Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Rakuten goro onye America bụ Marty Brown ka ọ nọchie Nomura dị ka onye njikwa. Ọ bụ ezie na Brown bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta afọ abụọ, a hapụrụ ya ka otu afọ gachara mgbe Eagles mechara oge 2010 n'ọnọdụ ikpeazụ. Ndị klọb ahụ na-ele anya na Senichi Hoshino ga-esochi ya iji mee ka ndị otu ahụ gbanwee. Kazuo Matsui na Akinori Iwamura, ha abụọ na-alọta site na igwu egwu na Major League Baseball (MLB), gbakwunyekwara na roster. A họpụtakwara Teppei Tsuchiya ka ọ bụrụ onye isi ndị otu mbụ. Na March 11, 2011, izu abụọ tupu egwuregwu mbụ nke oge ahụ, mpaghara Tōhoku kụrụ
ala ọma jijiji kacha njọ n'akụkọ ihe mere eme nke mba ahụ. Ala ọma jijiji ahụ na oké ifufe na-efe efe nke sochiri ya bibiri ógbè ahụ, gụnyere obodo ndị Eagles bi na ya bụ́ Sendai. N'ihi na a na-eyigharịrị oge mmalite nke oge ruo n'April 12, ndị otu ahụ gara n'ihu na-azụ ọzụzụ na mpaghara Kansai n'ihi nsonaazụ na Sendai. Na mgbakwunye na Rakuten na-eme mmemme nchịkọta ego, ndị otu 12 niile na-egwu egwuregwu ebere iji nyere aka kpata ego maka enyemaka ala ọma jijiji. Ha kwadoro egwuregwu "ụlọ" mbụ ha na Koshien Stadium mgbe ọrụ mweghachi na Kleenex Stadium gara n'ihu. Baseball laghachiri na Sendai na Eprel 12, mgbe Eagles gbara egwuregwu mbụ ha n'ụlọ ha. Ọzọkwa, egwuregwu ikpeazụ nke 2011 All-Star Series gbanwere site na Tokyo Dome gaa Kleenex Stadium, nke abụọ oge Eagles kwadoro ihe omume ahụ kemgbe 2007. Rakuten kwụsịrị oge 2011 na nke ise ma ọzọ na-efu egwuregwu egwuregwu. Agbanyeghị, na mgbakwunye na mmeri Golden Glove na Best Nine award, a kpọkwara Tanaka PL MVP nke ọnwa ugboro atọ n'oge oge, nke mbụ na Pacific League.