based on the 2026 season · updated 19 Oct 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · JEF United Chiba.
Scout report
M. Shinada is a 27-year-old central midfielder at JEF United Chiba, rated 37.1 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 115th of 193 on scout potential in the J1 League. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (47.2% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Shinada.
Judged on this season alone, Shinada graded 0 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 39th of 41 of the 41 central midfielders in the J1 League, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 0 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 0 → 0). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 37, 27th of 41 of the 41 central midfielders in the J1 League. At 27 Shinada is in his prime years, and a market index of 10.2 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Output in context · JEF United Chiba finished 19th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side
0 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 14 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (19th 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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 47.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Defensive numbers. Modest 0 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 37.1, Shinada carries the 27th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the J1 League of 41 — though on just 14 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (0 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the J1 League with 600+ minutes this season.
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