eFootball Tanaka Ao - Stats & Build (Japan Selection 2 Jul ’26)

04/09/2026

In short

The card: a Highlight DMF that reaches 96 at max training
Strengths: Speed (#3), Ball Control (#4), Acceleration (#8)
How to train it: push the strengths further, starting with Speed
What this page covers: the Highlight version of Tanaka Ao

Contents

Player Review
Basic info (Highlight)
Stats (Highlight · Lv1)
Position Proficiency
Player skills
Recommended Additional Skills
Player Progression
Compare with other players
Where this card ranks
Summary
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Player Review

Rating★★☆☆☆B

Counting every card in the game, this one sits #71 of 3,393 DMF cards and #73 of 3,589 Box To Box cards, with a max-level overall of 96. It is currently the strongest Tanaka Ao card released.

How the rating is decided

SS Top 5 in either the position or the playing-style overall ranking
S Outside the top 5, but a max-level overall of 100 or more
A Overall 98–99
B Overall 95–97
C Overall below 95

Basic info (Highlight)

DMF

Tanaka Ao

PositionDMF

Preferred footRight

Attacking styleBox To Box

Defensive styleBox To Box

Height180 cm

Age28

Max levelLv33

Progression points64

Overall at Lv181

Overall at max level96

Special skillsNone

Available fromJapan Selection 2 Jul ’26

Stats (Highlight · Lv1)

Attacking

Attacking Awareness60

Ball Control77

Dribbling73

Tight Possession77

Low Pass76

Lofted Pass76

Finishing64

Heading60

Set Piece Taking63

Curl68

Physical

Speed75

Acceleration75

Kicking Power72

Jumping63

Physical Contact75

Balance76

Stamina79

Defending

Defensive Awareness72

Tackling76

Aggression77

Defensive Engagement78

Goalkeeping

GK Awareness40

GK Catching40

GK Parrying40

GK Reflexes40

GK Reach40

Weak foot usageAverage

Weak foot accuracyAverage

Form3

Injury resistanceLow

Position Proficiency

LWF

LMF

AMF

CMF

DMF

RWF

RMF

Best position (DMF, CMF) / Also playable (CB, AMF)

Not suited

Player skills

Dribbling

Double Touch

Passing

One-touch Pass

Through Passing

Weighted Pass

Outside Curler

Shooting

Long-range Shooting

Defending

Man Marking

Interception

Sliding Tackle

Mental

Fighting Spirit

Recommended Additional Skills

If you are adding skills through skill training, these suit a DMF.

＋Low Lofted Passfast, accurate balls in behind

＋Pinpoint Crossingbetter crossing

＋No Look Passdisguised distribution

Player Progression

Spend the progression points, add boosters and pick a manager to see how the stats and the overall change.

Compare with other players

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Where this card ranks

By position

DMF overall ranking

#175 ~~/ 3,393 cards~~

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By playing style

Box To Box overall ranking

#153 ~~/ 3,589 cards~~

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Overall is compared at max level, across every card in the game — Standard, Epic and pack-exclusive alike. Cards on the same overall are ordered by the sum of their stats.

Summary

✓Tanaka Ao (Highlight)

Tanaka Ao (Highlight) caps at Lv33 with a max-level overall of 96
It has 64 progression points to spend

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Author of this article

Mikel

Mikel is the editor of eFootball LABO. A long-time eFootball player (peak Division 1, peak rating 1,920), he writes from real play and hands-on testing.