The 2008 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles season was the fourth season of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles franchise. The Eagles played their home games at Miyagi Baseball Stadium in the city of Sendai as members of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League. The team was led by Katsuya Nomura on his third season as team manager.
Rakuten did not qualify for the Climax Series, finishing the season in fifth place with a record of .
Regular season
Standings
Interleague
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day roster
Thursday, March 20, 2008, at Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Game log
|-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 1 || March 20 || @ Hawks || 3–4 || Kume (1–0) || Guzmán (0–1) || — || Yahoo Dome || 35,722 || 0–1–0 || L1 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || March 22 || @ Hawks || 4–5 (11) || Nitkowski (1–0) || Watanabe (0–1) || — || Yahoo Dome || 31,014 || 0–2–0 || L2 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || March 23 || @ Hawks || 0–4 || Oba (1–0) || Asai (0–1) || — || Yahoo Dome || 31,660 || 0–3–0 || L3 |-align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 4 || March 25 || @ Buffaloes || 4–5 || Takagi (1–0) || Ichiba (0–1) || Kato (3) || Kyocera Dome || 34,911 || 0–4–0 || L4 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || March 26 || @ Buffaloes || 11–0 || Nagai (1–0) || Mitsuhara (0–1) || — || Kyocera Dome || 11,052 || 1–4–0 || W1 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || March 27 || @ Buffaloes || 2–0 || Iwakuma (1–0) || Kaneko (1–1) || — || Kyocera Dome || 23,547 || 2–4–0 || W2 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || March 29 || Fighters || 7–2 || Tanaka (1–0) || Hoshino (0–1) || — || Kleenex Stadium || 20,189 || 3–4–0 || W3 |-align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || March 30 || Fighters || 3–1 || Asai (1–1) || Glynn (0–2) || Aoyama (1) || Kleenex Stadium || 19,518 || 4–4–0 || W4 |-