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J1 League · scouting overview

S. Nakamura of Sanfrecce Hiroshima is the standout for raw talent across the J1 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 56.5, and R. Kojima has been the form player this season, grading 71.6, and Léo Ceará leads the scoring with 21 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 G. Ota's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +10.3 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, T. Hayakawa of Kashima is the most valuable name in this group at 22.8.

Kyoto Sanga · 24/25→25/26

Most improved

R. Kojima+58SsN

Kashiwa Reysol · 24/25→25/26

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Player	Club	Nat.	Age	G	A	Value	Season Δ%	Rating Δ%
K. Nakayama Central midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	Japan	30	0	2	3.8	1775%	2625.3%
Y. Naganuma Central midfielder	Urawa	Japan	29	1	0	4.9	1752.1%	3320.8%
T. Matsuda Attacking midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	Japan	31	3	3	3.5	1724.9%	2424.6%
Kim Min-Tae Centre-back	Shonan Bellmare	Korea Republic	32	0	0	3.1	1732.1%	2034.9%
Y. Horigome Centre-back	Albirex Niigata	Japan	31	1	1	3.5	1737.6%	2224.4%
K. Ichimi Centre-forward	Fagiano Okayama	Japan	28	5	0	5.7	17	356%
R. Ogawa Full-back	Kashima	Japan	29	0	2	4.7	1828.3%	3136.1%
K. Misao Defensive midfielder	Kashima	Japan	30	0	0	4	182.9%	2913.8%
E. Shirai Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	Japan	30	2	0	4	1825.5%	2632.6%
K. Mikuni Centre-back	Nagoya Grampus	Japan	26	0	0	12	1853.5%	4419%
Y. Kuwasaki Central midfielder	Vissel Kobe	Japan	28	1	0	6.1	18326.2%	376.3%
E. Miyamoto Defensive midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	Japan	28	0	2	5.7	1813.1%	3523.3%
M. Kato Centre-forward	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	29	3	2	5.2	1860.6%	3437.7%
T. Takahashi Centre-forward	Shimizu S-pulse	Japan	28	5	1	5.6	18	342.6%
M. Shibayama Attacking midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	Japan	24	4	2	13.8	18105.7%	507.2%
Y. Iwasaki Central midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	Japan	28	1	2	5.8	1877.5%	3526.1%
K. Tachibanada Defensive midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	28	1	0	5.6	1855.9%	3430.5%
K. Tanimura Centre-forward	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	28	6	0	5.6	18	34
João Pedro Defensive midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	Brazil	26	1	0	11.8	18	43
M. Nagakura Winger	FC Tokyo	Japan	26	5	2	11.7	1812.9%	4313%
H. Kida Defensive midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	Japan	26	0	1	11.7	18315.9%	431.2%
D. Sugioka Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	27	0	2	10.9	189.4%	4021.6%
R. Izumi Centre-forward	Nagoya Grampus	Japan	32	4	0	3.4	1931.7%	2515%
R. Hirakawa Defensive midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	26	0	0	12.2	1943.2%	451.8%
D. Tono Centre-forward	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	27	5	1	10.5	1924.7%	3820.2%
Juan Alano Winger	Gamba Osaka	Brazil	29	1	7	4.8	19149.4%	3119.1%
G. Ota Goalkeeper	Kyoto Sanga	Japan	35	0	0	2.6	19291.8%	2288%
K. Matsubara Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	33	0	0	2.5	191.1%	1641.4%
T. Arai Defensive midfielder	Albirex Niigata	Japan	29	1	0	4.8	19	29
J. Amano Attacking midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	35	5	2	1.7	1926.1%	1228.1%
K. Miyahara Central midfielder	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	30	0	0	4.4	1942.1%	3023%
Lukian Centre-forward	Yokohama FC	Brazil	34	4	1	2.2	1949.5%	1631.9%
T. Matsumoto Central midfielder	Urawa	Japan	27	3	2	11.4	2033.6%	4222.6%
S. van Wermeskerken Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	32	0	4	3.6	2013.1%	2415.2%
Y. Maruyama Centre-back	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	37	0	1	1.3	20304.1%	1122.2%
H. Tanaka Centre-back	Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	22	0	0	13.1	206633.3%	5018.3%
Park Il-Gyu Goalkeeper	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	36	0	0	2.4	2044.3%	1815%
S. Kurata Central midfielder	Gamba Osaka	Japan	37	4	0	0.8	2082%	734.5%
S. Abe Central midfielder	Gamba Osaka	Japan	28	2	1	5.7	2047.5%	3519.3%
A. Scholz Centre-back	FC Tokyo	Denmark	33	2	0	2.5	2052.6%	1624.2%
N. Nakagawa Attacking midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	24	3	4	14.7	21	54
S. Fukuda Centre-back	Kyoto Sanga	Japan	25	3	1	14.4	2138.7%	535.4%
Y. Nagatomo Full-back	FC Tokyo	Japan	39	0	2	1.1	2131%	1014.9%
S. Miura Full-back	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	25	0	6	14.3	2184.1%	520.6%
S. Hatanaka Centre-back	Cerezo Osaka	Japan	30	0	0	4.8	2149.3%	324.2%
Y. Kamiya Central midfielder	Fagiano Okayama	Japan	29	1	3	5.3	213400%	311.6%
K. Takai Centre-back	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan	21	2	0	13	2151.8%	530.8%
Y. Honda Full-back	Vissel Kobe	Japan	35	0	3	1.9	2112.8%	1411.5%
H. Shimoda Central midfielder	Machida Zelvia	Japan	34	1	1	2.2	2120%	1626.6%
K. Doi Centre-back	FC Tokyo	Japan	21	0	1	12.6	2141.1%	510.8%
R. Yamane Central midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	22	1	2	12.8	2176%	49±0%
K. Watanabe Central midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	27	0	2	10.7	210.5%	3921.5%
S. Fukuoka Central midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	Japan	26	0	1	13	2172.6%	484.6%
Y. Yamagishi Centre-forward	Nagoya Grampus	Japan	32	3	5	3.6	2184.5%	2026.3%
A. Čavrić Winger	Kashima	Serbia	32	3	4	3.9	2216.3%	2416.8%
S. Sakuragawa Centre-forward	Yokohama FC	Japan	25	4	3	13.1	22	48
Diego Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	Brazil	30	5	3	4.9	2220.3%	2828.2%
N. Arai Full-back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	29	4	2	5.4	2218.6%	3327.3%
Mateus Winger	Nagoya Grampus	Brazil	31	5	2	4.5	22584.4%	2410.1%
M. Murakami Goalkeeper	Avispa Fukuoka	Japan	34	0	0	1.7	2235%	1253.4%
I. Sekigawa Centre-back	Kashima	Japan	25	0	0	13	2251.6%	4718.7%
R. Yamahara Full-back	Shimizu S-pulse	Japan	27	1	4	11.7	2218.5%	4322%
J. Quiñónes Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	Colombia	28	2	1	6.1	22	35
Y. Matsuo Central midfielder	Urawa	Japan	29	4	0	5.6	2213.7%	349.8%
T. Nara Centre-back	Avispa Fukuoka	Japan	32	0	0	3.5	2235.8%	1920.5%
M. Morishige Centre-back	FC Tokyo	Japan	39	1	0	1.2	2319.7%	103%
K. Konno Central midfielder	Avispa Fukuoka	Japan	29	3	0	5.8	2334.5%	3523.5%
S. Kagawa Central midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	Japan	37	2	2	1.1	23248.5%	104.2%
Y. Matsumura Attacking midfielder	Kashima	Japan	25	3	6	14.2	23725%	5216.4%
Y. Oki Goalkeeper	Shimizu S-pulse	Japan	26	0	0	12.3	23395.7%	452.6%
A. Ichikawa Goalkeeper	Yokohama FC	Japan	27	0	0	10.9	23703.4%	401.2%
T. Sekine Full-back	Urawa	Japan	31	1	3	4.8	233.7%	2425.1%
Thiago Andrade Winger	Cerezo Osaka	Brazil	25	4	4	13.9	24	5110.9%
Yan Matheus Winger	Yokohama F. Marinos	Brazil	27	5	3	11.2	2431.6%	4124.2%
K. Koizumi Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	Japan	31	1	2	4.8	243.6%	2433.4%
K. Endo Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	Japan	28	5	0	6.5	24113.4%	3613.6%
Na Sang-Ho Winger	Machida Zelvia	Korea Republic	29	6	3	6	2452.2%	3221.7%
M. Nakajima Centre-forward	Cerezo Osaka	Japan	27	5	2	11.9	24295.1%	446.9%
Capixaba Central midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	Brazil	29	2	2	6.1	241.7%	3122.8%
R. Kato Full-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	26	0	2	12	24101.7%	447.2%
T. Yamane Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	Japan	27	1	3	11.2	2512.9%	4014.1%
Y. Funabashi Central midfielder	Kashima	Japan	24	2	2	14.9	256050%	5425.1%
J. Okumura Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	Japan	25	3	2	12.9	25207.5%	474.9%
M. Okugawa Attacking midfielder	Kyoto Sanga	Japan	30	7	2	5.6	251657.1%	2924.8%
K. Hashimoto Defensive midfielder	FC Tokyo	Japan	32	0	2	3.9	25850%	2216%
N. Hayashi Centre-back	Tokyo Verdy	Japan	28	1	0	6.8	2516.2%	3231.4%
Y. Sato Centre-back	Nagoya Grampus	Japan	27	5	0	11.8	2575.5%	432.7%
H. Mochizuki Central midfielder	Machida Zelvia	Japan	24	1	1	14.4	2521.3%	533.7%
K. Kudo Centre-back	Fagiano Okayama	Japan	22	0	1	13.2	25	51
T. Hiraoka Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	Japan	23	4	1	13.4	2524.6%	491.2%
K. Matsuzaki Attacking midfielder	Shimizu S-pulse	Japan	28	4	5	6.9	25	385.9%
R. Germain Centre-forward	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan	31	4	3	5.2	2553.8%	3116.7%
T. Kida Central midfielder	Yokohama F. Marinos	Japan	31	2	1	5	2548.5%	2525.5%
K. Shiihashi Central midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	Japan	29	2	1	6.4	266.6%	3224.6%
T. Ogiwara Full-back	Urawa	Japan	26	0	1	12.1	2620.2%	4413.5%
R. Hirose Full-back	Vissel Kobe	Japan	30	0	1	5.9	2645.5%	2826%
S. Anzai Central midfielder	FC Tokyo	Japan	23	2	3	13.9	267.7%	518.5%
N. Lavi Defensive midfielder	Gamba Osaka	Israel	29	1	2	6.6	26297%	3213.1%
T. Deng Centre-back	Yokohama F. Marinos	Australia	29	0	0	6.6	2627.5%	3123.9%
H. Mitsumaru Full-back	Kashiwa Reysol	Japan	33	1	1	2.5	26528.6%	158.3%