Daiya Maekawa

Maekawa's current-season form is level with last season (Season 40→40), while his Rating held around 32. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 52).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2027/28	Vissel Kobe · 8th	1	0	0%	6.9	32	40
2026/27	Vissel Kobe	13	0	0%	7.18	—	—
2025/26	Vissel Kobe · 5th	38	14	37%	6.91	32	40
2024/25	Vissel Kobe · 1st	37	13	35%	7.05	41	37
2023/24	Vissel Kobe · 1st	33	14	42%	6.97	45	52

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 5 earlier seasons in the full career.

Japan · international

Side	Apps	G
Japan	2	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headGoalkeeper

D. Maekawa is a 31-year-old goalkeeper at Vissel Kobe, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 38 appearances, a Season grade of 40. On long-term scout potential he's rated 32.3. A seasoned veteran, he has been an ever-present (100% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Maekawa.

On the season, Maekawa graded 40 for current form (age-blind), on 14 clean sheets across 38 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 40 → 40). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 32. At 31 Maekawa is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 6.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2023/24Streaky

32.3

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

40.1

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

100%

Minutes

near ever-present

0.03

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Vissel Kobe finished 5th of 20 · an upper-table side

Apps

Clean sheets

37%

CS rate

100%

Minutes

14 clean sheets in 38 appearances (37% of games). Playing behind an upper-table side (5th of 20) means a more protected goal, so the read is about command and distribution as much as raw shut-outs.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 100% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 32.3 overall — below regular-starter level. A near ever-present keeper carrying the gloves this season. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %100%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900.026

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~15), then tapers with age. At 31, Maekawa sits on 6.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Maekawa's projected Rating — 32.3 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

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

Goalkeeping

Clean sheets14

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards0

Red cards0

About D. Maekawa

Daiya Maekawa is a 31-year-old goalkeeper who plays for Vissel Kobe, born on September 8, 1994 in Kobe, standing 191 cm tall. He is from Japan. Vissel Kobe currently sit 8th of 20 in the J1 League.

This season

In the current season, D. Maekawa has made 1 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 90 minutes.

D. Maekawa's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Vissel Kobe face Cerezo Osaka at home in the J1 League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates D. Maekawa at 32.3 with a Season form score of 40.1. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 8 career titles — among them the Emperor Cup and the J1 League. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, D. Maekawa has totalled 189 club appearances with 0 goals and 1 assist for 1 club. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 38 appearances for Vissel Kobe.

On the international stage, D. Maekawa has represented Japan — 2 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.