Yuta Arai

Arai's current-season form is level with last season (Season 34→34), while his Rating held around 52. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 34).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2027/28	Tokyo Verdy · 17th	2	0	0	6.45	52	34
2026/27	Tokyo Verdy	17	1	2	6.78	—	—
2025/26	Tokyo Verdy · 17th	37	2	1	6.74	52	34
2024/25	Tokyo Verdy · 6th	3	0	0	6.87	44	1
2023/24	Tokyo VerdyLoan	28	2	1	6.85	—	—

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

Scout report

Solid contributorCentral midfielder

Y. Arai is a 23-year-old central midfielder at Tokyo Verdy, rated 51.6 overall by Field Insider's model. An emerging talent, he has been a regular starter this season (78.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.42 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Arai.

On the season, Arai graded 34 for current form (age-blind), on 2 goals, 1 assist and 3.415 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 34 → 34). Over the 3 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 52. At 23 Arai is still climbing toward his ceiling, and a market index of 15.3 reflects that trajectory.

51.6

Ratingi

a solid contributor and squad regular

33.5

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

78.6%

Minutes

a regular starter

3.42

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Tokyo Verdy finished 17th of 20 · a lower-table side

Apps

3.42

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.42 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 13 clean sheets across 37 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (17th of 20) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 78.6% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Few red flags. No obvious weaknesses in the current-season profile — consistency is the next test.

Outlook

Rated 51.6 overall — a solid contributor and squad regular. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.42 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead. With this floor already at 23, 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 %78.6%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.067

Assists / 900.033

Goal contribution / 900.1

Defensive actions / 903.415

Player flow

Goal involvements3

Cards / 900.167

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 (~15), then tapers with age. At 23, Arai sits on 15.3, at or near its peak. The blue line is Arai's projected Rating — 51.6 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 central midfielders in the J1 League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals2

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles62

Interceptions35

Blocks5

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4

Red cards1

Transfer history

TToyo University(back from loan)Jan 2025 – now

Tokyo VerdyJan 2025 – Jan 2025Free

Tokyo Verdy(on loan)Jun 2023 – Jan 2025

TToyo Universityuntil Jun 2023

About Y. Arai

Yuta Arai is a 23-year-old central midfielder who plays for Tokyo Verdy, born on March 24, 2003 in Takasaki, standing 166 cm tall. He is from Japan. Tokyo Verdy currently sit 17th of 20 in the J1 League.

This season

In the current season, Y. Arai has made 2 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 45 minutes.

Y. Arai's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Tokyo Verdy face Kashima at home in the J1 League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Y. Arai at 51.6 with a Season form score of 33.5. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 5 recorded seasons, Y. Arai has totalled 87 club appearances with 5 goals and 4 assists for 1 club. His busiest campaign came in 2025/26, with 37 appearances for Tokyo Verdy.

Y. Arai's career has also included time at TToyo University.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.