Shunki Higashi

Higashi's current-season form is level with last season (Season 27→27), while his Rating held around 49. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 43).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2027/28	Sanfrecce Hiroshima · 4th	3	0	1	7.53	49	27
2026/27	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	18	3	7	7.14	—	—
2025/26	Sanfrecce Hiroshima · 4th	35	3	0	7.09	49	27
2024/25	Sanfrecce Hiroshima · 2nd	38	2	8	7.25	59	43
2023/24	Sanfrecce Hiroshima · 3rd	31	2	2	7.08	54	30

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 5 earlier seasons in the full career.

Japan · international

Side	Apps	G
Japan U20	3	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Solid contributorAttacking midfielder

S. Higashi is a 26-year-old attacking midfielder at Sanfrecce Hiroshima, rated 47.9 overall by Field Insider's model. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (61% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Higashi.

On the season, Higashi graded 14 for current form (age-blind), on 3 goals and 0 assists in 35 appearances (0.129 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 27 → 27). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 48. At 26 Higashi is in his prime years, and a market index of 13.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelBreakout: 2023/24

47.9

Ratingi

a solid contributor and squad regular

13.8

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

61%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.13

Goal contrib / 90

low end product

Output in context · Sanfrecce Hiroshima finished 4th of 20 · an upper-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.09

Goals / app

3 goals in 35 appearances (0.09 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 61% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Output. 0.13 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.

Outlook

Rated 47.9 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.13 goal contributions 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.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %61%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.129

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.129

Defensive actions / 902.978

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900.086

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 (~13), then tapers with age. At 26, Higashi sits on 13.1, at or near its peak. The blue line is Higashi's projected Rating — 47.9 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 attacking midfielders in the J1 League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals3

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles31

Interceptions33—

Blocks5—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

About S. Higashi

Shunki Higashi is a 26-year-old attacking midfielder who plays for Sanfrecce Hiroshima, born on July 28, 2000 in Ozu, standing 180 cm tall. He is from Japan. Sanfrecce Hiroshima currently sit 4th of 20 in the J1 League.

This season

In the current season, S. Higashi has made 3 appearances with 0 goals and 1 assist across 239 minutes.

S. Higashi's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Sanfrecce Hiroshima face Gamba Osaka away in the J1 League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates S. Higashi at 47.9 with a Season form score of 13.8. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the Super Cup and the J-League Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, S. Higashi has totalled 220 club appearances with 15 goals and 23 assists for 1 club. His busiest campaign came in 2024/25, with 38 appearances for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

On the international stage, S. Higashi has represented Japan U20 — 3 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.