Shuta Tanaka

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.

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.

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

Height

179cm

Occupation

Baseball Player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E4%B8%AD%E7%A7%80%E5%A4%AA

Tags

• From Kanagawa Prefecture
• Baseball Player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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