Ryo Nagai

Following his move to Kitakyushu, Nagai's current-season form is up 0% on last season (Season 0→9), while his Rating eased 18→6. That makes this his strongest season for form to date.

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Kitakyushu · 8th	14	3	7.03	6	9
2024/25	Kitakyushu	35	14	—	—	—
2023/24	Fagiano Okayama	2	1	—	—	—
2022/23	Fagiano OkayamaLoan	12	1	—	—	—
2022/23	Sanfrecce Hiroshima · 3rd	8	0	6.58	18	0
2021/22	Sanfrecce Hiroshima · 11th	3	0	6.5	20	0

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 11 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentre-forward

R. Nagai is a 35-year-old centre-forward at Kitakyushu, enjoying a standout season — 3 goals and 0 assists in 14 appearances, a Season grade of 9, top 64% of J3 League centre-forwards. On long-term scout potential he's rated 6.2, ranking 255th of 267 in the J3 League. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member (24.9% of available minutes). He brings 0.32 goal contributions per 90 (0.32 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Nagai.

Judged on this season alone, Nagai graded 9 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 32nd of 50 of the 50 centre-forwards in the J3 League, on 3 goals and 0 assists in 14 appearances (0.318 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 0 → 9). Across the 4 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 6, 47th of 50 of the 50 centre-forwards in the J3 League. At 35 Nagai is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Nagai is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding levelRemarkably consistent

Current potential47th of 50 centre-forwards · J3 League · 14 apps Current season32nd of 50 centre-forwards · J3 League · 14 apps 32nd-best centre-forward in the J3 League 255th in the J3 League · potential 47th-highest potential centre-forward in the J3 League

6.2

Ratingi

47th of 50 centre-forwards

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

24.9%

Minutes

limited game time

0.32

Goal contrib / 90

modest end product

Output in context · Kitakyushu finished 8th of 20 · a mid-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.21

Goals / app

3 goals in 14 appearances (0.21 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.

Watch points

Game time. Only 24.9% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 35, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 6.2, Nagai carries the 47th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the J3 League of 50 — though on just 14 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.32 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %24.9%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.318

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.318

Defensive actions / 901.694

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900

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 (~1), then tapers with age. At 35, Nagai sits on 0.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Nagai's projected Rating — 6.2 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-forwards in the J3 League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles1

Interceptions9

Blocks6

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards0

Red cards0

Transfer history

KitakyushuJan 2024 – nowFree

Fagiano Okayama(on loan)Jul 2022 – Jan 2024

Sanfrecce HiroshimaJan 2020 – Jul 2022Free

Matsumoto YamagaJan 2018 – Jan 2020Free

Nagoya GrampusJan 2017 – Jan 2018

V-varen NagasakiJan 2016 – Jan 2017

Cerezo Osaka(back from loan)Jul 2015 – Jan 2016

Oita Trinita(on loan)Mar 2015 – Jul 2015

Cerezo Osaka(back from loan)Feb 2014 – Mar 2015

Perth Glory(on loan)Oct 2012 – Feb 2014

Cerezo Osakauntil Oct 2012

About R. Nagai

Ryo Nagai is a 35-year-old centre-forward who plays for Kitakyushu, born on May 23, 1991 in Nishinomiya, standing 180 cm tall. He is from Japan. Kitakyushu currently sit 15th of 20 in the J3 League.

This season

In the current season, R. Nagai has made 14 appearances with 3 goals and 0 assists across 850 minutes.

R. Nagai's next match is on August 30, 2026, when Kitakyushu face Matsumoto Yamaga at home in the J3 League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates R. Nagai at 6.2 with a Season form score of 9, ranking 255th of 267 centre-forwards in the J3 League. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 1 career title — among them the J2 League. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 16 recorded seasons, R. Nagai has totalled 286 club appearances with 58 goals and 3 assists for 9 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2016/17, with 41 appearances for V-varen Nagasaki.

R. Nagai's career has also included time at Fagiano Okayama, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Matsumoto Yamaga, Nagoya Grampus, V-varen Nagasaki, Cerezo Osaka, Oita Trinita and Perth Glory.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Kitakyushu finished 8th of 20 · a mid-table side

Watch points