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Kotaro Tachikawa

Project playerImabari · 29 yrsStarter

ratings updated 13 Oct 2026

Profile

Full nameKotaro Tachikawa
PositionGoalkeeper
NationalityJapan
Age29
Date of birth4 Jan 1997
BirthplaceWakayama
Height188 cm
ClubImabari
Goalkeeper
13
Appearances
3
Clean sheets
23%
CS rate
share of apps kept clean
1170
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Imabari.

Scout report

Project playerGoalkeeper

K. Tachikawa is a 29-year-old goalkeeper at Imabari, rated 26.3 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 124th of 215 on scout potential in the J2 League. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (68.4% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Tachikawa.

Judged on this season alone, Tachikawa graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 11th of 18 of the 18 goalkeepers in the J2 League, on 3 clean sheets across 13 appearances.

We hold a single season for Tachikawa, so there's no year-on-year comparison to draw yet — the read above is this campaign only.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 26, top 39% of the 18 goalkeepers in the J2 League. At 29 Tachikawa is in his prime years, and a market index of 2.6 reflects that trajectory.

26.3
Ratingi
7th of 18 goalkeepers
11.7
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
68.4%
Minutes
a regular starter
0
Def. actions / 90
light defensive volume

Output in context · Imabari finished 18th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

13
Apps
3
Clean sheets
23%
CS rate
68.4%
Minutes

3 clean sheets in 13 appearances (23% of games). Keeping that many behind a relegation-threatened side (18th of 20) — a side that concedes more — points to a busy, productive season between the posts.

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 68.4% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 26.3, Tachikawa carries the 7th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the J2 League of 18 — though on just 13 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. A a regular starter keeper carrying the gloves this season. 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among goalkeepers in the J2 League with 600+ minutes this season.

Goalkeeping

Clean sheets3

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards0
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.