TANAKA Mina

Date of Birth: 28 Apr 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.64/5'4''

Birth Country:

Thailand

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Football	Women JPN Japan	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sapporo Dome	Women's Group E #01 JPN Japan 1 CAN Canada 1	Finished
	Sapporo Dome	Women's Group E #07 JPN Japan 0 GBR Great Britain 1	Finished
	Miyagi Stadium	Women's Group E #13 CHI Chile 0 JPN Japan 1	Finished
	Saitama Stadium	Women's Quarter-final #21 SWE Sweden 3 JPN Japan 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Senior	2018	Indonesia

AFC Women's Asian Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Senior	2018	Jordan

Occupation:

Cultural Studies - Komazawa Women's University, Japan

Languages spoken:

INAC Kobe Leonessa [Japan] since 2020

Kei Hoshikawa [club], JPN; Asako Takakura [national], JPN

Position style:

Forward (inac-kobe.com, 30 Nov 2020)

Right-footed (inac-kobe.com, 30 Nov 2020)

2013 for Japan Against Norway, in Portugal (jfa.jp, 06 Mar 2021)

An injury ruled her out of the 2019 MS&AD Cup in Japan. (web.ultra-soccer.jp, 03 Nov 2019)

National league:

WE League [JPN] (inac-kobe.com, 24 Jun 2021)

She took up the sport at age five in Kawasaki, Japan. (tokyo-np.co.jp, 24 Nov 2019; townnews.co.jp, 03 Mar 2017)

She was inspired to try the sport after watching her older brother's training session at Kawasaki Wings FC in Japan. (townnews.co.jp, 03 Mar 2017)

She was named in the Nadeshiko League Division 1 Best XI team of the year in the 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 seasons. (kobe-np.co.jp, 16 Jan 2021)

She received the Most Valuable Player [MVP] award for the Nadeshiko League Division 1 in the 2018 and 2019 seasons. (web.gekisaka.jp, 18 Jan 2020; soccerdigestweb.com, 02 Feb 2021)

She received the Top Goalscorer Award for Nadeshiko League Division 1 in the 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 seasons. (web.gekisaka.jp, 18 Jan 2020)

General Interest

General
ON LOAN
She was on loan at German Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen from her parent club INAC Kobe Leonessa between February and June 2021. "[When I decided to play overseas] it was 100% for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. I have been particularly conscious of it for the last two years since the end of the 2019 World Cup [in France]. I have been thinking to play an active role at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo." (number.bunshun.jp, 17 Jun 2021; inac-kobe.com, 24 Jun 2021)

HERITAGE
Born in Thailand to a Japanese father and a Thai mother, the family then moved to Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. (real-sports.jp, 08 Mar 2020; sponichi.co.jp, 19 Jun 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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