Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 2004, Gasar Pacific ta Japan, a cikin matsalolin kudi, ta sauke ƙungiyoyi biyu, wanda ya haifar da yajin aiki na 'yan wasa. Jami'an gasar sun kusanci Mikitani game da kafa ƙungiyar fadadawa a Sendai, wanda za a kira shi Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Mikitani ya sake ginawa, ya dawo da kuma gyara filin wasa a Sendai, kafin kakar wasan farko ta kungiyar a shekarar 2005. Golden Eagles sun lashe 2013 Japan Series, shekaru biyu bayan girgizar kasa da tsunami na 2011
wanda ya lalata Sendai da yankin Tōhoku.