2025 Seibu Lions salary list

 

The 2025 NPB season is currently in camp mode down on Miyazaki or Kochi prefecture for Saitama Seibu Lions players. 

We have since converted all salaries for rookies, imports and players returning players.  

Only Victor Lopez, Anthony Garcia and Bo Takahashi have unreported wages

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Here are the reported figures for the 2025 Seibu Lions: 

Legend: 

^ - Raise from 2024

|v| - Paycut from 2024

= - Same wages

AVG/OBP/SLG for position players. 
 

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Pitchers: 

Kona Takahashi: ¥210 million, |v| by ¥55 million; (0-11), 3.87 ERA in 15 games, 81.1 innings

Kaima Taira: ¥200 million |v| by ¥50 million; (3-2), 1.66 ERA, in 22 games, 48.2 innings

Tatsuya Imai: ¥180 million, ^ by ¥100 million, (10-8), 2.34 ERA in 25 games, 173.1 innings

Emmanuel Ramírez: ¥130 million, (0-1), 6.97 ERA in 15 games, 20.2 innings with Miami Marlins in 2024

Trey Wingenter: ¥120 million, (0-0), 9.72 ERA in 7 games, 8.1 innings with Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox combined in 2024

Chihiro Sumida: ¥90 million, ^ by ¥50 million; (9-10), 2.76 ERA in 26 games, 179.1 innings

Katsunori Hirai:  ¥90 million =; (0-0), 4 holds, 4.66 ERA in 13 games, 9.2 innings 

Hirai is on a multi-year contract

Wataru Matsumoto: ¥52 million, |v| by ¥6 million, (1-9), 3.93 ERA in 34 games, 66.1 innings

Natsuki Takeuchi: ¥45 million, ^ by ¥29 million, (10-6), 2.17 ERA in 21 games, 145.1 innings

Shunsuke Sato: ¥43 million ^ by ¥13 million; (2-1), 1.69 ERA, 17 HLD in 45 games, 37.1 innings

Hiroshi Kaino: ¥35 million |v| by ¥5 million; (0-2), 11 HLD, 2.95 ERA in 19 games, 18.1

Yoshinobu Mizukami: ¥30 million |v| by ¥3 million, (1-1), 5.28 ERA, 6 HLD in 29 games, 29 innings

Kaito Yoza: ¥25 million |v| by ¥5 million (1-4), 4.81 ERA in 7 games, 24.1 innings 

Ryosuke Moriwaki: ¥20 million |v| by ¥16 million, (0-1), 0.00 ERA, in 2 ni-gun games, 1 inning

Moriwaki spent majority of 2024 recovering from surgery

Yutaro Watanabe: ¥20 million ^ by ¥11.8 million ; (3-4), 2.67 ERA in 14 games, 87.2 innings

Ichiro Tamura: ¥18 million ^ by ¥5 million; (1-0), 1 HLD, 1.82 ERA in 28 games, 29.2 innings

Minato Aoyama: ¥15.5 million, ^ by ¥1.5 million, (1-4), 2.78 ERA in 6 games, 32.1 innings

Yuta Nakamura: ¥15 million, ^ by ¥5 million (0-1), 3.09 ERA in 27 games, 32 innings

Takeru Sasaki: ¥14 million |v| by ¥6 million; No games in 2024

Taiga Ueda: ¥13.5 million ^ by ¥1 million; (0-0), 2.70 ERA in 17 games, 23.1 innings

Ryota Itogawa: ¥9 million |v| by ¥500K; (0-1), 9.82 ERA in 4 games, 3.2 innings

Taisei Miyazawa: ¥8 million |v| by ¥1 million, (0-1), 3.60 ERA in 12 ni-gun games, 15 innings 

Taishi Mameda: ¥7.7 million ^ by ¥200K; (0-1), 6.32 ERA in 15 games, 15.2 innings

Haruto Yamada: ¥7 million, =; (0-3), 6.75 ERA in 13 ni-gun games

Shinnosuke Hada: ¥7 million ^ by ¥1 million; (1-3), 2.76 ERA in 9 games, 16.1 innings

Haruki Sugiyama: ¥7 million=; (0-1), 0.00 ERA in 1 game, 3 innings

Shinya Sugai: ¥6.7 million ^ by ¥2 million; (1-2), 5.25 ERA in 8 games, 24 innings

Harusei Narita: ¥6.5 million =; No games in 2024

Masaya Kuroda: ¥6.2 million |v| by ¥300K; (0-2), 3.94 ERA in 8 ni-gun games

Bo Takahashi: Unreported (Made ¥35 million in 2023), (2-9), 3.22 ERA in 33 games, 72.2 innings

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Infielders:

Sosuke Genda: ¥300 million =; .264/.307/.337, 3 HR in 143 games

Genda signed a five-year contract through 2027

Shuta Tonosaki: ¥160 million =; .227/.312/.337, 7 HR in 127 games

Tonosaki signed a four-year contract through 2026

Leandro Cedeno: ¥160 million; .260/.320/.438, 15 HR in 98 games with Orix Buffaloes in 2024

Takeya Nakamura: ¥100 million |v| by ¥50 million; .191/.254/.372, 7 HR in 58 games

Ryusei Sato: ¥34 million ^ by ¥12 million; .244/.330/.390, 7 HR in 93 games

Shota Hiranuma: ¥19 million =; .265/.317/.333, 0 HR in 45 games 

Taiga Hirasawa: ¥16 million |v| by ¥4 million; .216/.389/.310, 2 HR in 96 ni-gun games with Chiba Lotte Marines in 2024

Daiju Nomura: ¥15.2 million ^ by ¥4.5 million; .225/.305/.410, 5 HR in 57 games

Takayoshi Yamamura: ¥15 million ^ by ¥7 million; .219/.268/.284, 2 HR in 58 games

Hiyu Motoyama: ¥13 million ^ by ¥2 million; .143/.175/.208, 1 HR in 33 games

Kento Watanabe: ¥12.5 million |v| by ¥3.5 million; .030/.158/.030, 0 HR in 11 games 

Ryosuke Kodama ¥12 million |v| by ¥1 million; .180/.268/.300, 0 HR in 32 games

Kakeru Yamanobe: ¥12 million ^ by ¥2.3 million ; .213/.259/.275, 0 HR in 50 games

Natsuo Takizawa: ¥11 million ^ by ¥3.7 million; .186/.244/.229, 0 HR in 68 games

Wataru Takamatsu: ¥11 million ^ by ¥400K; .000/.000/.000 in 35 games

IF Leon Murata: ¥7.5 million ^ by ¥500K; .231/.231/.231 in 4 games

Ryota Kawano: ¥6 million |v| by ¥500K; .241/.306/.310, 1 HR in 35 ni-gun games

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Outfielders: 

Tyler Nevin: ¥250 million; .204/.288/.331, 7 HR in 87 games with Oakland Athletics in 2024

Takumi Kuriyama: ¥80 million |v| by ¥28 million; .226/.364/.323, 1 HR in 60 games

Takuya Hiruma: ¥24 million ^ by ¥2 million; .220/.266/.280, 1 HR in 63 games

Junichiro Kishi: ¥24 million ^ by ¥7.5 million ; .216/.260/.324, 6 HR in 98 games

Manaya Nishikawa: ¥22 million ^ by ¥11 million ; .227/.263/.332, 6 HR in 104 games

Seiya Matsubara: ¥20 million |v| by ¥5 million; .123/.186/.185, 0 HR in 24 games

Shinya Hasegawa: ¥15 million ^ by ¥4 million; .183/.274/.240, 2 HR in 72 games 

Yudai Furukawa: ¥7.5 million =; .261/.307/.377 in 32 ni-gun games

Koichi Okumura: ¥7 million ^ by ¥2.3 million; .177/.217/.203, 0 HR in 45 games

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Catchers: 

Yuto Koga: ¥46 million ^ by ¥18 million; .228/.286/.285, 3 HR in 105 games

Ginjiro Sumitani: ¥40 million ^ by ¥5 million; .188/.247/.235, 0 HR in 105 games

Sena Tsuge: ¥21 million |v| by ¥1 million; .167/.205/.190, 0 HR in 42 games

Shoya Makino: ¥7.2 million ^ by ¥500K ; .050/.050/.050, 0 HR in 10 games

Takeru Furuichi: ¥6.5 million |v| by ¥500K; .000/.000/.000, 0 HR in 6 games, 

Kaito Noda: ¥6.5 million =; .250/.308/.250, 0 HR in 8 ni-gun games

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Ikusei: 

Ren Omagari: ¥6.5 million |v| by ¥200K; (2-3), 4.74 ERA in 24 ni-gun games

Shota Hamaya: ¥6 million [v] by ¥1.5 million; (0-0), 11.57 ERA in 1 game, 2.1 innings

Towa Uema: ¥5 million =; (4-8), 2.95 ERA in 17 ni-gun games

Hiroki Inoue: ¥5 million [v] =; (4-1), 2.68 ERA in 25 ni-gun games

Joseph Konosuke Sinclair: ¥4 million =; (0-0), 0.00 ERA in 1 ni-gun game

Daiki Miura ¥4 million =; (0-0), 10.80 ERA in 4 ni-gun games

Masahiro Kawashimi: ¥2.8 million =; No games in 2024

Shota Kise: ¥2.8 million =; No games in 2024

Yuta Nakamigawa: ¥5.1 million |v| by ¥400K; .156/.235/.311, 2 HR in 19 ni-gun games 

Montell Higuma ¥4 million =; .284/.310/.364, 0 HR in 60 ni-gun games

Ryosuke Koresawa ¥4 million =; .270/.327/.315, 0 HR in 31 ni-gun games

Kazuki Nomura ¥3.2 million =; .231/.286/.308, 0 HR in 4 ni-gun games 

Koji Kaneko: ¥3.2 million =; 209/.263/.314, 1 HR in 68 ni-gun games 

Asahi Taniguchi: ¥2.8 million =;  No games in 2024

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2024 Draft picks:

Main Draft

1. (#2) IF Hiroto Saito: ¥10 million + ¥90 million signing bonus

2. (#8) OF Seiya Watanabe: ¥12.5 million + ¥70 million signing bonus

3. (#46) RHP Shoma Karyu: ¥7 million + ¥50 million signing bonus

4. (#44) OF Kuan-Chen Lin: ¥10 million + ¥40 million signing bonus

5. (#52) RHP Hibiki Shinohara: ¥7 million + ¥25 million signing bonus

6. (#64) C Haruki Tatsuyama: ¥6 million + ¥20 million signing bonus

7. (#59) IF Teruki Koga: ¥7.5 million + ¥20 million signing bonus

Ikusei Draft

1. (#123) LHP Yamato Fuji: ¥2.8 million + ¥3.5 million signing bonus

2. (#128) IF Taiyo Saito: ¥4 million + ¥3.5 million signing bonus

3. (#132) OF Ramal Ghibin Ratanayake: ¥2.8 million + ¥3.5 million signing bonus

4. (#133) LHP So Sato: ¥4 million + ¥3.5 million signing bonus

5. (#137) OF Haruto Sawada: ¥2.8 million + ¥3.5 million signing bonus

6. (#138) IF Haruma Fukuoka: ¥2.8 million + ¥3.5 million signing bonus

7. (#139) OF Okemumei Umebinyuo:¥2.8 million + ¥3.5 million signing bonus

Keep in mind education affects salary. Someone with a college education or from the industrial leagues as a shakaijin will have a higher salary than someone out of high school unless they're a first round draft pick. 

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