Y. Kimoto

Kimoto's current-season form is down 47% on last season (Season 17→9), while his Rating eased 26→15. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 53).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	FC Tokyo · 11th	7	0	0	6.93	15	9
2024/25	FC Tokyo · 7th	18	1	0	6.91	26	17
2023/24	FC Tokyo · 11th	30	0	0	6.83	32	26
2022/23	FC Tokyo · 6th	33	2	0	7.04	44	53
2021/22	Nagoya Grampus · 5th	32	0	0	6.75	41	36
2020/21	Cerezo Osaka · 4th	28	0	1	6.98	47	30

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

Scout report

Experienced headBall-winning Central defender

Y. Kimoto is a 32-year-old central defender at FC Tokyo, rated 15.2 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (13.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.02 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kimoto.

On the season, Kimoto graded 9 for current form (age-blind), on 2 clean sheets and 4.021 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 17 → 9). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 15. At 32 Kimoto is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2022/23Trending downBreakout: 2022/23

15.2

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

8.5

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

13.7%

Minutes

limited game time

4.02

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · FC Tokyo finished 11th of 20 · a mid-table side

4.02

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

4.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 7 appearances.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 4.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 13.7% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 32, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 15.2 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.02 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %13.7%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 904.021

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900

Foul involvement / 901.723

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 (~4), then tapers with age. At 32, Kimoto sits on 1.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kimoto's projected Rating — 15.2 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.