J. Nishikawa

Nishikawa's current-season form is down 33% on last season (Season 9→6), while his Rating held around 47. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 9).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Sagan Tosu · 8th	11	2	0	—	47	6
2023/24	Sagan Tosu · 14th	21	0	1	6.54	47	9
2022/23	Sagan Tosu · 11th	14	1	2	6.92	49	9
2021/22	Cerezo Osaka · 12th	17	0	0	6.54	46	3
2020/21	Cerezo Osaka · 4th	13	1	0	6.43	50	3

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral midfielder

J. Nishikawa is a 24-year-old central midfielder at Sagan Tosu, rated 46.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 157th of 874 in the J3 League. An emerging talent, he has been a fringe squad member this season (22% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Nishikawa.

Judged on this season alone, Nishikawa graded 6 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 165th of 241 of the 241 central midfielders in the J3 League, on 2 goals, 0 assists and 0 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 9 → 6). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 47, top 17% of the 241 central midfielders in the J3 League. At 24 Nishikawa is in his prime years, and a market index of 35.5 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelRemarkably consistent

Current potential39th of 241 central midfielders · J3 League · 11 apps Current season165th of 241 central midfielders · J3 League · 11 apps165th-best central midfielder in the J3 League157th in the J3 League · potential39th-highest potential central midfielder in the J3 League

46.7

Ratingi

39th of 241 central midfielders

5.9

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

22%

Minutes

limited game time

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Sagan Tosu finished 8th of 20 · a mid-table side

Def. / 90

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Tackles

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Interceptions

Clean sheets

0 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 11 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.24 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

Game time. Only 22% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

With a Rating of 46.7, Nishikawa carries the 39th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the J3 League of 241 — though on just 11 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (0 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %22%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.239

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.239

Defensive actions / 900

Player flow

Goal involvements2

Cards / 900.239

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 (~36), then tapers with age. At 24, Nishikawa sits on 35.5, at or near its peak. The blue line is Nishikawa's projected Rating — 46.7 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.