Shota Nishino
ratings updated 13 Oct 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Consadole Sapporo.
Scout report
★ Standout performer
All J2 League standouts →One of the biggest game-time risers in the J2 League: on the pitch for 85% of Consadole Sapporo's available minutes this season, up from 18% last year — a bench-to-starter jump the ratings will catch up with at the next checkpoint.
S. Nishino is a 22-year-old central defender at Consadole Sapporo, rated 36.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 34th of 215 on scout potential in the J2 League and 1225th of 1759 U-23 players tracked. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (35.6% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Nishino.
Judged on this season alone, Nishino graded 3 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 70th of 73 of the 73 centre-backs in the J2 League, on 1 clean sheet and 0 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 1 → 3). Across the 4 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 37, top 18% of the 73 centre-backs in the J2 League. At 22 Nishino is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 6.3 reflects that trajectory.
Output in context · Consadole Sapporo finished 17th of 20 · a lower-table side
0 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 8 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.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 35.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Defensive numbers. Modest 0 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 36.8, Nishino carries the 13th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the J2 League of 73 — though on just 8 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (0 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 1.9×) with the best seasons likely ahead.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the J2 League with 600+ minutes this season.
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