Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 2004, i te Rōpū Pacific o Hapanihi, i waenganui i ngā raruraru pūtea, i whakahekehia e rua ngā kapa, i ahu mai ki te patu kaitākaro. I whakatata atu a Mikitani ki nga rangatira o te riiki mo te whakakotahi i tetahi roopu whakawhānui i Sendai, ka kiia ko Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. I hangaia e Mikitani, i whakahoutia, i whakahoutia te papa takaro i Sendai, i mua i te wa whakatuwhera o te kapa i te tau 2005. I riro i te Golden Eagles te 2013 Japan Series, e rua tau i muri i te
2011 te ruu me te tsunami i whakangaromia ai a Sendai me te rohe o Tōhoku.