Koya Kitagawa

Kitagawa's current-season form is level with last season (Season 33→33), while his Rating held around 31. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 33).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2027/28	Shimizu S-pulse · 15th	3	1	0	7	31	33
2026/27	Shimizu S-pulse	10	2	1	7.09	—	—
2025/26	Shimizu S-pulse · 14th	37	10	0	6.8	31	33
2024/25	Shimizu S-pulse	34	12	0	—	—	—
2023/24	Shimizu S-pulse	35	4	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Japan · international

Side	Apps	G
Japan	8	0

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

Scout report

Project playerCentre-forward

K. Kitagawa is a 30-year-old centre-forward at Shimizu S-pulse, enjoying a standout season — 10 goals and 0 assists in 37 appearances, a Season grade of 33. On long-term scout potential he's rated 30.8. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter (66.4% of available minutes). He brings 0.4 goal contributions per 90 (0.4 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kitagawa.

On the season, Kitagawa graded 33 for current form (age-blind), on 10 goals and 0 assists in 37 appearances (0.396 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 33 → 33). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 31. At 30 Kitagawa is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Kitagawa is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26

30.8

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

32.9

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

66.4%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.4

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · Shimizu S-pulse finished 14th of 20 · a lower-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.27

Goals / app

10 goals in 37 appearances (0.27 per game) is double figures — and for a lower-table side (14th of 20), a real standout. Weaker sides create and score less, so carrying double-figure output there says more than the raw number alone.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 66.4% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Final-third output. 0.4 goal contributions per 90 (0.4 goals, 0 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

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

Outlook

Rated 30.8 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.4 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %66.4%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.396

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.396

Defensive actions / 900.951

Player flow

Goal involvements10

Cards / 900.159

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 (~14), then tapers with age. At 30, Kitagawa sits on 7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kitagawa's projected Rating — 30.8 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 centre-forwards in the J1 League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals10

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles16

Interceptions5

Blocks3

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4

Red cards0

Transfer history

Shimizu S-pulseJul 2022 – nowFree

Rapid ViennaAug 2019 – Jul 2022

Shimizu S-pulseuntil Aug 2019

About K. Kitagawa

Koya Kitagawa is a 30-year-old centre-forward who plays for Shimizu S-pulse, born on July 26, 1996 in Shizuoka, standing 180 cm tall. He is from Japan. Shimizu S-pulse currently sit 15th of 20 in the J1 League.

This season

In the current season, K. Kitagawa has made 3 appearances with 1 goal and 0 assists across 253 minutes.

K. Kitagawa's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Shimizu S-pulse face Kashiwa Reysol at home in the J1 League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates K. Kitagawa at 30.8 with a Season form score of 32.9. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 2 career titles — among them the J2 League. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, K. Kitagawa has totalled 296 club appearances with 70 goals and 16 assists for 3 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 37 appearances for Shimizu S-pulse.

K. Kitagawa's career has also included time at Rapid Vienna.

On the international stage, K. Kitagawa has represented Japan — 8 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.