Ku sii wad qodobkan - Rakuten waxay kiraysatay Maraykanka Marty Brown si uu ugu guuleysto Nomura maareeye ahaan. In kasta oo Brown uu saxiixay qandaraas laba sano ah, haddana waxaa la sii daayay sanad ka dib markii Eagles ay ku dhameysteen xilli ciyaareedkii 2010 kaalinta ugu dambeysa. Naadiga waxay u muuqatay Senichi Hoshino inuu yahay qofka xiga ee kooxda soo jeedinaya. Kazuo Matsui iyo Akinori Iwamura, oo labaduba ka soo laabtay ciyaarista ciyaaraha Major League Baseball (MLB), ayaa sidoo kale lagu daray liiska. Teppei Tsuchiya ayaa sidoo kale loo magacaabay kabtankii ugu horreeyay ee kooxda. 11-kii Maarso, 2011, laba todobaad ka hor kulanka ugu horeeya ee xilli ciyaareedka, gobolka Tōhoku waxaa ku dhuftay dhulgariirkii ugu weynaa
Taariikhda wadanka. Dhulgariirkii iyo tsunami ee ka dambeeyay ayaa baabi'iyay gobolka, oo ay ku jirto magaalada Sendai ee Eagles. Iyada oo xilli-ciyaareedkii furitaanka dib loo dhigay ilaa Abriil 12, kooxdu waxay sii waday tababarka gobolka Kansai sababtoo ah saameynta Sendai. Ka sokow dhacdooyinka lacag aruurinta ee Rakuten, 12-ka kooxba waxay ciyaareen ciyaaro samafal ah si ay uga caawiyaan lacag ururinta gargaarka dhulgariirka. Waxay martigeliyeen kulankoodii ugu horreeyay ee "guriga" ee Koshien Stadium halka shaqada dib u soo celinta ee Kleenex Stadium ay sii socotay. Baseballku wuxuu ku soo laabtay Sendai bishii Abriil 12, markii Eagles ay ciyaartay kulankeedii ugu horreeyay garoonkooda. Intaa waxaa sii dheer, ciyaartii ugu dambeysay ee 2011 All-Star Series waxaa laga beddelay Tokyo Dome oo loo beddelay Kleenex Stadium, markii labaad ee Eagles ay martigelisay dhacdada tan iyo 2007. Rakuten ayaa ku dhameysatay xilli ciyaareedkii 2011 kaalinta shanaad waxayna mar kale seegtay playoffs-ka. Si kastaba ha noqotee, marka lagu daro ku guuleysiga Golden Glove iyo abaalmarinta Best Nine, Tanaka waxaa sidoo kale loo magacaabay PL MVP ee bisha saddex jeer inta lagu gudajiray xilli ciyaareedkii, markii ugu horreysay ee horyaalka Pacific.