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Takuma Nishimura

Project playerMachida Zelvia · 29 yrsFringe player

based on the 2025 season · updated 18 Aug 2026

Profile

Full nameTakuma Nishimura
PositionCentre-forward
NationalityJapan
Age29
Date of birth22 Oct 1996
BirthplaceNagoya
Height178 cm
Shirt number#20
ClubMachida Zelvia
Centre-forward
3
Appearances
2
Goals
0
Assists
96
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Machida Zelvia.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
J1 League100246.2

Scout report

Project playerCentre-forward

T. Nishimura is a 29-year-old centre-forward at Machida Zelvia, rated 35.8 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (61.4% of available minutes). He brings 0.39 goal contributions per 90 (0.26 goals, 0.13 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Nishimura.

On the season, Nishimura graded 28 for current form (age-blind), on 6 goals and 3 assists in 29 appearances (0.386 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 28 → 32). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 36. At 29 Nishimura is in his prime years, and a market index of 7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report
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Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2022/23Holding levelBreakout: 2025/26
35.8
Ratingi
developing / rotation level
27.8
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
61.4%
Minutes
a regular starter
0.39
Goal contrib / 90
productive for the role

Output in context · Machida Zelvia finished 6th of 20 · an upper-table side

29
Apps
6
Goals
3
Assists
9
G+A
0.21
Goals / app

6 goals in 29 appearances (0.21 per game) for an upper-table side. He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 9 goal contributions (0.31 per appearance).

Strengths

  • Availability. On the pitch for 61.4% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
  • Final-third output. 0.39 goal contributions per 90 (0.26 goals, 0.13 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 35.8 overall — developing / rotation level. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.39 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

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

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-forwards in the J1 League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals6

Passing

Assists3

Defending

Tackles17
Interceptions6
Blocks1

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards3
Red cards0

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.