R. Inoue

Following his move to Cerezo Osaka, Inoue's current-season form is down 59% on last season (Season 17→7), while his Rating eased 37→27. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 30).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Cerezo Osaka	18	2	0	7	—	—
2025/26	Cerezo Osaka · 10th	11	0	0	7.23	27	7
2025/26	Urawa	2	0	0	6.6	—	—
2024/25	Urawa · 13th	16	0	0	7.02	37	17
2023/24	Kyoto Sanga · 13th	27	0	1	6.78	45	30
2022/23	Kyoto Sanga · 16th	28	1	0	6.8	47	26

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 4 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCentral defender

R. Inoue is a 29-year-old central defender at Cerezo Osaka, rated 27.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 252nd of 377 on scout potential in the J1 League. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (23.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.68 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Inoue.

Judged on this season alone, Inoue graded 7 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 59th of 64 of the 64 centre-backs in the J1 League, on 1 clean sheet and 3.68 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 17 → 7). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 27, 43rd of 64 of the 64 centre-backs in the J1 League. At 29 Inoue is in his prime years, and a market index of 4.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending down

Current potential43rd of 64 centre-backs · J1 League · 11 apps Current season59th of 64 centre-backs · J1 League · 11 apps59th-best centre-back in the J1 League252nd in the J1 League · potential43rd-highest potential centre-back in the J1 League

27.2

Ratingi

43rd of 64 centre-backs

6.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

23.6%

Minutes

limited game time

3.68

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Cerezo Osaka finished 10th of 20 · a mid-table side

3.68

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.68 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 11 appearances.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 3.68 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 23.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 27.2, Inoue carries the 43rd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the J1 League of 64 — though on just 11 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.68 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %23.6%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 903.68

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Pass accuracy %48

Cards / 900.112

Foul involvement / 901.004

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 (~7), then tapers with age. At 29, Inoue sits on 4.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Inoue's projected Rating — 27.2 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.