Players · Best young Japanese footballers
Nationality · JapanBest young Japanese footballers
The ScoutChefAI radar has 155 young Japanese players with at least 90 minutes in the last 12 months, dual nationals included. Of these, 30 play abroad and 124 play in Japan. They play in at least 10 leagues, led by J1 League (124 players), Belgian Pro League (10) and 2. Bundesliga (6). Ranked by ScoutChefAI score, the leaders are Sparta Rotterdam's Shunsuke Mito (80), KVC Westerlo's Shunsuke Saito (80) and Shimizu S-Pulse's Yudai Shimamoto (79).
YI
52
Yusuke Ishida
Age 23 · Right-Back · Kyoto Sanga
0.72 goals conceded per 90 with him on the pitch
16apps
1125mins
13starts
€450Kvalue
KI
52
Kenta Itakura
Age 24 · Centre-Back · Mito HollyHock
Started 33 of 33 games
33apps
2946mins
33starts
€600Kvalue
RH
52
Renji Hidano
Age 22 · Striker · Urawa Red Diamonds
Value up more than 4x since his first valuation
19apps
880mins
5+0G+A
€350Kvalue
YY
50
Yusei Yamanouchi
Age 23 · Left-Back · Kashiwa Reysol
23-year-old J1 League player
26apps
1456mins
16starts
€225Kvalue
RK
50
Ryota Kuboniwa
Age 24 · Centre-Back · JEF United Chiba
Started 15 of 16 games
16apps
1367mins
15starts
€200Kvalue
YK
50
Yota Komi
Age 24 · Left Midfielder · Cerezo Osaka
24-year-old J1 League player
20apps
1175mins
5+1G+A
€600Kvalue
GI
50
Ginjiro Ikegaya
Age 22 · Right-Back · Gamba Osaka
Value up 5x in 12 months
15apps
1102mins
12starts
€125Kvalue
AU
50
Asahi Uenaka
Age 24 · Striker · Gamba Osaka
A goal or assist every 121 minutes
12apps
850mins
5+2G+A
€600Kvalue
YM
50
Yuan Matsuhashi
Age 24 · Left Midfielder · Tokyo Verdy
24-year-old J1 League player
34apps
1616mins
1+3G+A
€400Kvalue
RS
49
Ryosuke Shirai
Age 21 · Striker · Tokyo Verdy
Value up 67% in 12 months
23apps
822mins
2+2G+A
€125Kvalue
HY
48
Hayata Yamamoto
Age 23 · Left Winger · Mito HollyHock
Value up more than 2x in 12 months
35apps
1413mins
3+1G+A
€500Kvalue
RA
48
Ryotaro Araki
Age 24 · Attacking Midfielder · Sint-Truidense VV 
Value up 67% in 12 months
29apps
1418mins
2+3G+A
€1.5Mvalue
YF
48
Yu Funabashi
Age 24 · Central Midfielder · Mito HollyHock
24-year-old J1 League player
12apps
752mins
0+2G+A
€600Kvalue
TK
48
Tsubasa Kasayanagi
Age 23 · Left Midfielder · Patro Eisden Maasmechelen
23-year-old Challenger Pro League player
27apps
1345mins
3+2G+A
€500Kvalue
KS
48
Koshiro Sumi
Age 24 · Right Winger · Gamba Osaka
Senior debut at 16
32apps
1823mins
2+1G+A
€600Kvalue
SM
48
Soichiro Mori
Age 19 · Right-Back · Fagiano Okayama
Senior debut at 17
20apps
683mins
6starts
€300Kvalue
KY
47
Kenshin Yasuda
Age 21 · Defensive Midfielder · V-Varen Nagasaki
Senior debut at 16
14apps
795mins
2+1G+A
€300Kvalue
47
Taisei Abe
Age 22 · Defensive Midfielder · Holstein Kiel 
Started 29 of 30 games
30apps
2504mins
0+0G+A
€2.5Mvalue
RN
47
Ryuma Nakano
Age 24 · Right Midfielder · Kyoto Sanga
Value up more than 2x in 12 months
26apps
1283mins
2+1G+A
€200Kvalue
HK
47
Hidemasa Koda
Age 23 · Attacking Midfielder · Nagoya Grampus
23-year-old J1 League player
32apps
1409mins
2+2G+A
€450Kvalue
SN
46
Shinya Nakano
Age 23 · Left-Back · Gamba Osaka
Senior debut at 16
23apps
1165mins
13starts
€300Kvalue
YU
46
Yosuke Uchida
Age 24 · Right-Back · Tokyo Verdy
Started 22 of 23 games
23apps
1813mins
22starts
€225Kvalue
SM
46
Shin Miidera
Age 16 · Left Midfielder · Yokohama F. Marinos
Senior debut at 16
10apps
468mins
2+0G+A
—value
SB
46
Seiya Baba
Age 24 · Centre-Back · Kashiwa Reysol
24-year-old J1 League player
28apps
1443mins
16starts
€500Kvalue
RO
45
Rio Omori
Age 24 · Centre-Back · FC Tokyo
Senior debut at 16
17apps
1252mins
12starts
€400Kvalue
KS
45
Kaito Suzuki
Age 24 · Centre-Back · Tokyo Verdy
Started 27 of 31 games
31apps
2436mins
27starts
€400Kvalue
KT
44
Kyota Tokiwa
Age 24 · Defensive Midfielder · FC Tokyo
Value up 4x in 12 months
29apps
2088mins
0+0G+A
€400Kvalue
MH
44
Makoto Himeno
Age 18 · Left Midfielder · JEF United Chiba
Senior debut at 17
23apps
878mins
1+0G+A
€300Kvalue
AP
44
Alexandre Pisano 
Age 20 · Goalkeeper · Nagoya Grampus
Started 12 of 12 games
12apps
1080mins
12starts
€275Kvalue
FT
44
Futa Tokumura
Age 18 · Attacking Midfielder · Machida Zelvia
18-year-old J1 League player
15apps
663mins
0+2G+A
€300Kvalue
KH
43
Kento Hamasaki
Age 19 · Central Midfielder · Vissel Kobe
Senior debut at 17
19apps
561mins
0+1G+A
€400Kvalue
NT
42
Niko Takahashi 
Age 21 · Left-Back · Holstein Kiel
Value up 71% in 12 months
19apps
1213mins
13starts
€600Kvalue
KK
42
Kota Kudo
Age 23 · Centre-Back · Urawa Red Diamonds
Started 13 of 15 games
15apps
1198mins
13starts
€500Kvalue
YY
42
Yumeki Yoshinaga
Age 20 · Left-Back · Jong Genk
Started 10 of 12 games
12apps
874mins
10starts
€300Kvalue
HI
41
Hayato Inamura
Age 24 · Centre-Back · FC Tokyo
Started 23 of 24 games
24apps
2056mins
23starts
€450Kvalue
KS
39
Kosei Suwama
Age 23 · Centre-Back · Yokohama F. Marinos
Started 13 of 16 games
16apps
1242mins
13starts
€300Kvalue
MY
39
Masaki Yumiba
Age 24 · Defensive Midfielder · Shimizu S-Pulse
24-year-old J1 League player
18apps
1166mins
1+1G+A
€350Kvalue
RN
39
Rio Nitta
Age 23 · Striker · Yokohama F. Marinos
23-year-old J1 League player
18apps
637mins
2+2G+A
€200Kvalue
RS
39
Reiya Sakata
Age 22 · Right Winger · Cerezo Osaka
22-year-old J1 League player
14apps
647mins
1+2G+A
€300Kvalue
KM
38
Kokoro Maeda
Age 22 · Defensive Midfielder · Avispa Fukuoka
22-year-old J1 League player
11apps
602mins
2+0G+A
€100Kvalue
HM
38
Hayate Matsuda
Age 23 · Right Midfielder · Hannover 96
Value up 50% in 12 months
21apps
854mins
1+1G+A
€1.5Mvalue
KK
37
Kaique Kenji 
Age 20 · Left Winger · Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
Value up 3x in 12 months
19apps
681mins
1+0G+A
€3Mvalue
KM
37
Kyosuke Mochiyama
Age 23 · Second Striker · Kawasaki Frontale
23-year-old J1 League player
11apps
576mins
4+0G+A
€150Kvalue
JN
36
Jun Nishikawa
Age 24 · Right Winger · Fagiano Okayama
Senior debut at 17
17apps
738mins
2+1G+A
€650Kvalue
HI
36
Hiroshi Iwasaki
Age 24 · Centre-Back · Mito HollyHock
Started 19 of 21 games
21apps
1729mins
19starts
—value
JH
36
Jumpei Hayakawa
Age 20 · Attacking Midfielder · Urawa Red Diamonds
Senior debut at 17
16apps
419mins
1+3G+A
€300Kvalue
SS
36
Shungo Sugiura
Age 20 · Attacking Midfielder · Nagoya Grampus
Value up 60% in 12 months
15apps
336mins
1+2G+A
€200Kvalue
MH
35
Mitsuki Hidaka
Age 23 · Central Midfielder · Vissel Kobe
Value up 50% in 12 months
23apps
805mins
1+0G+A
€150Kvalue
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