Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Na oge 2016, Shoji malitere oge mgbe o nyeere Kashima Antlers aka idebe mpempe akwụkwọ abụọ na egwuregwu abụọ mbụ nke oge. Kemgbe mmalite nke oge, Shoji gara n'ihu na-enwetaghachi ebe ya na ndị otu mbụ, na-egwu n'etiti etiti. Ọ bụ na 6 Eprel 2016 ka o nyere goolu mbụ ya n'oge a, na mmeri 3-1 megide Nagoya Grampus na J.League Cup. Site na ngwụcha nke J.League nke mbụ, onyinye Shoji nyere ndị otu mbụ nyeere ndị otu aka aka n'elu tebụl. Mgbe ọ gbasasịrị otu egwuregwu, ọ laghachiri n'usoro egwuregwu, ebe Kashima Antlers meriri 3<unk>1 meriri Gamba Osaka na 2 Julaị 2016. Shoji gara n'ihu na-enyere ndị otu aka ịnọ n'elu tebụl maka egwuregwu iri na otu sochirinụ. Ọ bụghị ruo na 16 Septemba 2016 mgbe o nyere goolu nke abụọ ya n'oge a, na mmeri 3 <unk> 0 megide Júbilo Iwata. N'otu oge n'ọnwa a, ya na klọb ahụ bịanyere aka n'akwụkwọ nkwekọrịta. Mgbe klọb ahụ tozuru oke iji mechaa nke atọ na njedebe nke J.League nke abụọ, Shoji mechara nyere klọb ahụ aka inweta asọmpi ahụ mgbe ọ na-egwu ụkwụ abụọ iji merie Urawa Red Diamonds 2<unk>2 na mkpokọta site na mgbaru ọsọ. Shoji gbara egwuregwu anọ niile na FIFA Club World Cup
, ka o nyeere Kashima Antlers aka iru ngwụcha, naanị ka Real Madrid merie 4-2. N'agbanyeghi na ha meriri na ngwụcha, ndị mgbasa ozi toro mmekọrịta Shoji na Naomichi Ueda na etiti etiti, ma n'ime na mpụga Japan. Shoji nyekwara klọb aka iru Emperor's Cup Final site na imeri Kawasaki Frontale 2<unk>1. Na ngwụcha oge 2016, ọ gara n'ihu mee egwuregwu iri anọ na ise ma gbaa okpukpu abụọ n'asọmpi niile. N'ihi arụmọrụ ya n'oge oge 2016, a kpọrọ Shoji aha J.League Best XI.