Domestic-league season · Tokyo Verdy.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 J1 League | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2286 | 6.87 |
 J-League Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 246 | — |
Following his move to Tokyo Verdy, Hirakawa's current-season form is up 50% on last season (Season 14→21), while his Rating held around 45. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Tokyo Verdy · 17th | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6.87 | 45 | 21 |
| 2024/25 | Jubilo Iwata · 18th | 26 | 0 | 1 | 6.74 | 45 | 14 |
| 2022/23 | Roasso Kumamoto · 9th | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 43 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | FC Tokyo · 6th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 44 | 0 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
R. Hirakawa is a 26-year-old defensive midfielder at Tokyo Verdy, rated 44.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 220th of 874 in the J3 League. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (66.8% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.78 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Hirakawa.
Judged on this season alone, Hirakawa graded 21 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 27th of 56 of the 56 defensive midfielders in the J3 League, on 0 goals, 0 assists and 3.78 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 14 → 21). Across the 4 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 45, top 29% of the 56 defensive midfielders in the J3 League. At 26 Hirakawa is in his prime years, and a market index of 33.8 reflects that trajectory.
Hirakawa is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
3.78 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 11 clean sheets across 34 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th 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 44.5, Hirakawa carries the 16th-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the J3 League (top 29%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Tokyo Verdy finished 17th 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 solid defensive volume (3.78 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.
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 (~34), then tapers with age. At 26, Hirakawa sits on 33.8, at or near its peak. The blue line is Hirakawa's projected Rating — 44.5 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.
