S. Kawabe

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Kitakyushu · 8th	14	3	1	6.61	14	10
2024/25	Kagoshima United	6	1	0	—	—	—
2024/25	Grulla MoriokaLoan	14	4	0	—	—	—
2023/24	Kagoshima United	9	0	0	—	—	—
2022/23	YSCC	26	5	0	—	—	—
2021/22	YSCC	22	1	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Squad depthCentre-forward

S. Kawabe is a 30-year-old centre-forward at Kitakyushu, rated 13.9 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 231st of 300 on scout potential in the J3 League. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (20.3% of available minutes). He brings 0.52 goal contributions per 90 (0.39 goals, 0.13 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kawabe.

Judged on this season alone, Kawabe graded 10 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 34th of 57 of the 57 centre-forwards in the J3 League, on 3 goals and 1 assist in 14 appearances (0.518 involvements per 90).

We hold a single season for Kawabe, 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 14, 37th of 57 of the 57 centre-forwards in the J3 League. At 30 Kawabe is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.7 reflects that trajectory.

Current potential37th of 57 centre-forwards · J3 League · 14 apps Current season34th of 57 centre-forwards · J3 League · 14 apps34th-best centre-forward in the J3 League231st in the J3 League · potential37th-highest potential centre-forward in the J3 League

13.9

Ratingi

37th of 57 centre-forwards

9.8

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

20.3%

Minutes

limited game time

0.52

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

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

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. Add 1 assist for 4 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.52 goal contributions per 90 (0.39 goals, 0.13 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 20.3% 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 13.9, Kawabe carries the 37th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the J3 League of 57 — though on just 14 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.52 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %20.3%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.388

Assists / 900.129

Goal contribution / 900.518

Defensive actions / 901.424

Player flow

Goal involvements4

Shot conversion %75

Shot accuracy %28.6

Pass accuracy %76

Cards / 900.129

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 30, Kawabe sits on 0.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kawabe's projected Rating — 13.9 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.