🛍️ Rakuten Japan Product Scraper

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-05

The Rakuten Japan Product Scraper pulls detailed product listings, with 40+ fields per item, plus pricing, reviews, points, and shipping data from Japan's largest marketplace.

✨ What Does It Do

This scraper collects product listings from Rakuten Japan (rakuten.co.jp). Search by keyword, genre, or price range, then export structured data including product names, prices, seller details, reviews, shipping estimates, Rakuten points, and sale information.

Each listing comes back with over 40 fields, covering everything from SKU variants to delivery certification status.

🔧 Input

Field	Type	Description
searchKeyword	String	Product keyword to search for (e.g. "ノートパソコン", "headphones")
startUrl	String	Direct Rakuten search URL (overrides keyword)
maxItems	Number	Maximum products to collect (free users: max 100)
genreId	String	Rakuten genre/category ID to filter results
sortOrder	Select	Sort by: standard, new, priceAsc, priceDesc, review
minPrice	Number	Minimum price in JPY
maxPrice	Number	Maximum price in JPY
maxConcurrency	Number	Parallel requests (default 3)
proxyConfiguration	Object	Proxy settings (Japanese residential recommended)

📊 Output

Each product listing includes:

{
    "imageUrl": "https://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/...",
    "productName": "HP OmniBook 5 16-ag ノートパソコン",
    "subtitle": "大学生 社会人 ビジネス テレワーク",
    "url": "https://item.rakuten.co.jp/directplus/omnibook-516-ag/",
    "itemCode": "10003524",
    "variantId": "omnibook-516-ag",
    "isSoldOut": false,
    "hasPriceRange": true,
    "price": 154800,
    "priceMin": 154800,
    "priceMax": 179800,
    "currency": "JPY",
    "shopName": "HP Directplus楽天市場店",
    "shopId": "265672",
    "shopUrl": "https://www.rakuten.co.jp/directplus/",
    "isExcellentShop": false,
    "reviewScore": 4.63,
    "reviewCount": 8,
    "shippingPrice": 0,
    "estimatedDelivery": "1~3日前後で発送予定",
    "isRakutenSuperLogistics": false,
    "pointCount": 1407,
    "pointBaseMultiplier": 1,
    "isSuperDeal": false,
    "isPremium": false,
    "isUsed": false,
    "categories": ["パソコン・周辺機器", "ノートPC"],
    "tags": {"shipping": ["送料無料"]},
    "rankingPosition": 1,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-03-12T01:00:00.000Z"
}

💎 Why Choose This Scraper

• 40+ fields per product - far more detail than any manual export
• Rakuten-specific data - points, Super Deal status, Excellent Shop badges, delivery certification
• Price range support - captures min/max prices for products with multiple SKU variants
• Review data - scores and review counts for every listing
• Shipping intelligence - estimated delivery days, free shipping thresholds, Rakuten Super Logistics status
• Sale tracking - sale status, start/end dates for time-limited deals
• Category & tag data - full genre paths and tag groups per product
• Free and paid tiers - free users get up to 100 products, paid users can collect up to 1 million

📋 How to Use

1. Open the scraper on Apify
2. Enter a search keyword in Japanese or English (e.g. "ノートパソコン" or "laptop")
3. Optionally set a genre ID, price range, or sort order
4. Set maxItems to control volume
5. Click Start and wait for your data
6. Export results as JSON, CSV, Excel, or connect via API

🎯 Business Use Cases

• E-commerce research - analyze pricing and product trends on Japan's largest marketplace
• Competitor monitoring - track pricing, reviews, and seller performance across categories
• Market entry - research Japanese consumer products before launching in the market
• Price intelligence - build pricing databases for cross-marketplace comparison
• Product sourcing - discover trending products, top sellers, and deal opportunities
• Academic research - study Japanese e-commerce patterns with structured data

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🎯	Built for the job. Scoped specifically to this data source so you skip the parser engineering entirely.
🔖	Structured output. Clean, typed fields ready for analysis, dashboards, or downstream pipelines.
⚡	Fast. Optimized request patterns return results in seconds, not minutes.
🔁	Always fresh. Every run pulls live data, so the dataset reflects the source as of run time.
🌐	No infra to manage. Apify handles proxies, retries, scaling, scheduling, and storage.
🛡️	Reliable. Battle-tested across many runs and edge cases, with graceful error handling.
🚫	No code required. Configure in the UI, run from CLI, schedule via cron, or call from any language with the Apify SDK.

📊 Production-grade structured data without the engineering overhead of building and maintaining your own scraper.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ Rakuten Japan Product Scraper (this Actor)	$5 free credit, then pay-per-use	Full source coverage	Live per run	Source-native filters supported	⚡ 2 min
Build your own scraper	Engineering hours	Full once built	Whenever you maintain it	Custom code	🐢 Days to weeks
Paid managed APIs	$$$ monthly	Vendor-defined	Live	Vendor-defined	⏳ Hours
Third-party data dumps	Varies	Subset, often stale	Periodic	None	🕒 Variable

Pick this Actor when you want broad coverage, server-side filtering, and no pipeline maintenance.

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the Rakuten Japan Product Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Configure the input fields in the form (or paste a JSON), then set maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

📊 Data & Analytics Build trend reports and dashboards from live source data Feed BI tools, warehouses, and ML pipelines with structured records Run periodic snapshots to track changes over time Compare segments, regions, or categories with consistent fields	🏢 Operations & Strategy Monitor competitor moves, pricing, and inventory shifts Build internal directories and lookup tools backed by current data Power workflows that depend on fresh source records Cut manual data-gathering time from hours to minutes
🎯 Marketing & Growth Identify market opportunities and trending topics Research target audiences and customer personas at scale Power lead-generation pipelines with verified records Track sentiment, reviews, or social signals over time	🛠️ Engineering & Product Prototype features that need real-world data without owning a crawler Replace fragile in-house scrapers with a managed Actor Wire datasets into your apps via the Apify API or webhooks Skip the proxy, retry, and parsing maintenance entirely

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a Rakuten account? No. The scraper works without any login or account.

Can I search in English? Yes, but Japanese keywords return more results since Rakuten Japan is primarily in Japanese.

What proxy should I use? Japanese residential proxies are recommended for the best results. The default configuration includes JP proxy settings.

How many products can I scrape? Free users can collect up to 100 products per run. Paid users can set maxItems up to 1,000,000.

Does it support filtering by category? Yes, use the genreId field to filter by Rakuten's genre/category system.

🔗 Integrate

Connect this scraper to your workflow:

• REST API - call the scraper programmatically and fetch results as JSON
• Webhooks - trigger actions when a run completes
• Zapier / Make - automate data flows to Google Sheets, Slack, email, and more
• Google Sheets - export results directly to a spreadsheet
• Python / Node.js - use the Apify client library in your own code

🔌 Integrate with any app

Rakuten Japan Product Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe results into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes. Push fresh data into your product backend, or alert your team in Slack.

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🚀 Ready to Start?

Click Start to begin collecting product listings from Rakuten Japan. Your data will be ready in minutes.

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⚠️ Disclaimer

This scraper is provided for educational and research purposes. Users are responsible for ensuring their use complies with Rakuten's terms of service and applicable laws. The authors are not responsible for any misuse of this tool.

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