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:

Field	Description
rank	Ranking position (1-1000)
item_name	Product name
item_price	Price in JPY
item_url	Product page URL
item_code	Unique item identifier
shop_name	Seller name
shop_url	Shop page URL
catchcopy	Marketing tagline
image_urls	Product images
review_count	Number of reviews
review_average	Average rating (0-5)
genre_id	Product category
availability	In stock status
postage_flag	Free shipping flag
point_rate	Rakuten points multiplier

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