Domestic-league season · Oita Trinita.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 J2 League | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1168 | — |
Following his move to Oita Trinita, Sakakibara's current-season form is down 43% on last season (Season 7→4), while his Rating eased 46→43. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 7).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Oita Trinita · 16th | 13 | 1 | 0 | — | 43 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | Yokohama F. Marinos · 9th | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6.71 | 46 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | Yokohama F. Marinos · 2nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 44 | 1 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
K. Sakakibara is a 25-year-old central midfielder at Oita Trinita, rated 43 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 263rd of 874 in the J3 League. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (34.2% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sakakibara.
Judged on this season alone, Sakakibara graded 4 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 183rd of 241 of the 241 central midfielders in the J3 League, on 1 goal, 0 assists and 0 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 7 → 4). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 43, top 31% of the 241 central midfielders in the J3 League. At 25 Sakakibara is in his prime years, and a market index of 32.7 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
0 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 13 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (16th of 20) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 43, Sakakibara carries the 73rd-highest potential of the central midfielders in the J3 League of 241 — though on just 13 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.
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 (~33), then tapers with age. At 25, Sakakibara sits on 32.7, at or near its peak. The blue line is Sakakibara's projected Rating — 43 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
