My Take
I keep picturing Shuta Tanaka as the kind of infielder I'd quietly root for — a Yokohama kid, born in early 1977, listed at 179cm, built more for clean footwork and a sure glove than for headline-grabbing home runs. Honestly, I have a soft spot for this archetype: the guy who never tops the highlight reel but whose absence you'd feel the second the defense gets sloppy. There's something Showa-era and unflashy about him in my head, all craft and no posturing, the sort of steady pro younger players probably leaned on. I can't claim to know his stat lines or which dugouts he sat in, so I won't pretend — but the vibe I get is calm, dependable, faintly salt-air breezy. That's the player I'd want anchoring my infield.
Overview
Shuta Tanaka is a Japanese baseball player born on February 23, 1977, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Standing 179 cm tall, he is known as a dependable infielder with a steady, workmanlike style of play. Details about his career tenure, agency affiliation, and personal life are not publicly disclosed.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Shuta Tanaka
- Name (Japanese)
- 田中秀太
- Reading
- たなか しゅうた
- Born
- February 23, 1977 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Snake (巳)
- Origin
- Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 179cm
- Agency
- Private
- Active years
- Unknown
- Occupation
- Baseball Player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
- Debut
- Unknown
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E4%B8%AD%E7%A7%80%E5%A4%AA
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.