Takuma Asano

is a Japanese football player. He plays for the Japan national team. His brother Yuya Asano is also a footballer.

## Biography

Asano was born in Komono, Mie on November 10, 1994. After graduating from Yokkaichi Chuo Technical High School, he joined J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2013. He played many matches from 2014. In 2015, Hiroshima won the champions. He was also selected "Best Young Player award". In August 2016, he moved to German 2. Bundesliga club Stuttgart and played in 2 seasons. Stuttgart was promoted to Bundesliga end of the 2016/17 season. In 2018, he moved to Hannover. However Hannover was relegated to 2. Bundesliga end of the 2018/19 season. In 2019, he moved to Serbian SuperLiga club Partizan.

In July 2015, Asano was selected for the Japan national team at 2015 East Asian Cup. He made his debut in this tourmament against North Korea on August 2. In 2016, he played for the Japan U-23 national team at the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship. Japan won the competition and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. He played all three of his team's matches at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and scored two goals.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima|2013|J1 League|1|0|5|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|6|0|
|2014|J1 League|11|0|0|0|2|0|6|0|1|1|20|1|||
|2015|J1 League|34|9|5|4|5|4|—|4|1|48|18||||
|2016|J1 League|14|4|0|0|0|0|4|3|1|1|19|8|||
|rowspan="3"|J.League U-22 (loan)|2014|J3 League|2|0|—|—|—|—|2|0|||||
|2015|J3 League|1|0|—|—|—|—|1|0|||||||
|rowspan="3"|VfB Stuttgart (loan)|2016–17|2. Bundesliga|26|4|1|0|—|—|—|27|4||||
|2017–18|Bundesliga|15|1|3|0|—|—|—|18|1||||||
|VfB Stuttgart II (loan)|2017–18|Regionalliga Südwest|2|1|—|—|—|—|2|1||||||
|Hannover 96 (loan)|2018–19|Bundesliga|13|0|2|1|—|—|—|15|1|||||
|rowspan="3"|Partizan|2019–20|Serbian SuperLiga|23|4|4|2|—|10|3|—|37|9|||
|2020–21|Serbian SuperLiga|33|18|4|3|—|3|0|—|40|21|||||
|rowspan="4"|VfL Bochum|2021–22|Bundesliga|27|3|4|0|—|—|—|31|3||||
|2022–23|Bundesliga|25|3|2|1|—|—|—|27|4||||||
|2023–24|Bundesliga|29|6|1|1|—|—|2|0|32|7|||||
|rowspan="3"|RCD Mallorca|2024–25|La Liga|21|2|1|0|—|—|1|0|23|2|||
|2025–26|La Liga|5|1|0|0|—|—|—|5|1||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|Japan|2015|3|0|
|2016|7|2|||
|2017|7|1|||
|2018|1|0|||
|2019|2|1|||
|2020|2|0|||
|2021|10|2|||
|2022|9|2|||
|2023|7|1|||
|2024|5|0|||

- _Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Asano goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|3 June 2016|Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan||7–2|7–2|2016 Kirin Cup||||||||
|2|6 September 2016|Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand||2–0|2–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|3|31 August 2017|Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan||1–0|2–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|4|15 October 2019|Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe, Tajikistan||3–0|3–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|5|30 March 2021|Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba, Japan||12–0|14–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|6|15 June 2021|Panasonic Stadium Suita, Suita, Japan||5–1|5–1|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|7|2 June 2022|Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan||1–0|4–1|2022 Kirin Challenge Cup||||||||
|8|23 November 2022|Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar||2–1|2–1|2022 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|9|9 September 2023|Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Germany||3–1|4–1|Friendly||||||||

## Honours

**Sanfrecce Hiroshima**
- J1 League: 2013, 2015
- Japanese Super Cup: 2013, 2014, 2016

**VfB Stuttgart**
- 2. Bundesliga: 2016–17

**Japan U23**
- AFC U-23 Championship: 2016

**Individual**
- J.League Rookie of the Year: 2015
- Japan Pro-Footballers Association awards: Best XI (2022)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Takuma Asano
- **image**: Takuma Asano.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Asano at VfB Stuttgart, Stuttgart in 2016
- **full name**: Takuma Asano
- **birth place**: Komono, Mie Prefecture, Mie, Japan
- **height**: 1.73 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **currentclub**: RCD Mallorca, Mallorca
- **clubnumber**: 11
- **youthclubs1**: Perna SC
- **youthyears2**: 2007–2009
- **youthclubs2**: Happu Junior High School
- **youthyears3**: 2010–2012
- **youthclubs3**: Yokkaichi Chuo Kogyo High School
- **years1**: 2013–2016
- **clubs1**: Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- **caps1**: 60
- **goals1**: 13
- **years2**: 2014–2015
- **clubs2**: → J.League U-22 Selection, J.League U-22 (loan)
- **caps2**: 3
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2016–2019
- **clubs3**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps3**: 0
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2016–2018
- **clubs4**: → VfB Stuttgart (loan)
- **caps4**: 41
- **goals4**: 5
- **years5**: 2018
- **clubs5**: → VfB Stuttgart II (loan)
- **caps5**: 2
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 2018–2019
- **clubs6**: → Hannover 96 (loan)
- **caps6**: 13
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2019–2021
- **clubs7**: FK Partizan, Partizan
- **caps7**: 56
- **goals7**: 22
- **years8**: 2021–2024
- **clubs8**: VfL Bochum
- **caps8**: 83
- **goals8**: 12
- **years9**: 2024–
- **clubs9**: RCD Mallorca, Mallorca
- **caps9**: 26
- **goals9**: 3
- **nationalyears1**: 2014–2016
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national under-23 football team, Japan U23
- **nationalcaps1**: 14
- **nationalgoals1**: 6
- **nationalyears2**: 2015–
- **nationalteam2**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps2**: 53
- **nationalgoals2**: 9
- **club-update**: 27 September 2025
- **nationalteam-update**: 10 September 2024