Shunta Tanaka

Tanaka's current-season form is level with last season (Season 32→32), while his Rating held around 35. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 44).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2027/28	Cerezo Osaka · 6th	3	0	0	6.8	35	32
2026/27	Cerezo Osaka	20	4	1	7.29	—	—
2025/26	Cerezo Osaka · 10th	29	3	0	7.12	35	32
2024/25	Cerezo Osaka · 10th	37	3	3	7.05	46	43
2023/24	Cerezo Osaka	32	4	2	6.87	—	—
2023/24	Consadole Sapporo · 12th	34	4	2	6.87	52	44

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 earlier seasons in the full career.

Japan · international

Side	Apps	G
Japan	1	0
Japan U23	2	0
Japan U22	4	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerCentral midfielder

S. Tanaka is a 29-year-old central midfielder at Cerezo Osaka, rated 34.9 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (66.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.71 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Tanaka.

On the season, Tanaka graded 32 for current form (age-blind), on 3 goals, 0 assists and 3.706 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 32 → 32). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 35. At 29 Tanaka is in his prime years, and a market index of 8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downRemarkably consistent

34.9

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

31.7

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

66.8%

Minutes

a regular starter

3.71

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Cerezo Osaka finished 10th of 20 · a mid-table side

Apps

3.71

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 29 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 3 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 66.8% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 3.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 34.9 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.71 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %66.8%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.118

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.118

Defensive actions / 903.706

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900.079

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~15), then tapers with age. At 29, Tanaka sits on 8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Tanaka's projected Rating — 34.9 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the J1 League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles55

Interceptions28

Blocks11

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

Cerezo OsakaJan 2024 – now

Consadole Sapporountil Jan 2024

About S. Tanaka

Shunta Tanaka is a 29-year-old central midfielder who plays for Cerezo Osaka, born on May 26, 1997 in Osaka, standing 183 cm tall. He is from Japan. Cerezo Osaka currently sit 6th of 20 in the J1 League.

This season

In the current season, S. Tanaka has made 3 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 280 minutes.

S. Tanaka's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Cerezo Osaka face Vissel Kobe away in the J1 League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates S. Tanaka at 34.9 with a Season form score of 31.7. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 8 recorded seasons, S. Tanaka has totalled 255 club appearances with 22 goals and 9 assists for 2 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2021/22, with 37 appearances for Consadole Sapporo.

S. Tanaka's career has also included time at Consadole Sapporo.

On the international stage, S. Tanaka has represented Japan, Japan U23, Japan U22 — 7 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.