Y. Kobayashi

Kobayashi's current-season form is down 67% on last season (Season 12→4), while his Rating eased 11→4. His peak season for form remains 2020/21 (Season 44).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Kawasaki Frontale · 8th	13	1	0	6.57	4	4
2024/25	Kawasaki Frontale · 8th	27	4	0	6.73	11	12
2023/24	Kawasaki Frontale · 8th	19	4	0	6.85	10	12
2022/23	Kawasaki Frontale · 2nd	30	5	2	6.74	15	22
2021/22	Kawasaki Frontale · 1st	33	10	3	6.86	17	30
2020/21	Kawasaki Frontale · 1st	27	14	4	7.12	23	44

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

Scout report

Experienced headCentre-forward

Y. Kobayashi is a 38-year-old centre-forward at Kawasaki Frontale, rated 3.9 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (10% of available minutes). He brings 0.26 goal contributions per 90 (0.26 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kobayashi.

On the season, Kobayashi graded 4 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal and 0 assists in 13 appearances (0.263 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 12 → 4). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2020/21.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 4. At 38 Kobayashi is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.7 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2020/21 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2020/21Trending down

3.9

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

3.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

10%

Minutes

limited game time

0.26

Goal contrib / 90

modest end product

Output in context · Kawasaki Frontale finished 8th of 20 · a mid-table side

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.08

Goals / app

1 goal in 13 appearances (0.08 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.

Watch points

Game time. Only 10% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Output. 0.26 contributions per 90 is light for an attacking role — end product needs to climb.
Age curve. At 38, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 3.9 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.26 goal contributions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.5× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %10%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.263

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.263

Defensive actions / 900.526

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Shot conversion %20

Shot accuracy %62.5

Dribble success %66.7

Cards / 900

Foul involvement / 902.105

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 (~3), then tapers with age. At 38, Kobayashi sits on 0.7, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kobayashi's projected Rating — 3.9 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.