[12] Towards the end of the year, he also became a captain for Aomoriyamada High School and helped the All Japan Youth Championship Final, only to lose 2–0 against Tokyo U-18.

[16] He began to learn to play in the right–back position under the management of Oswaldo de Oliveira and potentially be used as a cover following an injury of Daigo Nishi.

[17] Shibasaki made his Kashima Antlers' debut against Avispa Fukuoka on 29 April 2011, coming on as a late substitute, in a 2–1 win.

[18][9] Four days later on 3 May 2011, he made his AFC Champions League debut, coming on as a late substitute, in a 2–0 win against Shanghai Shenhua.

[28] It wasn't until on 21 April 2012 when Shibasaki made his return from injury against Cerezo Osaka, coming on as a 31st-minute substitute, and helped Kashima Antlers make a comeback from 2–0 down to beat them 3–2.

[31] Seven days later on 8 August 2012, he scored his first goal of the season, in a 3–0 win against Cerezo Osaka in the second leg of the J.League Cup quarter–finals to send the club through to the next round.

[38] At the start of the 2013 season, Shibasaki continued to regain his first team place, playing in the central midfield position.

[62] Shibasaki played an important role against Sagan Tosu on 8 April 2015, scoring and setting the club's first and third goal of the match, in a 3–1 win.

[64] A month later on 20 June 2015, Shibsasaki played another important role when he set up the club's second and third goal of the game, in a 3–0 win against Yokohama F.

[71] At the start of the 2016 season, Shibasaki continued to regain his first team place for the side, playing in the central midfield position.

[77] In the 2016 Club World Cup, Shibasaki started all three matches and helped Kashima Antlers progress in the knockout stages to the final.

[84] It was announced on 31 January 2017, Shibasaki signed a six-month contract with Spanish Segunda División side CD Tenerife.

[89] He made his debut for the club on 19 March 2017, replacing Aitor Sanz in a 1–0 home loss against CF Reus Deportiu.

[98] However, during the match, Shibasaki suffered a foot injury and was substituted in the 54th minute; as a result, he was sidelined for three months, with December was his expectant return date.

"[105] On 14 July 2019, Shibasaki signed a four-year contract with Deportivo de La Coruña in the second division, for a reported fee of around €2 million.

[116] It wasn't until on 16 January 2020 when Shibasaki made his first team return, starting the whole game, in a 2–1 win against Racing de Santander.

[122] After serving a one match suspension, Shibasaki made his first team return on 7 March 2020, starting the whole game, in a 4–0 loss against UD Almería.

[125] However, in a match against Elche CF on 23 June 2020, he received a straight red card in the 32nd minute for an unprofessional foul on Iván Sánchez, as Deportivo La Coruña won 1–0.

[127] However, he missed the last game of the season against CF Fuenlabrada, due to injury and Deportivo de La Coruña's relegation was confirmed on 7 August 2020 despite winning 2–1.

[130] Shibasaki made his debut for the club, coming on as a second half substitute, in a 1–0 win against UD Las Palmas in the opening game of the season.

[136] However, Shibasaki's absence from the first team due to injury saw CD Leganés unsuccessfully promoted back to La Liga after the club lost 5–1 on aggregate in the play-offs.

[149] Later in October 2009, Shibasaki was called up to Japan U-17 squad again for the 2009 U-17 World Cup in Nigeria and wore the number 10 shirt for the U-17 side.

[153] In February 2012, Shibasaki was called up to the Japan for the first time ahead of a match against Iceland by Manager Alberto Zaccheroni.

[157] In a follow–up match against Jamaica, he played a role that led to Nyron Nosworthy scoring an own goal to give Japan a 1–0 win.

[166] Two years later away from the national team, Shibasaki was called to Japan's squad and made his first appearance on 5 September 2017 against Saudi Arabia and helped the side win 1–0.

[150][170] Shibasaki made his World Cup debut against Colombia in Matchday 1 of the group stage, where he played 80 minutes in the match, in a 2–1 win.

[173] In a match against Belgium in the World Cup Round of 16, Shibasaki set up the opening goal of the game for Genki Haraguchi, as the opposition team later made a comeback in the second half, resulting Japan losing 3–2 and was out of the tournament.

[195] In September 2015, it was announced that Shibasaki was appointed as a support leader of the 94th National High School Soccer Championship.

[196] In addition to speaking Japanese, he has been learning Galician and acknowledged at Deportivo La Coruña's press conference that his Spanish is not good.

[198] In the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, Shibasaki posted a message on his social media account, urging people to stay at home.