Kosuke Tanaka

Kosuke Tanaka
Kosuke Tanaka
	Tanaka with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
	Infielder
	Born: July 3, 1989 (age 37); Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
	Batted: Left Threw: Right
NPB debut
	March 29, 2014, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Last NPB appearance
	October 4, 2025, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
NPB statistics
Batting average	.256
Hits	965
Home runs	69
Runs batted in	348
Stolen bases	131
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2014–2025);
Career highlights and awards
	2016 CLCS MVP; Central League Golden Glove Award (2018); Central League Best Nine Award (2017); Central League stolen base champion (2017); 3× NPB All-Star (2015, 2017, 2018);

Kosuke Tanaka (田中広輔, Tanaka Kōsuke; born July 3, 1989) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

Career

Tanaka was the most valuable player of the 2016 Central League Climax Series.

He was selected 2018 NPB All-Star game [jp]. On October 10, 2018, he was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.

References

↑ "Carp hold off BayStars, advance to Japan Series for first time since 1991". October 15, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2016 – via Japan Times Online.
↑ "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 出場者". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). July 3, 2018.
↑ "「2018日米野球」に出場する侍ジャパントップチーム選手全28名が決定". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.

External links

Career statistics from MLB · Baseball Reference (Minors)
NPB.com

This biographical article relating to a Japanese baseball infielder is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

[1] "Carp hold off BayStars, advance to Japan Series for first time since 1991". October 15, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2016 – via Japan Times Online.

[2] "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 出場者". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). July 3, 2018.

[3] "「2018日米野球」に出場する侍ジャパントップチーム選手全28名が決定". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.

Kosuke Tanaka
Tanaka with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Infielder
Born: (1989-07-03) July 3, 1989 (age 37) Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Batted: Left Threw: Right
NPB debut
March 29, 2014, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Last NPB appearance
October 4, 2025, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
NPB statistics
Batting average	.256
Hits	965
Home runs	69
Runs batted in	348
Stolen bases	131
Stats at Baseball Reference

Teams
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2014–2025)
Career highlights and awards
2016 CLCS MVP Central League Golden Glove Award (2018) Central League Best Nine Award (2017) Central League stolen base champion (2017) 3× NPB All-Star (2015, 2017, 2018)