Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Mumwaka wa2016, Shoji akatanga mwaka apo akabatsira Kashima Antlers kuchengetedza machira maviri akachena mumitambo miviri yekutanga yemwaka. Kubva kutanga kwemwaka, Shoji akaramba achidzorera nzvimbo yake yekutanga timu, achitamba munzvimbo yepakati-kumashure. Yakanga isiri kusvika musi wa6 Kubvumbi 2016 paakarova chibodzwa chake chekutanga chemwaka, mukukunda 3-1 vachipesana neNagoya Grampus muJ.League Cup. Pakupera kwechikamu chekutanga cheJ.League, mupiro waShoji kuchikwata chekutanga wakabatsira divi kupedzisa kumusoro kwetafura. Mushure mekumiswa mutambo mumwe chete, akadzokera kuchikwata chekutanga, sezvo Kashima Antlers akarasikirwa ne3 × 1 kurasikirwa neGamba Osaka musi wa2 Chikunguru 2016. Shoji akaramba achibatsira divi kuti rirambe riri pamusoro petafura yemitambo gumi nerimwe inotevera. Yakanga isiri kusvika musi wa16 Gunyana 2016 paakarova chibodzwa chake chechipiri chemwaka, mukukunda 3<unk>0 vachirwisa Júbilo Iwata. Pane imwe nguva mumwedzi uno, akasaina chibvumirano nekirabhu. Kutevera kukodzera kwekirabhu kupedzisa nzvimbo yechitatu pakupera kwechikamu chechipiri cheJ.League, Shoji akazobatsira kirabhu kuhwina ligi mushure mekutamba makumbo ese maviri kukunda Urawa Red Diamonds 2<unk>2 pahuwandu kuburikidza nechinangwa chekubva. Shoji akatamba mitambo mina yose muFIFA Club World Cup
, sezvo akabatsira Kashima Antlers kusvika kumagumo, chete kurasikirwa ne4x2 kuReal Madrid. Pasinei nokurasikirwa mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, vose Shoji naNaomichi Ueda's centre-back partnership vakarumbidzwa nevatori venhau, mukati nokunze kweJapan. Shoji akabatsirawo kirabhu kusvika kuEmperor's Cup Final nekurova Kawasaki Frontale 2<unk>1. Pakupera kwemwaka wa2016, akaenderera mberi nekuita makwikwi makumi mana neshanu uye akarova kaviri mumakwikwi ese. Nokuda kwebasa rake mugore ra2016, Shoji akatumidzwa zita rokuti J.League Best XI.