Domestic-league season · Imabari.
T. Kato is a 30-year-old central defender at Imabari, rated 24.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 645th of 874 in the J3 League. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (34.2% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kato.
Judged on this season alone, Kato graded 6 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 157th of 204 of the 204 centre-backs in the J3 League, on 3 clean sheets and 0 defensive actions per 90.
We hold a single season for Kato, 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 25, 154th of 204 of the 204 centre-backs in the J3 League. At 30 Kato is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 9.4 reflects that trajectory.
0 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 13 appearances.
With a Rating of 24.8, Kato carries the 154th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the J3 League of 204 — though on just 13 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (0 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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.
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 (~19), then tapers with age. At 30, Kato sits on 9.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kato's projected Rating — 24.8 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.
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