Most In-Form midfielders in J2 League 2026

The most in-form midfielders in J2 League in 2026, ranked on Field Insider.

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At a glance

Keisuke Kasai of Albirex Niigata is the standout for raw talent across midfielders in J2 League, with a Field Insider Rating of 45.6, and K. Onose has been the form player this season, grading 35.5, and A. Sato leads the scoring with 5 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: K. Onose has improved his Season rating most, up +21.4 on last season, while T. Inui's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +1.6 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, K. Nagata of Vanraure Hachinohe is the most valuable name in this group at 12.3.

Jubilo Iwata · 22/23→25/26

Most improved

K. Onose+21.4SsN

Shonan Bellmare · 24/25→25/26

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	Player	Team
1	K. Onose Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	33	36151.8%	194.4%
2	K. Yamada Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	27	3393.5%	4116.3%
3	T. Inui Central midfielder	Jubilo Iwata	38	2641.8%	1413.3%
4	K. Nagata Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	26	24	27
5	A. Sato Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	28	24	22
6	S. Otoizumi Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	30	23	17
7	K. Okumura Attacking midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	28	22	22
8	K. Nishiya Attacking midfielder	Tochigi City	32	203.4%	1659%
9	D. Inazumi Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	29	20	20
10	T. Arai Defensive midfielder	Albirex Niigata	29	19	29
11	K. Murakoshi Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	24	19	27
12	E. Shirai Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	30	1825.5%	2632.6%
13	M. Kudo Defensive midfielder	Vegalta Sendai	25	17	25
14	H. Ogura Defensive midfielder	Yokohama FC	25	16	44
15	S. Ota Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	30	15101.3%	2520.2%
16	R. Inoue Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	25	15	29
17	K. Fujiwara Defensive midfielder	Jubilo Iwata	22	15167.9%	3034.3%
18	Y. Komai Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	34	1564.4%	1352.8%
19	Y. Hoshi Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	34	15102.7%	1322.8%
20	A. Yamanaka Attacking midfielder	Iwaki	25	14	30
21	Y. Okaniwa Central midfielder	Tochigi City	31	14	13
22	Mahiro Ano Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	23	14	29
23	K. Doi Central midfielder	Blaublitz Akita	24	13	33
24	Moraes Winger	Albirex Niigata	26	13	39
25	Y. Sato Central midfielder	Vanraure Hachinohe	31	12	13
26	Danilo Gomes Winger	Albirex Niigata	27	1279.7%	3514.9%
27	H. Okuno Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	37	1152.7%	761.7%
28	H. Nakahara Attacking midfielder	Sagan Tosu	30	1143.5%	2720.6%
29	M. Ikeda Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	27	1162.1%	3532.9%
30	S. Sakai Central midfielder	Tegevajaro Miyazaki	22	11	28
31	Keisuke Kasai Attacking midfielder	Albirex Niigata	24	11	46
32	Y. Kunitake Attacking midfielder	Kataller Toyama	20	10	29
33	T. Shimamura Central midfielder	Yokohama FC	27	1038.1%	3816%
34	Adaílton Attacking midfielder	Yokohama FC	35	1061.8%	1054.8%
35	S. Kokubu Central midfielder	Montedio Yamagata	32	9	17
36	R. Asakura Central midfielder	Vegalta Sendai	25	9	35
37	S. Takeda Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	32	915.6%	226.5%
38	S. Takei Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	28	8	19
39	Y. Yamashita Central midfielder	Iwaki	30	8	21
40	H. Matsumoto Central midfielder	Shonan Bellmare	26	71650%	3910.4%
41	S. Doi Central midfielder	Montedio Yamagata	34	7200%	939.5%
42	M. Sugita Central midfielder	Fujieda MYFC	31	7	16
43	T. Mori Central midfielder	Tochigi City	29	7	19
44	T. Kondo Central midfielder	Imabari	28	5	26
45	J. Yoshida Central midfielder	Albirex Niigata	23	5	26
46	K. Sakakibara Central midfielder	Oita Trinita	25	536.1%	3425.2%
47	M. Kojima Central midfielder	Omiya Ardija	30	5	24
48	T. Tsuchiya Central midfielder	Imabari	22	559.5%	4111%
49	T. Izumi Central midfielder	Omiya Ardija	25	437.5%	3625.5%
50	S. Araki Central midfielder	Ventforet Kofu	31	4	19