Most In-Form midfielders in J2 League 2026

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

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At a glance

Keisuke Kasai of Albirex Niigata is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in J2 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 45.6, 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

Most improved

K. Onose+25.3SsN

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	K. Okumura Attacking midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	28	44	22
4	D. Inazumi Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	29	40	20
5	K. Onose Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	33	39179.4%	194.4%
6	S. Otoizumi Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	30	39	17
7	K. Murakoshi Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	25	36	27
8	K. Yamada Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	27	36114.3%	4116.3%
9	M. Kudo Defensive midfielder	Vegalta Sendai	25	35	25
10	K. Nishiya Attacking midfielder	Tochigi City	33	3466.3%	1659%
11	Y. Okaniwa Central midfielder	Tochigi City	31	31	13
12	Mahiro Ano Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	23	31	29
13	R. Inoue Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	25	30	29
14	E. Shirai Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	31	3025.5%	2632.6%
15	T. Arai Defensive midfielder	Albirex Niigata	29	29	29
16	T. Inui Central midfielder	Jubilo Iwata	38	2851.6%	1413.3%
17	A. Yamanaka Attacking midfielder	Iwaki	25	26	30
18	Y. Hoshi Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	34	26258.9%	1322.8%
19	K. Fujiwara Defensive midfielder	Jubilo Iwata	22	26362.5%	3034.3%
20	S. Ota Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	30	26239.5%	2520.2%
21	Y. Komai Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	34	2539.9%	1352.8%
22	S. Sakai Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	22	25	28
23	H. Ogura Defensive midfielder	Yokohama FC	25	24	44
24	Moraes Winger	Albirex Niigata	26	23	39
25	Danilo Gomes Winger	Albirex Niigata	27	21234.4%	3514.9%
26	Y. Kunitake Attacking midfielder	Kataller Toyama	20	20	29
27	Y. Sato Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	31	20	13
28	T. Shimamura Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	27	2023.8%	3816%
29	Keisuke Kasai Attacking midfielder	Albirex Niigata	24	19	46
30	H. Okuno Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	37	1823.7%	761.7%
31	S. Kokubu Central midfielder	Montedio Yamagata	32	18	17
32	K. Doi Central midfielder	Blaublitz Akita	24	18	33
33	Adaílton Attacking midfielder	Yokohama FC	35	1828.7%	1054.8%
34	S. Takeda Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	32	18132.5%	226.5%
35	R. Asakura Central midfielder	Vegalta Sendai	25	18	35
36	H. Nakahara Attacking midfielder	Sagan Tosu	30	1812%	2720.6%
37	M. Ikeda Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	27	1744%	3532.9%
38	S. Takei Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	28	16	19
39	Y. Yamashita Central midfielder	Iwaki	30	1598.7%	21±0%
40	S. Doi Central midfielder	Montedio Yamagata	34	14500%	939.5%
41	T. Mori Central midfielder	Tochigi City	29	14	19
42	M. Sugita Central midfielder	Fujieda MYFC	31	13	16
43	H. Matsumoto Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	26	133175%	3910.4%
44	K. Sakakibara Central midfielder	Oita Trinita	26	929.2%	3425.2%
45	M. Kojima Central midfielder	Omiya Ardija	30	9	24
46	N. Kanuma Central midfielder	Tokushima Vortis	28	9237%	2724.6%
47	T. Sugimoto Central midfielder	Tokushima Vortis	30	9911.1%	2042.1%
48	T. Izumi Central midfielder	Omiya Ardija	25	9184.4%	3625.5%
49	T. Tsuchiya Central midfielder	Imabari	23	918.9%	4111%
50	S. Araki Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	31	9	19