Highly touted Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles right-hander Masahiro Tanaka captured his third consecutive Golden Glove award along with teammates Motohiro Shima and Kazuya Fujita on Thursday.

The 25-year-old Tanaka, who went 24-0 with one save and helped guide the Eagles to their first Pacific League pennant in the team's ninth year, was chosen for his defensive prowess along with batterymate Shima and second baseman Fujita.

Rakuten won the Japan Series, beating the Yomiuri Giants four games to three, in its first trip to the championship round.