Ueda	Pitcher	¥12,500,000	£63,000£63k	536
46	Daiju Nomura	Catcher	¥12,000,000	£60,480£60k	541
46	Keisuke Nakata	Infielder	¥12,000,000	£60,480£60k	541
46	Minato Aoyama	Pitcher	¥12,000,000	£60,480£60k	541
46	Rei Takahashi	Pitcher	¥12,000,000	£60,480£60k	541
46	Shun Akiyama	Outfielder	¥12,000,000	£60,480£60k	541
51	Ryota Itogawa	Pitcher	¥11,500,000	£57,960£58k	568
51	Wataru Takamatsu	Infielder	¥11,500,000	£57,960£58k	568
53	Shinnosuke Hada	Pitcher	¥11,000,000	£55,440£55k	573
54	Hiroto Saito	Infielder	¥10,000,000	£50,400£50k	589
54	Shoya Makino	Catcher	¥10,000,000	£50,400£50k	589
56	Kuan-Chen Lin	Outfielder	¥9,500,000	£47,880£48k	641
56	Reon Murata	Infielder	¥9,500,000	£47,880£48k	641
58	Keita Horikoshi	Pitcher	¥9,000,000	£45,360£45k	649
58	Sowa Yokota	Infielder	¥9,000,000	£45,360£45k	649
60	Taisei Miyazawa	Pitcher	¥8,000,000	£40,320£40k	678
61	Shota Hamaya	Pitcher	¥7,500,000	£37,800£38k	699
61	Taishi Mameda	Pitcher	¥7,500,000	£37,800£38k	699
61	Yudai Furukawa	Outfielder	¥7,500,000	£37,800£38k	699
64	Masaya Kuroda	Pitcher	¥7,300,000	£36,792£37k	705
65	Haruki Sugiyama	Pitcher	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k	717
65	Hibiki Shinohara	Pitcher	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k	717
65	Shoma Kariu	Pitcher	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k	717
65	Teruki Koga	Infielder	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k	717
65	Yushin Kawada	Outfielder	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k	717
70	Haruse Narita	Pitcher	¥6,500,000	£32,760£33k	747
70	Yuta Nakami	Outfielder	¥6,500,000	£32,760£33k	747
72	Koichi Okumura	Outfielder	¥6,200,000	£31,248£31k	763
73	Haruki Tatsuyama	Catcher	¥6,000,000	£30,240£30k	771
73	Kaito Noda	Catcher	¥6,000,000	£30,240£30k	771
73	Taiyo Sato	Infielder	¥6,000,000	£30,240£30k	771
76	Towa Uema	Pitcher	¥5,000,000	£25,200£25k	836
77	Daiki Miura	Pitcher	¥4,000,000	£20,160£20k	880
77	Ginto Ando	Outfielder	¥4,000,000	£20,160£20k	880
77	Hiroto Hiraguchi	Pitcher	¥4,000,000	£20,160£20k	880
77	Jorge Gonzalez	Pitcher	¥4,000,000	£20,160£20k	880
77	Joseph Konosuke Sinclair	Pitcher	¥4,000,000	£20,160£20k	880
77	Keishin Saito	Pitcher	¥4,000,000	£20,160£20k	880
77	Ronny Oliver	Pitcher	¥4,000,000	£20,160£20k	880
77	Ryosuke Koresawa	Catcher	¥4,000,000	£20,160£20k	880
77	So Sato	Pitcher	¥4,000,000	£20,160£20k	880
77	Yuma Masaki	Pitcher	¥4,000,000	£20,160£20k	880
87	Carlos Tovar	Outfielder	¥3,200,000	£16,128£16k	974
87	Isabirye Musa	Pitcher	¥3,200,000	£16,128£16k	974
87	Juan Corniel	Infielder	¥3,200,000	£16,128£16k	974
87	Koji Kaneko	Infielder	¥3,200,000	£16,128£16k	974
87	Kyazze Fred	Pitcher	¥3,200,000	£16,128£16k	974
92	Asahi Taniguchi	Infielder	¥2,800,000	£14,112£14k	1015
92	Haruma Fukuo	Infielder	¥2,800,000	£14,112£14k	1015
92	Haruto Sawada	Outfielder	¥2,800,000	£14,112£14k	1015
92	Masahiro Kawashimo	Pitcher	¥2,800,000	£14,112£14k	1015
92	Okem Mei Umebinyuo	Outfielder	¥2,800,000	£14,112£14k	1015
92	Ramal Geevin Ratanayake	Outfielder	¥2,800,000	£14,112£14k	1015
92	Shota Kise	Pitcher	¥2,800,000	£14,112£14k	1015
92	Sota Hamaoka	Pitcher	¥2,800,000	£14,112£14k	1015
92	Takumu Imaoka	Infielder	¥2,800,000	£14,112£14k	1015
92	Yamato Fuji	Pitcher	¥2,800,000	£14,112£14k	1015
92	Yuito Arai	Infielder	¥2,800,000	£14,112£14k	1015

The Saitama Seibu Lions by salary

Kaima Taira ¥300m Sosuke Genda ¥300m Tyler Nevin ¥300m Kona Takahashi ¥250m Chihiro Sumida ¥160m Shuta Tonosaki ¥160m Alexander Canario ¥150m An-Ko Lin ¥150m Trey Wingenter ¥150m Emmanuel Ramirez ¥130m Allan Winans ¥120m Masayuki Kuwahara ¥120m Takeya Nakamura ¥75m Hiroshi Kaino ¥68m Yuto Koga ¥66m Takumi Kuriyama ¥60m Manaya Nishikawa ¥57m Yutaro Watanabe ¥43m Bo Takahashi ¥40m Ginjiro Sumitani ¥40m Kaito Yoza ¥40m Kazunari Ishii ¥40m Wataru Matsumoto ¥40m Natsuki Takeuchi ¥38.5m Shunsuke Sato ¥38m Shinya Hasegawa ¥34m Gakuto Wakabayashi ¥32.5m Natsuo Takizawa ¥32m Seiya Watanabe ¥31m Haruto Yamada ¥30m Yuta Kuroki ¥24m Takayoshi Yamamura ¥23m Junichiro Kishi ¥19m Takuya Hiruma ¥19m Yuta Nakamura ¥18m Sena Tsuge ¥17m Taiga Kojima ¥15m Ryosuke Kodama ¥14m Ryosuke Moriwaki ¥14m Shinya Sugai ¥14m Taiga Hirasawa ¥14m

Takeru Sasaki ¥14m

Tokumasa Chano ¥14m Hakua Iwaki ¥12.5m Taiga Ueda ¥12.5m

Daiju Nomura ¥12m

Keisuke Nakata ¥12m Minato Aoyama ¥12m

Rei Takahashi ¥12m

Shun Akiyama ¥12m Ryota Itogawa ¥11.5m Wataru Takamatsu ¥11.5m Shinnosuke Hada ¥11m Hiroto Saito ¥10m Shoya Makino ¥10m Kuan-Chen Lin ¥9.5m Reon Murata ¥9.5m Keita Horikoshi ¥9m Sowa Yokota ¥9m

Taisei Miyazawa ¥8m

Shota Hamaya ¥7.5m Taishi Mameda ¥7.5m Yudai Furukawa ¥7.5m Masaya Kuroda ¥7.3m Haruki Sugiyama ¥7m Hibiki Shinohara ¥7m

Shoma Kariu ¥7m

Teruki Koga ¥7m

Yushin Kawada ¥7m Haruse Narita ¥6.5m Yuta Nakami ¥6.5m

Koichi Okumura ¥6.2m

Haruki Tatsuyama ¥6m

Kaito Noda ¥6m

Taiyo Sato ¥6m

Towa Uema ¥5m

Daiki Miura ¥4m

Ginto Ando ¥4m

Hiroto Hiraguchi ¥4m

Jorge Gonzalez ¥4m

Joseph Konosuke Sinclair ¥4m

Keishin Saito ¥4m

Ronny Oliver ¥4m

Ryosuke Koresawa ¥4m So Sato ¥4m

Yuma Masaki ¥4m

Carlos Tovar ¥3.2m

Isabirye Musa ¥3.2m

Juan Corniel ¥3.2m

Koji Kaneko ¥3.2m

Kyazze Fred ¥3.2m

Asahi Taniguchi ¥2.8m

Haruma Fukuo ¥2.8m

Haruto Sawada ¥2.8m

Masahiro Kawashimo ¥2.8m

Okem Mei Umebinyuo ¥2.8m

Ramal Geevin Ratanayake ¥2.8m

Shota Kise ¥2.8m

Sota Hamaoka ¥2.8m

Takumu Imaoka ¥2.8m

Yamato Fuji ¥2.8m

Yuito Arai ¥2.8m

The players paid either side of Shoma Kariu

The 25 players paid closest to Shoma Kariu in 2026, of 1,061 in the league

NPB players paid close to Shoma Kariu in 2026.
#	PLAYER	TEAM	SALARY	CONVERTED
717	Hibiki Shinohara	Saitama Seibu Lions	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Hinase Itsubo	Hanshin Tigers	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Kasuga Sakaguchi	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Keisuke Sato	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Kenichi Murata	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Kotaro Seimiya	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Reiji Higashiyama	Orix Buffaloes	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Ruito Nishimura	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Ryoma Ikeda	Orix Buffaloes	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Ryusei Gonda	Orix Buffaloes	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Seita Maekawa	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Seiya Akagi	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Shoma Kariu	Saitama Seibu Lions	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Shoya Sakaue	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Shu Kubo	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Shu Takaya	Orix Buffaloes	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Taijiro Yano	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Takahiro Nakamura	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Takuma Matsuda	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Teruki Koga	Saitama Seibu Lions	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Yosuke Kubota	Orix Buffaloes	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Yushin Kawada	Saitama Seibu Lions	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Yuta Saito	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
717	Yuto Watanabe	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	¥7,000,000	£35,280£35k
744	Kenta Kozono	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	¥6,600,000	£33,264£33k

Frequently asked questions

How much does Shoma Kariu earn?

¥7,000,000 in 2026, a base salary from the Saitama Seibu Lions. It is the joint 717th highest of the 1,061 salaries in NPB.

Is Shoma Kariu the highest paid player on the Saitama Seibu Lions?

No. Kaima Taira is, on ¥300,000,000. Shoma Kariu is joint 65th of the 102 on the team.

How does Shoma Kariu's salary compare with the NPB average?

The average across the league is ¥50,899,387 and the median is ¥13,000,000, so ¥7,000,000 is 86% 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 Saitama Seibu Lions payroll, and every player in the league on the NPB salaries 2026 page. Everything else we hold on baseball is on the baseball page.