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Rakuten Ranking Scraper - Japan Bestsellers

Access Rakuten Ichiba daily bestseller rankings via the official Rakuten API. Extract up to 1,000 top-selling products with prices, reviews, and shop details.

Rakuten Ichiba is Japan's largest e-commerce marketplace with over 56,000 merchants. This Actor fetches real-time ranking data directly from the official API — no scraping, no browser needed, 100% reliable.

What data can you get?

For each ranked product:

Use cases

• Trend analysis — Track daily bestseller movements across categories
• Product research — Find top-performing products in any Rakuten genre
• Competitor monitoring — Watch how competitor products rank over time
• Market intelligence — Understand Japanese consumer preferences by age and gender
• Price monitoring — Track pricing of bestselling items
• E-commerce optimization — Identify winning product categories and price points

Filters

Narrow rankings by:

• Genre — Any Rakuten Ichiba category (electronics, fashion, food, etc.)
• Age group — 10s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s
• Gender — Male, Female, or All

Getting a free API key

1. Go to Rakuten Web Service
2. Create a free account
3. Register an application to get your Application ID and Access Key
4. Use the Application ID as the application_id input and the Access Key as the access_key input

Both application_id and access_key are required (since the Feb 2026 API migration). No paid plan required. The Ranking API is completely free.

Input example

{
"application_id":"your-rakuten-app-id",
"access_key":"your-rakuten-access-key",
"genre_id":"100371",
"age":"30",
"sex":"2",
"max_results":100
}

Output example

{
"rank":1,
"item_name":"【楽天1位】ワイヤレスイヤホン Bluetooth 5.3",
"item_price":3980,
"item_url":"https://item.rakuten.co.jp/shop/item123/",
"item_code":"shop:item123",
"shop_name":"テックショップ楽天市場店",
"shop_code":"techshop",
"shop_url":"https://www.rakuten.co.jp/techshop/",
"catchcopy":"累計販売100万台突破！",
"image_urls":["https://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/..."],
"review_count":15234,
"review_average":4.52,
"genre_id":"564500",
"availability":true,
"postage_flag":false,
"point_rate":1.0,
"affiliate_url":null
}

Rate limits

The Rakuten API allows approximately 1 request per second. This Actor respects that limit automatically. Fetching 1,000 items (34 pages) takes about 35 seconds.

Integrations

Connect this Actor with any workflow:

• Schedule daily runs to build a ranking history database
• Export to Google Sheets, Slack, or webhooks
• Combine with other Rakuten API Actors for full product intelligence