Yūta Nakayama

Nakayama's current-season form is level with last season (Season 29→29), while his Rating held around 36. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 34).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2027/28	Machida Zelvia · 1st	3	1	2	7.97	36	29
2026/27	Machida Zelvia	17	2	2	6.98	—	—
2025/26	Machida Zelvia · 6th	32	1	3	6.97	36	29
2024/25	Machida Zelvia · 3rd	6	1	0	7	37	7
2023/24	Huddersfield · 23rd	23	0	2	6.72	51	11

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Japan · international

Side	Apps	G
Japan	24	0
Japan U23	6	0
Japan U21	3	0
Japan U20	4	0

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

Scout report

Project playerFull-back

Y. Nakayama is a 29-year-old full-back at Machida Zelvia, rated 35.9 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (74% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.42 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Nakayama.

On the season, Nakayama graded 34 for current form (age-blind), on 10 clean sheets and 2.417 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 29 → 29). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 36. At 29 Nakayama is in his prime years, and a market index of 8.5 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Trending upBreakout: 2025/26

35.9

Ratingi

developing / rotation level

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

74%

Minutes

a regular starter

2.42

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Machida Zelvia finished 6th of 20 · an upper-table side

Apps

2.42

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.42 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 10 clean sheets across 32 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (6th of 20) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 3 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 74% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 35.9 overall — developing / rotation level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.42 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %74%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.036

Assists / 900.107

Goal contribution / 900.142

Defensive actions / 902.417

Player flow

Goal involvements4

Cards / 900

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 (~16), then tapers with age. At 29, Nakayama sits on 8.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Nakayama's projected Rating — 35.9 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.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among full-backs in the J1 League with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals1

Passing

Assists3

Defending

Tackles33

Interceptions24

Blocks11

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards0

Red cards0

Transfer history

Machida ZelviaAug 2024 – nowFree

HuddersfieldJul 2022 – Aug 2024Free

PEC ZwolleJan 2019 – Jul 2022

Kashiwa Reysoluntil Jan 2019

About Y. Nakayama

Yūta Nakayama is a 29-year-old full-back who plays for Machida Zelvia, born on February 16, 1997 in Ryūgasaki, standing 181 cm tall. He is from Japan. Machida Zelvia currently sit 1st of 20 in the J1 League.

This season

In the current season, Y. Nakayama has made 3 appearances with 1 goal and 2 assists across 270 minutes.

Y. Nakayama's next match is on August 29, 2026, when Machida Zelvia face Mito Hollyhock away in the J1 League.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Y. Nakayama at 35.9 with a Season form score of 34. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, Y. Nakayama has totalled 254 club appearances with 18 goals and 12 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2020/21, with 32 appearances for PEC Zwolle.

Y. Nakayama's career has also included time at Huddersfield, PEC Zwolle and Kashiwa Reysol.

On the international stage, Y. Nakayama has represented Japan, Japan U23, Japan U21, Japan U20 — 37 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.