Takuma Asano

Asano's current-season form is down 25% on last season (Season 12→9), while his Rating eased 45→29. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 29).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Mallorca · 18th	20	1	0	6.58	29	9
2024/25	Mallorca · 10th	23	2	1	6.62	45	12
2023/24	VfL Bochum · 16th	29	6	1	6.8	54	29
2022/23	VfL Bochum · 14th	25	3	2	6.68	59	22
2021/22	VfL Bochum · 13th	27	3	4	6.75	66	26

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Japan · international

Side	Apps	G
Japan	55	9
Japan U23	11	5

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

Scout report

Experienced headCentral midfielder

T. Asano is a 31-year-old central midfielder at Mallorca, rated 29.3 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (19.9% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.98 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Asano.

On the season, Asano graded 9 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal, 0 assists and 1.982 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 12 → 9). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 29. At 31 Asano is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 8.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downInjury-hit 2025/26

29.3

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

9.3

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

19.9%

Minutes

limited game time

1.98

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Mallorca finished 18th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

1.98

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

1.98 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 20 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (18th 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Watch points

Game time. Only 19.9% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 29.3 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.98 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %19.9%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.132

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.132

Defensive actions / 901.982

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Cards / 900.264

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 age 31 (~9), then tapers with age. At 31, Asano sits on 8.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Asano's projected Rating — 29.3 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 central midfielders in the J1 League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles14

Interceptions1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

Transfer history

€4M total transfer fees · 6 moves

Sanfrecce HiroshimaJun 2026 – nowFree

MallorcaJul 2024 – Jun 2026Free

VfL BochumJul 2021 – Jul 2024

FK Partizanuntil Jul 2021

Hannover 96(on loan)Jul 2018 – Jul 2021

VfB Stuttgart(on loan)Aug 2016 – Jul 2018

ArsenalAug 2016 – Aug 2016€ 4M

Sanfrecce Hiroshimauntil Aug 2016

About T. Asano

Takuma Asano is a 31-year-old central midfielder who plays for Sanfrecce Hiroshima, born on November 10, 1994 in Komono, standing 173 cm tall. He is from Japan. Sanfrecce Hiroshima currently sit 4th of 20 in the J1 League.

This season

In the current season, T. Asano has made 20 appearances with 1 goal and 0 assists across 681 minutes, with 2 yellow cards.

T. Asano'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 T. Asano at 29.3 with a Season form score of 9.3. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 11 career titles — among them the 2. Bundesliga and the Super Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, T. Asano has totalled 299 club appearances with 56 goals and 11 assists for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2015/16, with 34 appearances for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

T. Asano's career has also included time at Mallorca, VfL Bochum, FK Partizan, Hannover 96, VfB Stuttgart and Arsenal.

On the international stage, T. Asano has represented Japan and Japan U23 — 66 caps and 14 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Also this season

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Mallorca finished 18th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

Watch points