is a Japanese

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Blaublitz Akita is a Japanese professional association football team based in Akita (city), Akita, capital of Akita Prefecture. The club currently play in the J2 League, Japanese second tier of professional football league. Due to the club's former ownership b ...

Club career

Tanaka signed for

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from

Kansai University , abbreviated as or , is a Private school, private non-sectarian and coeducational university with its main campus in Suita, Osaka, Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Osaka, Japan and two sub-campuses in Sakai, Osaka, Sakai and Takatsuki, Osaka. Founded as ...

in January 2013. Then on 20 March 2013 Tanaka made his professional debut for Iwata against

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in the J. League Cup at the

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in which he came on in the 76th minute for Kosuke Yamamoto as Iwata won the match 2–0.

National team career

Tanaka represented the Japan U-17 national team at the 2007 U-17 World Cup in which he played one match against

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on 25 August 2007 in which he played 82 minutes as Japan's lost the match 2–1.

Club statistics

''Updated to end of 2022 season''.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社
"2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑"
10 February 2016, Japan, (p. 180 out of 289)

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1990 births Living people Kansai University alumni Association football people from Osaka Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japan men's youth international footballers J1 League players J2 League players Júbilo Iwata players V-Varen Nagasaki players Ehime FC players Blaublitz Akita players Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub