Japan

Makoto Taniyama

Bowler

Key facts

Age: 30
Born: 5/1/1996
Position: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak googly

Official profile

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Every game we hold

Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.

Season
2026 T20IsJapan	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	38	25	0	3	–	–	–	2	10	1	2	6	0	–	3	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	–	–	–	–
2026 Cricket 24735Japan	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	15	18	0	2	–	–	–	1	–	1	1	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–
2025 T20IsJapan	8	32	50	1	0	4	2	8	132	138	0	5	2	–	27	8	63	0	1	5	6	–	5	1	16	6	0	4	–	1	–	1	–	3	4	–	1	–	1
2024 T20IsJapan	12	10	14	0	0	2	0	18	109	174	5	2	2	–	5	11	111	3	0	7	2	3	2	1	8	1	0	10	–	–	–	–	–	4	10	1	1	3	–
2023 T20IsJapan	11	44	38	2	3	7	6	8	123	112	0	2	1	2	18	10	49	0	3	5	6	–	2	–	12	3	0	4	1	2	1	1	2	3	4	–	–	1	–
2022 T20IsJapan	3	11	13	0	0	2	2	0	41	30	0	2	0	–	4	3	15	3	0	5	1	–	2	–	7	2	0	1	–	1	1	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career6 seasons	38	97	115	3	3	15	10	39	458	497	5	16	5	2	54	35	248	8	7	28	15	3	16	2	43	12	0	23	1	4	2	2	3	11	21	1	2	5	1

Recent innings

5 matches, 0 innings: 0 runs, HS –. 5 wkts at 14.0, best 2/11

Match	Bat	Bowl
v India22 Sept · T20Is	DNB	–
v Hong Kong19 Sept · Cricket 24735	DNB	1/15 (3)
v Indonesia12 May · T20Is	DNB	2/11 (1.1)
v Fiji10 May · T20Is	DNB	2/27 (3)
v Bhutan27 Feb · T20Is	DNB	0/17 (3)

Game log, 2026 T20Is

Game
22 Sept v IndiaL 30-32 22 Sept	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Match 11 v IndonesiaW 142-101 12 May	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	11	7	0	1	–	–	–	1	2	0	0	2	0	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Match 8 v FijiW 75-74 10 May	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	27	18	0	–	–	–	–	1	8	1	2	4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–

Splits, T20Is

Split
WinsResult	24	1.4	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	1.5	12.2	15.2	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	8.8	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	–	–	0.4	0.9	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0
LossesResult	12	5.3	6.2	0.2	0.3	0.7	0.6	0.1	12.5	9.5	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.1	3.1	0.9	3.1	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.7	–	0.3	–	2.3	0.4	0.0	0.3	–	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1	–	–	–	–	–
Regular seasonStage · won 24 of 34	34	1.9	2.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.3	1.1	12.1	13.4	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.9	7.2	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.1	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0
FinalsStage · won 0 of 3	3	10.7	10.0	0.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	11.0	8.0	0.0	–	0.3	–	5.7	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	–	–	–	2.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	–	–	–	0.3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
IndonesiaOpponent · won 4 of 6	6	3.3	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.7	13.3	11.2	0.0	0.5	0.2	–	1.3	1.0	5.0	0.5	0.0	1.3	0.3	–	0.5	–	2.3	0.5	0.0	0.5	–	0.2	0.2	–	0.2	–	0.7	–	–	–	–
MongoliaOpponent · won 4 of 5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	1.8	3.6	12.0	0.8	0.2	–	–	–	0.8	10.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1.2	0.2	–	0.6	–
PhilippinesOpponent · won 4 of 4	4	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.8	16.3	18.0	0.0	0.5	0.3	–	0.3	1.0	9.8	0.8	0.5	1.5	0.0	–	0.5	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.8	–	–	–	–	–	0.8	0.8	–	0.3	–	–
ChinaOpponent · won 2 of 2	2	6.0	7.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	11.5	18.0	0.0	–	0.0	–	3.5	1.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	–	–	–	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	–	–	–	–	1.0	0.5	–	–	–	–
Cook IslandsOpponent · won 2 of 2	2	5.5	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	2.5	15.5	21.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	–	1.5	1.0	11.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	–	1.5	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.0	–	–	0.5	–	–	–	1.0	1.0	–	0.5	–	0.5
Hong KongOpponent · won 0 of 2	2	9.5	4.0	0.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	17.0	9.0	0.0	–	0.0	–	2.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	–	–	–	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	–	–	–	0.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
SingaporeOpponent · won 0 of 2	2	5.5	4.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	11.0	6.0	0.0	–	0.0	–	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	–	–	–	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	–	–	–	–	0.5	–	–	–	–	–	–
South KoreaOpponent · won 2 of 2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.5	6.5	12.0	0.5	–	–	–	–	1.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	0.5	–	–	–	–	–
ThailandOpponent · won 1 of 2	2	6.5	11.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	17.0	15.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	–	6.5	1.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	–	0.5	–	3.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	–	–	–	–	–	0.5	–	–	–	–	–
VanuatuOpponent · won 1 of 2	2	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	4.5	6.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	0.5	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	–	1.0	0.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
BahrainOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	2.0	14.0	18.0	0.0	1.0	–	–	–	1.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	2.0	–	–	–	–
BhutanOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	17.0	18.0	0.0	–	–	–	–	1.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
FijiOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	2.0	27.0	18.0	0.0	–	–	–	–	1.0	8.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	1.0	1.0	–	–	–	–
IndiaOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2.0	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
MaldivesOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	12.0	16.0	0.0	–	1.0	–	0.0	1.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	–	–	–	1.0	0.0	0.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2.0	–	–	1.0	–
OmanOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	8.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	19.0	24.0	0.0	–	0.0	–	11.0	1.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	–	–	–	6.0	1.0	0.0	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Papua New GuineaOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	1.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	8.0	6.0	0.0	–	0.0	–	3.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	–	–	–	1.0	0.0	0.0	–	–	–	–	–	1.0	1.0	–	–	–	–	–
QatarOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	17.0	6.0	0.0	–	–	–	–	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sano International Cricket GroundGround · won 8 of 13	13	2.7	3.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.2	1.2	8.7	11.6	0.3	0.7	0.2	–	1.5	0.8	7.1	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.2	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.6	–	0.2	0.1	–	0.1	0.2	0.8	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1
Yeonhui Cricket Ground, IncheonGround · won 7 of 7	7	1.4	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.3	13.0	16.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	–	0.7	1.0	8.6	0.4	0.0	0.9	0.1	0.3	0.1	–	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.7	–	–	–	–	–	0.6	0.6	–	0.1	–	–
Terdthai Cricket Ground, BangkokGround · won 4 of 6	6	2.0	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.2	1.0	14.5	13.7	0.0	0.3	0.2	–	0.2	1.0	6.3	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	–	0.3	–	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.7	–	–	–	–	0.2	0.2	0.7	–	–	0.2	–
Amini Park, Port MoresbyGround · won 2 of 4	4	0.3	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.5	8.0	7.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.5	0.8	3.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.0	–	0.5	–	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	–	0.5	0.3	–	0.3	0.3	0.3	–	–	–	–
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong KongGround · won 2 of 4	4	7.8	5.5	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.8	14.3	13.5	0.0	–	0.0	–	2.8	1.0	5.8	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	–	–	–	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.3	–	–	0.3	–	0.5	0.3	–	–	–	–
Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 2), Al AmaratGround · won 0 of 2	2	4.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	18.0	15.0	0.0	–	0.0	–	5.5	1.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	–	–	–	3.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	–	–	–	0.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Korogi Sports Park, NisshinGround · won 1 of 1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	2.0	27.0	18.0	0.0	–	–	–	–	1.0	8.0	1.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	1.0	1.0	–	–	–	–

Stats from official league and public sports feeds. Updated hourly.