Last year in Pacific League, Nao Miyanishi pitcher 's 900th consecutive relief appearance, Naoyuki Uwasawa pitcher 's 1000th strike out, Hideto Asamura A player's 2000th hit or Kenta Imamiya Many records were achieved, including a player's 400th career sacrifice bunt bunt. This time, we will introduce records that are expected to be achieved in the 2026 season, divided into pitcher and fielder categories.

Chiba Lotte Marines Lotte's Soto is 5 home runs away from 200 Home Run.

　Soto has hit double-digit Home Run for eight consecutive years since coming to Japan in 2018, and is just five home runs away from reaching 200 Home Run. In 2025, he had his most difficult year since coming to Japan, playing in 102 games with a batting average of .230, 13 Home Run, and 44 RBI. The power hitter has indicated his intention to participate in spring training from the first day this season, and the question remains whether he can become the 116th player in NPB history to achieve this milestone.

　Yutaro Sugimoto is just one home run away from reaching 100 Home Run, and there are high expectations that he will achieve this milestone early in the 2026 season. In 2025, he played in over 100 games for the first time in three years and recorded 16 Home Run. He has maintained a consistent record of double-digit Home Run for five consecutive years, but can he show even greater performance?

Tohoku Rakuten Eagles 's Daichi Suzuki needs 16 more doubles to reach 300 doble.

Daichi Rakuten Eagles of Tohoku Daichi Suzuki, who is in his seventh year with the team, is just 16 doubles away from achieving 300 career doble, a feat accomplished by only 80 players in history. In 2025, he played in 93 games and only managed 3 doble, but achieving this milestone during the 2026 season is not far off.

Suzuki, who has played in over 90 games for 13 consecutive years since his second year as a professional, achieved his 200th doble in 2020. The following year, 2020, he was named to the Best Nine as third baseman and won the Mitsui Golden Glove Award, contributing to the team both offensively and defensively. We look forward to seeing his performance in 2026, his 15th year as a professional.

Fukuoka Softbank 'Yuki Yanagita needs 30 more games to reach 1500 career games played / 10 more doble

　Yuki Yanagita is expected to achieve two records: 30 games remaining to reach 1500 career games played, and 10 doble remaining to reach 300 career doubles. In 2025, he was forced to take a long leave of absence due to injury, and only played in 20 games, but his talent is well known, as evidenced by his two MVP awards and eight Best Nine awards. If he avoids any major absences, he is expected to achieve both records.

In 2025, he returned from injury in late September and hit home Home Run in the last two games of the season. In Game 5 of the Japan Series, he hit a game-tying home run in the late innings, and had a great season with a batting average of .455. This season, he wants to use achieving this record as a stepping stone and contribute to the team's consecutive championship victory.

Fukuoka Softbank Kenta Imamiya is 88 hits away from 1500 hit.

Kenta Imamiya is just 88 hits away from the milestone of 1500 career hit. Last season, injuries limited him to 46 games and 41 hit, but he has played his entire 16-year career with Fukuoka Softbank Hawks and has been selected to the Best Nine four times. This season, he will be hoping to be a full-time member of the first team and achieve that milestone.

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham-Ham Fighters' Haruki Nishikawa needs 7 more stolen bases to reach 350 stolen base / 74 more hits to reach 1500 hit

​Haruki Nishikawa, who has returned to his former team, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, after five years, is just 7 stolen bases away from 350 career stolen base and 74 hits away from 1500 career hit. Last season, he played in 49 games for the Tokyo Yakult, but finished with a batting average of .174 and just stolen base. Can he make a comeback as a valuable asset to the team aiming for its first championship and Japan Series title in 10 years since 2016?

Saitama Seibu Lions' Ginjiro Sumitani needs 6 more sacrifice bunts to reach 250 sacrifice bunt bunts.

​Ginjiro Sumitani, in his 21st professional season, is on the verge of reaching the record of 250 career sacrifice bunt. Last season, he played in 40 games, batting .235 with 3 sacrifice bunt. If he gets the opportunity to sacrifice bunt, the record is well within his reach. As a veteran, he wants to support the team while leading pitcher staff.

In addition to the overall records achieved, 2025 also saw attention focused on other records, such as Chiba Lotte Marines Rakuten Eagles 's Daisuke Nakashima 's four consecutive games with three consecutive hits (the second player in NPB history to achieve this, and a new Pacific baseball record), and Chiba Lotte's Koki Yamaguchi 's four consecutive Home Run (the seventh player in Pacific League history to achieve this). We can look forward to seeing various players achieve new records in 2026 as well.

Written by Yokazu Sonoda