Yotaro Nakajima

Nakajima's current-season form is level with last season (Season 6→6), while his Rating held around 49. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 6).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	A	Match	RTG	Season
2027/28	Sanfrecce Hiroshima · 4th	3	1	7.27	49	6
2026/27	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	8	0	6.79	—	—
2025/26	Sanfrecce Hiroshima · 4th	16	0	6.95	49	6
2024/25	Sanfrecce Hiroshima · 2nd	12	0	6.56	48	2

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

Japan · international

Side	Apps	G
Japan U20	2	1
Japan U19	4	0
Japan U17	9	1

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

Scout report

Squad depthAttacking midfielder

Y. Nakajima is a 20-year-old attacking midfielder at Sanfrecce Hiroshima, rated 48.6 overall by Field Insider's model. A young player, he has been a fringe squad member this season (23.7% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Nakajima.

On the season, Nakajima graded 0 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals and 0 assists in 16 appearances (0 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 6 → 6). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 49. At 20 Nakajima is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 11.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Nakajima is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.

Peak: 2025/26Holding level

48.6

Ratingi

a solid contributor and squad regular

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

23.7%

Minutes

limited game time

Goal contrib / 90

low end product

Output in context · Sanfrecce Hiroshima finished 4th of 20 · an upper-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

Goals / app

0 goals in 16 appearances (0 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.

Watch points

Game time. Only 23.7% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Output. 0 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.

Outlook

Rated 48.6 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0 goal contributions per 90). At 20 the trajectory points up — potential sits near its ceiling (98/100) and market value should climb as minutes and output follow. With this floor already at 20, the ceiling gets tested by a step up in level — one to track.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %23.7%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 902.892

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.222

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 (~13), then tapers with age. At 20, Nakajima sits on 11.3, still climbing toward its peak. The blue line is Nakajima's projected Rating — 48.6 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 attacking midfielders in the J1 League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Defending

Tackles18

Interceptions7—

Blocks1—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

Red cards0

About Y. Nakajima

Yotaro Nakajima is a 20-year-old attacking midfielder who plays for Sanfrecce Hiroshima, born on April 22, 2006 in Hiroshima, 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, Y. Nakajima has made 3 appearances with 0 goals and 1 assist across 191 minutes, with 1 yellow card.

Y. Nakajima'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 Y. Nakajima at 48.6 with a Season form score of 0. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the Super Cup and the AFC U17 Asian Cup. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 4 recorded seasons, Y. Nakajima has totalled 39 club appearances with 0 goals and 1 assist for 1 club. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 16 appearances for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

On the international stage, Y. Nakajima has represented Japan U20, Japan U19, Japan U17 — 15 caps and 2 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.