is a Japanese

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

defensive midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

or a

left back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for

Shonan Bellmare is a Japanese professional football club based in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Hirats ...

Club career

On 22 August 2022, Tanaka joined

Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It is the capital and larges ...

in Belgium on loan with an option to buy.

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* 2002 births Living people Sportspeople from Nagano (city) Association football people from Nagano Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japan men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders AC Nagano Parceiro players Shonan Bellmare players K.V. Kortrijk players J1 League players Japanese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium {{Japan-footy-midfielder-2000s-stub