| Wataru Tanaka | |
| Birth Date: | 23 September 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Gunma, Japan |
| Height: | 1.69 m |
| Currentclub: | Kagoshima United (on loan from Montedio Yamagata) |
| Clubnumber: | 21 |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | FC Ojima Jr |
| Youthclubs2: | Maebashi SC Jr |
| Youthclubs3: | Kiryu Daiichi HS |
| Youthyears3: | –2018 |
| Years1: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs1: | Vegalta Sendai |
| Caps1: | 8 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 01:20,13 December 2023 (AEST) |
| Years2: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs2: | → Renofa Yamaguchi FC (loan) |
| Caps2: | 55 |
| Goals2: | 6 |
| Years3: | 2023– |
| Caps3: | 29 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2024– |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Clubs4: | Kagoshima United (loan) |
is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Kagoshima United on loan from Montedio Yamagata.
Tanaka is the brother of fellow footballer Hiromu Tanaka.[1]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Vegalta Sendai | 2019 | J1 League | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | ||||
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Renofa Yamaguchi (loan) | 2021 | J2 League | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |||
| 2022 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |||||
| Career total | 50 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 6 | |||