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J1 League · scouting overview

A. Suzuki of Sanfrecce Hiroshima is the standout for raw talent across the J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 59.7, and R. Kojima has been the form player this season, grading 71.6, and Léo Ceará leads the scoring with 11 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: R. Kojima has improved his Season rating most, up +58 on last season, while Y. Matsumura's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +7.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, Y. Yamada of Kashiwa Reysol is the most valuable name in this group at 22.2.

Kashima · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

R. Kojima+58SsN

Kashiwa Reysol · 24/25→25/26

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Player	Club	Nat.	Age	Apps	G	A	Value	Season Δ%	Rating Δ%
Y. Tsuji Central midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse		0	2	0	0	2.8	1	20
S. Miidera Central midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos		16	8	1	0	9.2	12	52
A. Motosuna Centre-back	Kashima		16	1	0	0	8.1	0	45
A. Okamoto Defensive midfielder	Gamba Osaka		16	2	0	0	7.5	0	42
R. Noguchi Defensive midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima		17	1	0	0	8.9	0	46
T. Satomi Central midfielder	Vissel Kobe	Japan	17	0	0	0	8.7	0	46
N. Nakatsumi Winger	Gamba Osaka		17	2	0	0	8.2	0	45
Chimezie Kai Ezemuokwe Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	Japan	17	0	0	0	8.4	0	44
H. Maeda Centre-forward	Avispa Fukuoka	Japan	17	1	0	0	8.3	0	44
Y. Shimamoto Central midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse		18	5	0	0	10.5	6	51
S. Yoon Defensive midfielder	Kyoto Sanga		18	5	0	0	10	7	49
M. Yoshida Winger	Kashima	Japan	18	6	0	0	9.7	0	48
Futa Tokumura Centre-forward	Machida Zelvia	Japan	18	1	0	0	9.4	0	46
H. Kawabata Winger	Vissel Kobe		18	2	0	0	9.4	0	46
S. Kobayashi Winger	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	18	3	0	1	10.3	0	46±0%
R. Araki Goalkeeper	Gamba Osaka	Japan	18	3	0	0	9.2	0	45
Eiji Kubo Central midfielder	Cerezo Osaka		18	0	0	0	9	0	44
Shohei Takemoto Defensive midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka		18	1	0	0	8.8	0	43
Shion Nakayama Defensive midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	18	4	0	0	8.7	0	43
T. Tono Centre-forward	Gamba Osaka		18	1	0	0	8.7	0	42
Tsukuda Sota Centre-back	Yokohama FC		18	1	0	0	5.1	0	38
H. Tokuda Centre-forward	Kashima	Japan	19	5	0	0	10.1	5±0%	54±0%
S. Mori Full-back	Fagiano Okayama	Japan	19	5	0	0	10.3	3±0%	525.7%
Y. Doi Central midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	Japan	19	1	1	0	10.5	1	47
M. Sato Centre-back	Kashima	Japan	19	1	0	0	10	0	47
K. Hamasaki Central midfielder	Vissel Kobe	Japan	19	2	0	0	9.9	1±0%	46±0%
Yoon Sung-Jun Defensive midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	Korea Republic	19	7	0	0	10.1	9	46
K. Yamada Centre-back	Vissel Kobe		19	2	0	0	10	2	46
Shun Matsuda Goalkeeper	Fagiano Okayama	Japan	19	1	0	0	9.8	0	45
Ryuki Osa Central midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	19	3	0	0	9.8	1	45
S. Kanta Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos		19	2	0	0	9.8	4±0%	45±0%
S. Sasa Central midfielder	Urawa		19	3	0	0	9.8	1	45
Y. Shimamoto Central midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	Japan	19	8	1	1	12.2	0	43
S. Sugiura Centre-forward	Nagoya Grampus		19	1	0	0	9.4	0	43
A. Sani Brown Winger	Avispa Fukuoka		19	3	0	0	9.3	0	42
K. Maeda Centre-forward	Yokohama FC	Japan	19	1	0	0	5.2	0	42
S. Uchiyama Goalkeeper	Albirex Niigata	Japan	19	0	0	0	5.2	0	36
Kayke Winger	Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil	20	1	0	0	12.7	0	55
S. Brown Centre-forward	Avispa Fukuoka	Japan	20	1	1	0	11.3	2	50
Y. Nakajima Central midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	20	8	0	1	12.1	6±0%	49±0%
A. Pisano Goalkeeper	Nagoya Grampus	Japan	20	6	0	0	10.9	5±0%	49±0%
Y. Yokoyama Winger	Cerezo Osaka		20	4	1	0	11	7	47
Yuan Iwamoto Defensive midfielder	Vissel Kobe		20	5	0	0	11	4	47
H. Matsumoto Centre-back	Kashima	Japan	20	0	0	0	10.3	0	46
S. Kanda Centre-forward	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	20	4	0	0	9.7	3±0%	465%
A. Inoue Centre-forward	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	20	1	0	0	10.6	0100%	458.7%
T. Kominato Centre-forward	FC Tokyo		20	1	0	0	10.4	0	45
J. Hayakawa Central midfielder	Urawa	Japan	20	2	0	0	10.1	1±0%	45±0%
H. Noda Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	20	1	0	0	10.3	1	44
Atsushi Inagaki Full-back	Urawa		20	3	0	0	10.2	3	44
I. Shu Centre-back	Fagiano Okayama		20	2	0	0	10.2	1	44
A. Zhang Goalkeeper	Gamba Osaka		20	0	0	0	9.7	0	44
S. Ishibashi Defensive midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	Japan	20	10	0	0	5.7	4	42
S. Sugiura Centre-forward	Nagoya Grampus	Japan	20	2	0	0	9.9	0	42±0%
R. Noguchi Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	20	0	0	0	10.3	0	42
G. Kawamura Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	20	1	0	0	9.5	0	42
J. Yamamoto Defensive midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	20	2	0	0	9.7	0	42
T. Takahashi Defensive midfielder	Yokohama FC	Japan	20	8	0	0	6	2	392%
S. Sasa Central midfielder	Urawa	Japan	20	5	0	0	10.4	0	37±0%
S. Kofie Central midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	20	6	0	0	8.3	0	36
S. Nagano Centre-back	FC Tokyo	Japan	20	1	0	0	11.2	10±0%	27±0%
T. Kominato Centre-forward	FC Tokyo		20	1	0	0	10.4	0	20
Y. Ozeki Central midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	21	7	0	0	11	11±0%	51±0%
S. Hiraga Winger	Kyoto Sanga	Japan	21	11	1	0	11.4	321.4%	494.3%
K. Maeda Defensive midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka		21	7	0	0	11.2	8	46
R. Hashimoto Centre-forward	Vissel Kobe	Japan	21	1	0	0	11	0	44
H. Ishii Winger	Shonan Bellmare	Japan	21	13	1	0	6.3	729.4%	446.5%
R. Irie Centre-back	Vissel Kobe	Japan	21	0	0	0	10.9	0	44
Aki Koch Goalkeeper	Machida Zelvia		21	0	0	0	11	0	44
Shuto Yamaichi Central midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale		21	1	0	0	10.7	0	43
Zhang Ao lin Goalkeeper	Gamba Osaka	Japan	21	0	0	0	10.1	0	43
R. Shirai Centre-forward	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	21	4	0	0	10.1	0	42±0%
R. Kida Centre-forward	Nagoya Grampus	Japan	21	1	0	0	10.4	0	427.4%
R. Gunji Centre-forward	Shimizu S-pulse	Japan	21	0	0	0	10.6	0	42
K. Nakamura Goalkeeper	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	21	0	0	0	10	0	41
R. Nishimura Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	Japan	21	2	0	0	5.8	0	41
Y. Otake Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	Japan	21	1	0	0	5.8	0	41
Y. Yokoyama Winger	Cerezo Osaka	Japan	21	8	1	0	12	5±0%	38±0%
E. Gyotoku Centre-back	Nagoya Grampus	Japan	21	11	1	0	6.7	8	26
K. Yui Defensive midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	21	7	0	0	6.1	1	25
Baek In-Hwan Centre-back	FC Tokyo	Korea Republic	21	3	0	0	11.2	0	1
K. Tsukui Full-back	Kashima	Japan	22	7	0	1	12.7	16±0%	51±0%
K. Tawaratsumida Attacking midfielder	FC Tokyo	Japan	22	6	1	0	12.8	15±0%	51±0%
R. Hidano Winger	Urawa		22	3	0	0	11	2±0%	49±0%
Y. Yamanouchi Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol		22	5	0	1	13	4	48
S. Koshimichi Central midfielder	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	22	4	0	0	11.6	6±0%	48±0%
R. Sakata Central midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	Japan	22	22	0	1	12.8	8240.9%	473.5%
K. Mochiyama Centre-forward	Kawasaki Frontale		22	6	1	0	12.2	7	47
H. Minamino Centre-forward	Urawa	Japan	22	9	4	0	13	3±0%	461.1%
F. Mohamado Central midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	22	1	0	0	11.6	0	45
H. Hayashu Defensive midfielder	Kashima		22	7	0	0	11.6	3	45
S. Matsumura Centre-back	Shonan Bellmare	Japan	22	15	0	0	7.1	16912.5%	442.3%
Patrick Verhon Central midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	Brazil	22	2	0	0	11.4	0	440.9%
Y. Ueda Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	Japan	22	0	0	0	10.6	0	44
N. Tominaga Centre-forward	Vissel Kobe	Japan	22	1	0	0	11.3	0	43
Rin Homma Winger	Kawasaki Frontale		22	2	0	0	11.2	0	43
H. Ueki Central midfielder	Urawa		22	8	0	1	12.6	0	43
K. Okazawa Central midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	Japan	22	5	0	1	12	0	4328.4%
S. Mizoguchi Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	22	8	1	1	12.8	4±0%	438.6%
K. Matsumura Attacking midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	22	9	0	3	13.6	1±0%	42±0%