However, he was thrown out of the game because he was judged to have thrown a bean ball at Ken Katoh, the Giants' catcher. In 2012, he played in his first Nippon Series against the Yomiuri Giants. He missed the start of the 2008 season with an injury. He would become the last player of the Matsuzaka Generation to start his NPB career. In 2007, he was the 1st pick by the Nippon Ham Fighters in the university/company player draft. He was moved to the bullpen in July after Oakland demoted Colby Lewis and Shane Komine. His ERA ballooned as he gave up 29 runs over 5 games.
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He was eventually promoted back up to Triple-A and started off well, looking sharp with a plus splitter. In 2007, Tadano was sent down to Oakland's Double-A team, Midland, after being invited to spring training. On April 4, 2006, Tadano was traded to the Oakland Athletics for outfielder Ramon Alvarado. He was sidelined due to an injury early in the 2005 season, but recovered and was shuttled between Cleveland and the Buffalo Bisons for the rest of the year. Tadano said, "I was young, playing baseball, and going to college and my teammates and I needed money." In January 2004, it was widely reported in America that Tadano was featured in a gay porn video A Midsummer Night's Lewd Dream ( 真夏の夜の淫夢, Manatsu No Yo No Inmu), three years previously, with Tadano appearing at a press conference organized by the team. He made 14 appearances and four starts with a 4.65 ERA in 50⅓ innings. The Cleveland Indians signed Tadano as a free agent in 2003, and he rose through the Cleveland farm system, making his debut in 2004. However, no Japanese team drafted him due to a gay porn video scandal he ultimately left Japan.
He was a highly regarded pitcher coming out of Rikkyo University and was expected to be a high draft pick in the Nippon Professional Baseball draft in 2002. Tadano was the ace pitcher for Yachiyo Shoin High School, and led the school to the summer Koshien tournament for the first time.