Domestic-league season · Yokohama F. Marinos.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 J1 League | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2056 | 6.86 |
Kato's current-season form is up 100% on last season (Season 12→24), while his Rating eased 47→44. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Yokohama F. Marinos · 15th | 27 | 0 | 2 | 6.86 | 44 | 24 |
| 2024/25 | Yokohama F. Marinos · 9th | 27 | 1 | 1 | 6.82 | 47 | 12 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
R. Kato is a 26-year-old full-back at Yokohama F. Marinos, rated 44 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 229th of 874 in the J3 League. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (60.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.58 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kato.
Judged on this season alone, Kato graded 24 — a solid campaign that ranks top 35% of the 79 full-backs in the J3 League, on 7 clean sheets and 2.583 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 12 → 24).
On long-term talent our Rating reads 44, top 33% of the 79 full-backs in the J3 League. At 26 Kato is in his prime years, and a market index of 33.4 reflects that trajectory.
A career still climbing — Kato is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.
2.58 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 7 clean sheets across 27 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (15th 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 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 44, Kato carries the 26th-highest potential of the full-backs in the J3 League (top 33%), and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Yokohama F. Marinos finished 15th 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 moderate defensive volume (2.58 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 (~33), then tapers with age. At 26, Kato sits on 33.4, at or near its peak. The blue line is Kato's projected Rating — 44 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.
