Shohei Takahashi
ratings updated 11 Oct 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Matsumoto Yamaga.
Scout report
★ Standout performer
All J3 League standouts →One of the biggest game-time risers in the J3 League: on the pitch for 95% of Matsumoto Yamaga's available minutes this season, up from 23% last year — a bench-to-starter jump the ratings will catch up with at the next checkpoint.
S. Takahashi is a 35-year-old central defender at Matsumoto Yamaga, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 9 appearances, a Season grade of 10, top 84% of J3 League centre-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 7.4, ranking 256th of 260 in the J3 League. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option (45.1% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.63 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Takahashi.
Judged on this season alone, Takahashi graded 10 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 48th of 57 of the 57 centre-backs in the J3 League, on 2 clean sheets and 1.632 defensive actions per 90.
We hold a single season for Takahashi, so there's no year-on-year comparison to draw yet — the read above is this campaign only.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 7, 57th of 57 of the 57 centre-backs in the J3 League. At 35 Takahashi is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.3 reflects that trajectory.
Output in context · Matsumoto Yamaga finished 15th of 20 · a lower-table side
1.63 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 9 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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 45.1% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Defensive numbers. Modest 1.63 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
- 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 7.4, Takahashi carries the 57th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the J3 League of 57 — though on just 9 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.63 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the J3 League with 600+ minutes this season.
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