is a Japanese professional

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Career

Born in

Hiroshima, Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui has b ...

, Tasaka began his career with hometown side

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Sanfrecce Hiroshima () is a Japanese professional association football, football club based in Hiroshima. The club competes in the J1 League, top flight of the Japanese football league system. Sanfrecce is one of the most successful clubs in Ja ...

. He was a regular in the academy sides and won the 2003 J-League Youth Cup alongside the likes of

Yojiro Takahagi is a Japanese professional footballer who plays primarily as a attacking-midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Albirex Niigata (S), whom he vice-captains and the Japan national team. Mainly an attacking-midfielder, he is also capable ...

and

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. After graduating high school Tasaka received an offer from first team, but he decided to continue his study and play football at the

Aoyama Gakuin University is a private Christian university in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Originally established in 1874 by missionaries from the Methodist Episcopal Church, it was reconfigured in its current form in 1949 as tertiary component of the Aoyama Gakuin. The u ...

. Upon graduating university Tasaka joined

Kawasaki Frontale is a Japanese professional football club based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. The club currently compete in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium i ...

in 2007 and inherited jersey number 6. He made his J-League debut in a 4–0 defeat against

Kashiwa Reysol is a Japanese professional association football, football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba 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 Sankyo ...

on 23 September 2007. Tasaka left Kawasaki to sign for

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play ...

on 24 July 2012. He made his Bochum debut against

Dynamo Dresden Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, is a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kasse ...

in the 2. Bundesliga on 12 August 2012.

Career statistics

Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社
"2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"
8 February 2017, Japan, (p. 24 out of 289)

¹Includes

Emperor's Cup , commonly known as or Japan FA Cup, and rebranded as The JFA Emperor's Cup from 2024 onwards, is a Japanese annual football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formatio ...

and

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²Includes J. League Cup.

³Includes

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References

External links

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Profile at Kawasaki Frontale
* 1985 births Living people Aoyama Gakuin University alumni Men's association football midfielders Japanese men's footballers J1 League players 2. Bundesliga players Kawasaki Frontale players VfL Bochum players JEF United Chiba players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Japanese expatriate men's footballers Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Association football people from Hiroshima 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub