Atomu Tanaka

Atomu Tanaka (田中 亜土夢, Tanaka Atomu, born October 4, 1987) is a Japanese football player. He plays for HJK Helsinki in the Veikkausliiga.
He was a participant at 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada and scored 1 goal in 3 appearances.

Born in Niigata. Tanaka was educated at and played for Maebashi Ikuei High School in Gunma. While he was a high school student, he was chosen as one of the Designated Players for Development by J.League and JFA. Because of this status, He was able to register as an Albirex Niigata player while he was still eligible to play for his high school club. He played two league games for Albirex in the 2005 season. He made his debut on 27 November 2005 in a J1 League away match against Nagoya Grampus Eight.

After graduating from his high school in 2006, he officially signed with Albirex Niigata. His first appearance as a professional player came on 5 March 2006 in a league match against Kawasaki Frontale. His first professional goal came on 8 April 2006 in a league match against Ventforet Kofu.

Tanaka was a U-20 international and took part in the 2006 AFC Youth Championship and 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He scored 1 goal in 8 appearances for these tournament.

After scoring once in five matches for his new team HJK Helsinki in the 2015 Finnish League Cup, he scored on his Veikkausliiga debut against RoPS in a 3-1 away win on 12 April.

In October 2015 of the same year, HJK exercised their option of keeping Tanaka under contract for the 2016 season.

As of match played 5 December 2016'