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Saitama Seibu Lions

The Saitama Seibu Lions are an NPB baseball club from Tokorozawa, founded in 1949. They play home games at Belluna Dome. Follow the latest Lions news, scores, schedule and player stats here.

2026 record: 79-60-4
Standing: 2ndPacific League
Games behind: 11.5
Home / away: 41-29 38-31 away
Runs: 493–454 scored–allowed
Ballpark: Belluna Dome
City: Tokorozawa

Latest Saitama Seibu Lions news

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Kaima Taira and rookie catcher Taiga Kojima walk off the field together for the Saitama Seibu Lions

NPB, Oct 21 Kaima Taira and Rookie Taiga Kojima Win NPB Best Battery Award

Chusei Mannami hits a solo home run against the Saitama Seibu Lions in NPB Climax Series Game 3

NPB, Oct 12 Chusei Mannami Powers Fighters Past Lions Into NPB Final Stage

Alexander Canario swings for the Saitama Seibu Lions during the 2026 NPB season

NPB, Oct 10 Alexander Canario’s Walk-Off Homer Lifts Seibu in Climax Series Opener

 NPB, Oct 5 Seibu Lions Clinch Second Place, Earn Home Climax Series Berth  NPB, Sep 29 Kaima Taira, Shinya Hasegawa Push Seibu Past Orix in Second-Place Race  NPB, Sep 8 NPB Playoff Race 2026: SoftBank Explodes, Hanshin Magic Falls to 17 and Seibu Takes Control of Second Place 

2026 postseason

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Pacific League Climax Series First Stage vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters: 1-2, lost

Lions results 2026

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Oct 12 L 1-4 vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Pacific League Climax Series First Stage
Oct 11 L 0-1 vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Pacific League Climax Series First Stage
Oct 10 W 3-2 vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Pacific League Climax Series First Stage
Oct 6 W 3-0 at Chiba Lotte Marines
Oct 5 W 7-1 at Chiba Lotte Marines
Sep 29 W 2-1 vs Orix Buffaloes
Sep 28 L 2-4 vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Sep 27 W 3-2 vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Sep 26 W 5-4 vs Chiba Lotte Marines
Sep 25 L 2-6 vs Chiba Lotte Marines
Sep 23 L 3-10 at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Sep 22 L 5-6 at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Sep 19 W 4-2 at Chiba Lotte Marines
Sep 17 L 2-4 at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Sep 15 L 0-1 at Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Sep 13 L 1-7 vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Sep 12 T 3-3 vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Sep 11 L 4-5 at Orix Buffaloes
Sep 10 W 8-4 at Orix Buffaloes
Sep 9 W 8-0 at Orix Buffaloes
Sep 8 W 2-0 at Orix Buffaloes
Sep 6 W 5-2 at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Sep 5 L 0-2 at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Sep 4 L 2-8 at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Sep 1 L 0-1 at Chiba Lotte Marines
Aug 30 W 4-1 vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Aug 29 W 1-0 vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Aug 28 W 8-4 vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Aug 26 L 1-9 vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Aug 25 W 3-1 vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Aug 23 W 3-1 at Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Aug 22 W 2-0 at Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Aug 21 W 6-4 at Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Aug 20 L 1-3 vs Orix Buffaloes
Aug 19 W 3-2 vs Orix Buffaloes
Aug 18 W 7-4 vs Orix Buffaloes
Aug 16 W 7-1 vs Chiba Lotte Marines
Aug 15 L 1-5 vs Chiba Lotte Marines
Aug 14 W 7-0 vs Chiba Lotte Marines
Aug 13 L 2-8 at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Aug 12 W 5-2 at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Aug 11 W 1-0 at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Aug 9 L 0-5 vs Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Aug 8 W 2-1 vs Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Aug 7 L 2-5 vs Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Aug 5 L 0-8 at Chiba Lotte Marines
Aug 4 L 3-5 at Chiba Lotte Marines
Aug 2 W 5-1 vs Orix Buffaloes
Aug 1 W 4-1 vs Orix Buffaloes
Jul 31 L 4-5 vs Orix Buffaloes
Jul 26 L 0-3 vs Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Jul 25 W 8-6 vs Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Jul 24 L 3-7 vs Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Jul 23 L 2-11 vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Jul 22 W 4-3 vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Jul 20 W 5-4 at Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Jul 19 W 6-3 at Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Jul 18 L 2-3 at Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Jul 16 L 3-4 vs Chiba Lotte Marines
Jul 15 W 7-3 vs Chiba Lotte Marines
Jul 14 W 2-1 vs Chiba Lotte Marines
Jul 12 W 12-1 at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Jul 11 L 2-8 at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Jul 10 W 2-1 at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Jul 8 L 2-5 vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Jul 7 W 6-1 vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Jul 5 L 1-3 at Orix Buffaloes
Jul 3 T 4-4 at Orix Buffaloes
Jul 2 L 1-3 at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Jul 1 L 0-11 at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Jun 30 L 0-6 at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Jun 28 L 1-5 vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Jun 27 L 2-4 vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Jun 26 W 4-3 vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Jun 25 L 0-2 at Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Jun 23 L 4-8 at Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Jun 22 L 7-8 at Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Jun 21 W 5-3 at Orix Buffaloes
Jun 20 W 4-0 at Orix Buffaloes
Jun 19 L 5-6 at Orix Buffaloes
Jun 16 W 1-0 at Hanshin Tigers
Jun 14 W 1-0 vs Yomiuri Giants
Jun 13 L 1-2 vs Yomiuri Giants
Jun 12 W 3-0 vs Yomiuri Giants
Jun 11 W 4-1 vs Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Jun 10 W 5-4 vs Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Jun 9 W 4-3 vs Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Jun 7 W 4-1 at Chunichi Dragons
Jun 6 W 5-2 at Chunichi Dragons
Jun 5 L 0-1 at Chunichi Dragons
Jun 4 W 4-2 at Hanshin Tigers
Jun 3 W 3-2 at Hanshin Tigers
May 31 L 0-6 vs Yokohama DeNA BayStars
May 30 W 6-0 vs Yokohama DeNA BayStars
May 29 W 13-4 vs Yokohama DeNA BayStars
May 28 W 8-0 at Tokyo Yakult Swallows
May 27 T 2-2 at Tokyo Yakult Swallows
May 26 W 2-1 at Tokyo Yakult Swallows
May 24 W 4-3 vs Orix Buffaloes
May 23 W 4-1 vs Orix Buffaloes
May 22 L 1-5 vs Orix Buffaloes
May 20 L 1-3 vs Chiba Lotte Marines
May 19 W 3-2 vs Chiba Lotte Marines
May 17 W 6-3 at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
May 16 L 4-5 at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
May 15 W 3-0 at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
May 13 W 2-1 at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
May 12 W 3-0 at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
May 10 W 6-1 vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
May 9 W 6-2 vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
May 8 W 4-2 vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
May 6 W 10-2 vs Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
May 5 L 4-6 vs Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
May 4 W 10-2 vs Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
May 3 L 0-10 at Chiba Lotte Marines
May 2 W 5-4 at Chiba Lotte Marines
May 1 W 10-0 at Chiba Lotte Marines
Apr 30 L 2-3 vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Apr 29 W 3-0 vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Apr 28 L 1-2 vs Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Apr 26 W 3-0 at Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Apr 25 W 9-7 at Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Apr 23 L 3-4 vs Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Apr 22 W 3-1 vs Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Apr 21 W 6-4 vs Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Apr 19 W 15-3 at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Apr 18 L 3-5 at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Apr 17 W 5-3 at Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Apr 16 L 1-7 at Orix Buffaloes
Apr 15 L 1-3 at Orix Buffaloes
Apr 14 L 1-5 at Orix Buffaloes
Apr 12 W 2-1 vs Chiba Lotte Marines
Apr 11 W 5-2 vs Chiba Lotte Marines
Apr 10 L 3-6 vs Chiba Lotte Marines
Apr 9 L 0-2 at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Apr 8 W 2-1 at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Apr 7 W 8-6 at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Apr 5 T 1-1 vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Apr 4 L 1-2 vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Apr 3 L 3-6 vs Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Apr 2 L 3-7 vs Orix Buffaloes
Apr 1 L 0-4 vs Orix Buffaloes
Mar 31 W 5-3 vs Orix Buffaloes
Mar 29 W 4-0 at Chiba Lotte Marines
Mar 28 L 0-11 at Chiba Lotte Marines
Mar 27 L 1-3 at Chiba Lotte Marines

Lions stat leaders 2026

NPB stats

Batting average.276Natsuo Takizawa

Home runs21Tyler Nevin

RBI54Alexander Canario

Stolen bases13Alexander Canario

ERA1.36Kaima Taira

Strikeouts148Chihiro Sumida

Wins12Kaima Taira

Saves23Hiroshi Kaino

Saitama Seibu Lions batting stats 2026

Player	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS
Alexander Canario	133	529	120	16	54	13	.247	.706
Seiya Watanabe	129	515	123	12	48	3	.255	.675
Natsuo Takizawa	123	470	110	1	31	13	.276	.661
Tyler Nevin	103	428	99	21	48	0	.265	.826
Taiga Kojima	99	367	91	9	40	0	.267	.687
Manaya Nishikawa	99	321	67	3	28	5	.226	.574
Sosuke Genda	117	319	60	1	27	1	.218	.570
Taiga Hirasawa	91	312	71	3	19	1	.250	.664
Shinya Hasegawa	86	307	73	13	39	7	.266	.801
An-Ko Lin	76	262	52	8	29	0	.220	.675
Kazunari Ishii	74	257	56	7	22	0	.236	.657
Masayuki Kuwahara	62	239	49	3	15	2	.227	.624
Yuto Koga	91	235	53	4	27	2	.266	.724
Junichiro Kishi	99	196	42	1	12	3	.237	.592
Shuta Tonosaki	35	103	16	2	9	1	.167	.474
Takuya Hiruma	36	98	24	0	8	0	.270	.680
Takayoshi Yamamura	29	88	16	1	6	0	.200	.506
Takeya Nakamura	26	64	14	1	8	0	.233	.631
Sena Tsuge	30	55	16	1	2	0	.314	.739
Yuta Nakami	11	35	4	1	3	0	.129	.454
Keisuke Nakata	26	33	7	0	3	0	.226	.726
Taiyo Sato	14	26	6	1	2	0	.231	.654
Gakuto Wakabayashi	5	17	2	0	0	0	.143	.437
Shun Akiyama	5	14	2	0	0	0	.143	.286
Takumi Kuriyama	11	14	2	0	0	0	.154	.368
Reon Murata	4	10	0	0	0	0	.000	.100
Tokumasa Chano	16	8	1	0	0	0	.143	.393
Kaima Taira	23	6	1	0	0	0	.167	.333
Yutaro Watanabe	20	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Natsuki Takeuchi	23	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000

Saitama Seibu Lions pitching stats 2026

Player	G	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	WHIP
Chihiro Sumida	24	10	8	0	166 .1	148	2.27	0.95
Kaima Taira	23	12	5	0	146	141	1.36	0.96
Natsuki Takeuchi	23	11	8	0	143	108	3.27	1.10
Kona Takahashi	22	9	6	0	138 .1	114	2.54	1.08
Yutaro Watanabe	20	5	7	0	127	99	3.61	1.20
Hiroshi Kaino	56	2	2	23	53 .2	56	1.84	1.19
Shinya Sugai	10	2	3	0	53	32	2.72	1.17
Sou Satoh	10	2	1	1	48	33	3.56	1.21
Hibiki Shinohara	46	3	3	1	44 .2	50	2.22	1.16
Allan Winans	8	2	4	0	43 .1	41	5.19	1.36
Taishi Mameda	32	3	0	2	41 .2	40	1.51	1.08
Shunsuke Sato	37	4	1	1	31 .2	33	4.26	1.26
Hakua Iwaki	31	2	1	18	30 .2	31	3.52	1.34
Yuta Nakamura	23	1	1	0	28 .2	33	1.88	0.66
Masaya Kuroda	29	2	0	0	24 .1	19	4.07	1.56
Trey Wingenter	25	0	1	0	23	27	1.57	1.13
Shota Hamaya	25	0	1	0	21 .2	18	2.49	1.75
Ryosuke Moriwaki	24	2	2	0	21 .2	17	2.91	1.20
Taiga Ueda	14	2	1	0	19 .1	16	3.72	1.29
Yuta Kuroki	17	1	1	0	16 .1	18	2.20	0.80
Emmanuel Ramirez	11	3	1	0	12	9	4.50	1.17
Ryota Itogawa	9	0	1	0	11 .2	6	6.17	1.37
Haruto Yamada	11	0	0	0	11 .1	11	2.38	1.59
Wataru Matsumoto	9	0	0	1	10 .1	14	6.97	1.35
Shinnosuke Hada	8	1	1	0	8 .1	10	7.56	2.40

About the Saitama Seibu Lions

The Saitama Seibu Lions are one of the clubs in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top baseball league in Japan. They compete in the Pacific League. The club was founded in 1949. They represent Tokorozawa and play at Belluna Dome.

The Saitama Seibu Lions in 2026

They finished the 2026 regular season 79-60-4, 2nd in the Pacific League. They scored 493 runs and allowed 454. They lost the Pacific League Climax Series First Stage 1-2 to the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. Natsuo Takizawa led the team in batting average (.276), while Kaima Taira led the pitching staff in ERA (1.36).

Where do the Saitama Seibu Lions play?

Home games are played at Belluna Dome in Tokorozawa. Game times on this page are shown in JST.

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