Koki Sugimori

Sugimori's current-season form is down 43% on last season (Season 7→4), while his Rating eased 44→23. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 7).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Tokushima Vortis · 4th	13	1	—	23	4
2024/25	Tokushima Vortis	19	0	—	—	—
2023/24	Tokushima Vortis	14	0	—	—	—
2022/23	Tokushima Vortis	35	5	—	—	—
2021/22	Tokushima Vortis · 17th	24	0	6.61	44	7

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 7 earlier seasons in the full career.

Japan · international

Side	Apps	G
Japan U17	2	0

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

Scout report

Squad depthCentral midfielder

K. Sugimori is a 29-year-old central midfielder at Tochigi SC, rated 24.6 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (31.7% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sugimori.

On the season, Sugimori graded 7 for current form (age-blind), 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).

On long-term talent our Rating reads 25. At 29 Sugimori is in his prime years, and a market index of 1.2 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Holding level

24.6

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

7.1

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

31.7%

Minutes

limited game time

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Tochigi SC finished 16th of 20 · a lower-table side

Apps

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 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.

Strengths

Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.16 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

Game time. Only 31.7% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 24.6 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (0 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %31.7%

Available fixtures13 of 11

Goals / 900.158

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.158

Defensive actions / 900

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.315

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 (~2), then tapers with age. At 29, Sugimori sits on 1.2, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Sugimori's projected Rating — 24.6 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 central midfielders in the J3 League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists0

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

Tochigi SCJan 2026 – now-

Ehime FCJul 2025 – Jan 2026

Tokushima Vortisuntil Jul 2025

Nagoya Grampus(back from loan)Jan 2021 – Jul 2025

Tokushima VortisFeb 2021 – Jan 2021Free

Tokushima Vortis(on loan)Jan 2020 – Feb 2021

Nagoya Grampus(back from loan)Jan 2019 – Jan 2020

Machida Zelvia(on loan)Feb 2018 – Jan 2019

Nagoya Grampusuntil Feb 2018

About K. Sugimori

Koki Sugimori is a 29-year-old central midfielder who plays for Tochigi SC, born on April 5, 1997 in Aichi, standing 174 cm tall. He is from Japan. Tochigi SC currently sit 16th of 20 in the J3 League.

This season

In the current season, K. Sugimori has made 13 appearances with 1 goal and 0 assists across 571 minutes, with 2 yellow cards.

K. Sugimori's next match is on October 31, 2026, when Tochigi SC face Ehime FC at home in the J3 League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates K. Sugimori at 24.6 with a Season form score of 7.1. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 1 career title — among them the J2 League. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 12 recorded seasons, K. Sugimori has totalled 207 club appearances with 14 goals and 0 assists for 3 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 35 appearances for Tokushima Vortis.

K. Sugimori's career has also included time at Ehime FC, Tokushima Vortis, Nagoya Grampus and Machida Zelvia.

On the international stage, K. Sugimori has represented Japan U17 — 2 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Tochigi SC finished 16th of 20 · a lower-table side

Strengths

Watch points