Domestic-league season · Yokohama F. Marinos.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 J1 League | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1621 | 6.9 |
Matsubara's current-season form is level with last season (Season 19→19), while his Rating eased 27→16. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 30).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Yokohama F. Marinos · 15th | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 16 | 19 |
| 2024/25 | Yokohama F. Marinos · 9th | 29 | 1 | 2 | 7.07 | 27 | 19 |
| 2023/24 | Yokohama F. Marinos · 2nd | 25 | 2 | 1 | 6.91 | 31 | 29 |
| 2022/23 | Yokohama F. Marinos · 1st | 21 | 1 | 0 | 6.96 | 33 | 30 |
| 2021/22 | Yokohama F. Marinos · 2nd | 22 | 1 | 2 | 7.03 | 37 | 27 |
| 2020/21 | Yokohama F. Marinos · 9th | 20 | 1 | 0 | 6.89 | 40 | 20 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
K. Matsubara is a 33-year-old central defender at Yokohama F. Marinos, rated 15.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 766th of 874 in the J3 League. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (47.4% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.05 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Matsubara.
Judged on this season alone, Matsubara graded 19 — a strong campaign that ranks top 25% of the 204 centre-backs in the J3 League, on 5 clean sheets and 3.054 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 19 → 19). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 16, 179th of 204 of the 204 centre-backs in the J3 League. At 33 Matsubara is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 4.2 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
3.05 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 5 clean sheets across 21 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (15th 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.
With a Rating of 15.7, Matsubara carries the 179th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the J3 League of 204, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Yokohama F. Marinos finished 15th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.05 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.7× and falling).
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 (~12), then tapers with age. At 33, Matsubara sits on 4.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Matsubara's projected Rating — 15.7 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.
No transfer news found for this player.
