Nationality · Japan

Best 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).