Most In-Form central midfielders in J2 League 2026

The most in-form central midfielders in J2 League in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

T. Tsuchiya of Imabari is the standout for raw talent across central midfielders in J2 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 41.2, and K. Nagata has been the form player this season, grading 45, and A. Sato leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Onose has improved his Season rating most, up +25.3 on last season, while T. Inui's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +1.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Nagata of Vanraure Hachinohe is the most valuable name in this group at 12.

Jubilo Iwata · 22/23→25/26

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Shonan Bellmare · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	K. Nagata Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	26	45	27
2	A. Sato Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	29	45	22
3	D. Inazumi Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	29	40	20
4	K. Onose Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	33	39179.4%	194.4%
5	S. Otoizumi Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	30	39	17
6	K. Murakoshi Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	25	36	27
7	K. Yamada Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	27	36114.3%	4116.3%
8	Y. Okaniwa Central midfielder	Tochigi City	31	31	13
9	Mahiro Ano Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	23	31	29
10	R. Inoue Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	25	30	29
11	E. Shirai Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	31	3025.5%	2632.6%
12	T. Inui Central midfielder	Jubilo Iwata	38	2851.6%	1413.3%
13	Y. Hoshi Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	34	26258.9%	1322.8%
14	S. Ota Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	30	26239.5%	2520.2%
15	Y. Komai Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	34	2539.9%	1352.8%
16	S. Sakai Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	22	25	28
17	Y. Sato Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	31	20	13
18	T. Shimamura Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	27	2023.8%	3816%
19	H. Okuno Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	37	1823.7%	761.7%
20	S. Kokubu Central midfielder	Montedio Yamagata	32	18	17
21	K. Doi Central midfielder	Blaublitz Akita	24	18	33
22	S. Takeda Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	32	18132.5%	226.5%
23	R. Asakura Central midfielder	Vegalta Sendai	25	18	35
24	M. Ikeda Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	27	1744%	3532.9%
25	S. Takei Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	28	16	19
26	Y. Yamashita Central midfielder	Iwaki	30	1598.7%	21±0%
27	S. Doi Central midfielder	Montedio Yamagata	34	14500%	939.5%
28	T. Mori Central midfielder	Tochigi City	29	14	19
29	M. Sugita Central midfielder	Fujieda MYFC	31	13	16
30	H. Matsumoto Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	26	133175%	3910.4%
31	K. Sakakibara Central midfielder	Oita Trinita	26	929.2%	3425.2%
32	M. Kojima Central midfielder	Omiya Ardija	30	9	24
33	N. Kanuma Central midfielder	Tokushima Vortis	28	9237%	2724.6%
34	T. Sugimoto Central midfielder	Tokushima Vortis	30	9911.1%	2042.1%
35	T. Izumi Central midfielder	Omiya Ardija	25	9184.4%	3625.5%
36	T. Tsuchiya Central midfielder	Imabari	23	918.9%	4111%
37	S. Araki Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	31	9	19
38	T. Kondo Central midfielder	Imabari	29	9	26
39	C. Kawakami Central midfielder	Blaublitz Akita	28	82700%	2536.2%
40	Toshiki Kawai Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	23	8	26
41	R. Aoki Central midfielder	Consadole Sapporo	30	877.7%	1949.7%
42	T. Ito Central midfielder	Kataller Toyama	26	8	31
43	J. Yoshida Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	23	8	26
44	Y. Onishi Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	25	8	35
45	K. Kumakura Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	24	8	36
46	H. Sueki Central midfielder	Kataller Toyama	29	8	21
47	H. Morooka Central midfielder	Blaublitz Akita	29	0	22±0%
48	Y. Hiratsuka Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	30	0100%	1931.9%
49	H. Endo Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	26	0	31
50	S. Kodama Central midfielder	Tokushima Vortis	27	0	30