Kammala wannan magana: A kakar 2016, Shoji ya fara kakar wasa lokacin da ya taimaka Kashima Antlers ya kiyaye takarda biyu a cikin wasannin farko na gasar na kakar wasa ta bana. Tun farkon kakar wasa, Shoji ya ci gaba da dawo da matsayinsa na farko, yana wasa a matsayin mai tsaron gida. Ba har zuwa ranar 6 ga Afrilu 2016 lokacin da ya zira kwallaye na farko a kakar wasa ta bana, a cikin nasara 3-1 a kan Nagoya Grampus a gasar J.League. A ƙarshen matakin farko na J.League, gudummawar Shoji ga ƙungiyar farko ta taimaka wa gefen ƙarshe a saman teburin. Bayan da ya dakatar da wasa daya, sai ya dawo cikin sahun farko, yayin da Kashima Antlers ya yi rashin nasara 3<unk>1 a kan Gamba Osaka a ranar 2 ga Yuli 2016. Shoji ya ci gaba da taimakawa kungiyar ta kasance a saman teburin wasanni goma sha daya masu zuwa. Ba har zuwa ranar 16 ga Satumba 2016 ba lokacin da ya zira kwallaye na biyu a kakar wasa ta bana, a wasan da suka ci Júbilo Iwata 3-0. A wani lokaci a wannan watan, ya sanya hannu kan kwangila da kulob din. Bayan cancantar kulob din don kammala matsayi na uku a ƙarshen matakin na biyu na J.League, daga baya Shoji ya taimaka wa kulob din ya lashe gasar bayan ya buga duka biyun don doke Urawa Red Diamonds 2<unk>2 a kan jimlar ta hanyar burin waje. Shoji ya buga dukkan wasanni hudu a gasar
FIFA Club World Cup, yayin da ya taimaka wa Kashima Antlers ya kai wasan karshe, amma ya yi rashin nasara 4-2 a kan Real Madrid. Duk da rashin nasara a wasan karshe, kafofin watsa labarai sun yaba wa Shoji da Naomichi Ueda, a ciki da wajen Japan. Shoji ya kuma taimaka wa kulob din ya kai wasan karshe na Kofin Sarkin sarakuna ta hanyar doke Kawasaki Frontale 2<unk>1. A ƙarshen kakar 2016, ya ci gaba da yin wasanni arba'in da biyar kuma ya zira kwallaye sau biyu a duk gasa. Don aikinsa a cikin kakar 2016, an zabi Shoji a matsayin J.League Best XI.