Kosuke Tanaka

For footballer, see Kosuke Tanaka (footballer).

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.

Kosuke Tanaka
Tanaka with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Hiroshima Toyo Carp – No. 2
Infielder
Born: (1989-07-03) July 3, 1989 (age 36) Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Bats: Left Throws: Right
debut
March 29, 2014, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
NPB statistics (through 2022 season)
Batting average	.261
Hits	894
Home runs	61
Runs batted in	313
Stolen bases	128
Teams
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2014–present)
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)

Career

Tanaka was the most valuable player of the 2016 Central League Climax Series.^[1]

He was selected 2018 NPB All-Star game [jp].^[2] On October 10, 2018, he was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.^[3]