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Asahi Sasaki

Solid contributorKawasaki Frontale · 26 yrsRotation

based on the 2025 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameAsahi Sasaki
PositionCentre-back
NationalityJapan
Age26
Date of birth26 Jan 2000
BirthplaceKawagoe
Height180 cm
Shirt number#5
ClubKawasaki Frontale
Centre-back
4
Appearances
0
Goals
0
Assists
194
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Kawasaki Frontale.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
J1 League100147.3

Scout report

Solid contributorCentral defender

A. Sasaki is a 26-year-old central defender at Kawasaki Frontale, rated 49.7 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been an ever-present this season (87.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.37 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sasaki.

On the season, Sasaki graded 31 for current form (age-blind), on 7 clean sheets and 3.372 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 31 → 31). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 50. At 26 Sasaki is in his prime years, and a market index of 14 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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A career still climbing — Sasaki is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2022/23Trending up
49.7
Ratingi
a solid contributor and squad regular
30.6
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
87.4%
Minutes
near ever-present
3.37
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Kawasaki Frontale finished 8th of 20 · a mid-table side

37
Apps
3.37
Def. / 90
67
Tackles
32
Interceptions
7
Clean sheets

3.37 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 37 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 3 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 87.4% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.15 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central defender.

Watch points

  • Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

Rated 49.7 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.37 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the J1 League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists2

Defending

Tackles67
Interceptions32
Blocks13

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.