The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles are a professional baseball team based in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Despite leading the team to its first Climax Series appearance in 2009, Eagles' management decided not to renew Nomura's contract.
[5] Marty Brown, Nomura's successor, signed a two-year managerial contract, however he was fired after only one last-place season with the Eagles.
[9] The following season, however, Hoshino missed two months with the team because of back problems and the Eagles finished in last place.
[16] He was able to lead the team to its third playoff berth in 2017, however, the next season he resigned mid-season in June when the club dropped to 20 games below a .500 winning percentage.
The previous season, Miki led the franchise's farm team to the Eastern League championship title for the first time in its 15-year history.
[20] Rakuten signed Ishii to a three-year managerial contract, during which the team only reached the playoffs once with a third-place appearance in 2021.
He led the team to its first interleague title, however the Eagles faltered near the end of the season and again narrowly missed a third-place, playoff-clinching finish.