Shunta Tanaka, Centre-Back at Cerezo Osaka

Centre-Back · Midfielder

#10 Shunta Tanaka

Cerezo Osaka J1 100 Year Vision League · Japan

Date of birth / Age: 26 May 1997 (29)
Height · Weight: 1.83 m · 73 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Centre-Back
Citizenship: Japan
Joined club: 8 Jan 2024
Contract until: 2028

Date of birth / Age: 26 May 1997 (29)
Height · Weight: 1.83 m · 73 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Centre-Back
Citizenship: Japan
Joined club: 8 Jan 2024
Contract until: 2028

Season 2026/27

Appearances: 7
Starting eleven: 7
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Yellow cards: 0
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 680

Starting eleven100%

7 of 7 appearances

Minutes played680

97 per appearance

Goal involvement0

0 goals · 0 assists

Positions played

206 matches · since 2020

AMRBCMDMCB

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Back	118	7	3
Defensive Midfield	53	6	1
Central Midfield	23	1	1
Right-Back	11	0	0
Attacking Midfield	1	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · defensive midfielders with 900+ minutes

World rank: #630; defensive midfielder in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #195; among defensive midfielders aged 26–29
In his league: 56%; of J1 League defensive midfielders rank below him
Finishing: +0.6; goals above expected · better than 70% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

10 Expected

9.4

78 shots. He scores about what the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

4 Expected

5.8

Teammates converted fewer of his chances than expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	J1 League	Cerezo Osaka	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	680
2026	J1 100 Year Vision League	Cerezo Osaka	20	19	4	–	2	–	0	1,896
2025	J1 League	Cerezo Osaka	29	24	3	0	2	0	0	2,281
2025	J-League Cup	Cerezo Osaka	2	1	0	–	1	–	0	114
2024	J1 League	Cerezo Osaka	37	37	3	2	5	0	0	3,295
2023/24	J.League Asia Challenge	Consadole Sapporo	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	1
2023/24	J.League Asia Challenge	Cerezo Osaka	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	46
2024	J-League Cup	Cerezo Osaka	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2023	J1 League	Consadole Sapporo	34	34	4	2	3	0	0	3,031
2023	J-League Cup	Consadole Sapporo	7	3	1	–	1	–	0	439
2022	J1 League	Consadole Sapporo	32	32	1	1	3	0	0	2,847
2022	J-League Cup	Consadole Sapporo	4	3	1	–	0	–	0	314
2021	J1 League	Consadole Sapporo	37	37	1	0	0	0	0	3,286
2021	J-League Cup	Consadole Sapporo	8	6	1	–	0	–	0	614
2020	J1 League	Consadole Sapporo	31	26	2	0	2	1	0	2,436
2020	J-League Cup	Consadole Sapporo	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	300
2019	World Youth Festival Toulon Maurice Revello	Japan U22	5	4	0	–	1	–	0	440
2020	AFC U23 Asian Cup	Japan U23	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			261	240	21	5^*	20	1^*	0	22,290

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
J1 League	207	14	5
J-League Cup	25	3	–
J1 100 Year Vision League	20	4	–
Japan U22	5	0	–
J.League Asia Challenge	2	0	–
Japan U23	2	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jan 2024 Jan 2024 · Transfer Consadole Sapporo Cerezo Osaka Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Dec 2019 Dec 2019 · Free Transfer – Consadole Sapporo Free Transfer

Transfer fees come with TSH access.

Honours

No honours recorded yet

When a player has titles, they show here by club and season: league titles, cups, international tournaments.

The full picture lives in TSH

Valuation, wages, physical data and AI reports on Shunta Tanaka, available with a TSH subscription.

Get full access

Wages

TSH

Salary estimate, wage history and the fair-wage band for his level.

TSH Valuation

TSH

What he's worth and what he'd cost: value band, expected deal price and value history.

Performance profile

TSH

About 70 season metrics, a positional radar and league percentiles, season over season.

TSH physical data

TSH

Distance, high-speed running and sprints per 90, match by match.

Match-by-match

TSH

Every match he played, with minutes and per-match stats.

Representation

TSH

The agency and agent behind the player.

Market intelligence

TSH

Market valuation trend, availability for transfer or loan and asking-price signals.

Players like him

TSH

Style twins from across the TSH database, side by side on age, level and value.

AI Scout report

TSH

A full scouting report on him, written by AI Scout in minutes.

AI Full Dossier

TSH

A complete, board-ready PDF dossier on the player, generated on demand.

Injury history

TSH

Past injuries and time missed, season by season.

Search another player

Player data from the TSH database, updated every week. Spotted something wrong? Tell us · Updated 2026-10-26