H. Nakahara

Following his move to Shimizu S-pulse, Nakahara's current-season form is down 40% on last season (Season 20→12), while his Rating eased 34→25. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 20).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Shimizu S-pulse	4	0	0	6.33	—	—
2025/26	Shimizu S-pulse · 14th	26	2	2	6.75	25	12
2024/25	Sagan Tosu · 20th	22	2	3	6.92	34	20
2023/24	Tokyo Verdy	18	6	0	—	—	—
2023/24	Cerezo Osaka · 9th	16	1	0	6.53	35	6
2022/23	Cerezo Osaka · 5th	27	1	2	6.77	44	15

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 3 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthAttacking midfielder

H. Nakahara is a 30-year-old attacking midfielder at Shimizu S-pulse, rated 25.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 262nd of 377 on scout potential in the J1 League. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (29% of available minutes). He brings 0.36 goal contributions per 90 (0.18 goals, 0.18 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Nakahara.

Judged on this season alone, Nakahara graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 38th of 51 of the 51 attacking midfielders in the J1 League, on 2 goals and 2 assists in 26 appearances (0.363 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 20 → 12). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 25, 39th of 51 of the 51 attacking midfielders in the J1 League. At 30 Nakahara is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2024/25Holding levelRemarkably consistent

Current potential39th of 51 attacking midfielders · J1 League Current season38th of 51 attacking midfielders · J1 League38th-best attacking midfielder in the J1 League262nd in the J1 League · potential39th-highest potential attacking midfielder in the J1 League

25.2

Ratingi

39th of 51 attacking midfielders

12.1

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

29%

Minutes

limited game time

0.36

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · Shimizu S-pulse finished 14th of 20 · a lower-table side

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.08

Goals / app

2 goals in 26 appearances (0.08 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. Add 2 assists for 4 goal contributions in all.

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.36 goal contributions per 90 (0.18 goals, 0.18 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 29% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 25.2, Nakahara carries the 39th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the J1 League of 51, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Shimizu S-pulse finished 14th of 20) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.36 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %29%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.181

Assists / 900.181

Goal contribution / 900.363

Defensive actions / 901.724

Player flow

Goal involvements4

Shot conversion %40

Shot accuracy %45.5

Dribble success %20

Cards / 900.091

Foul involvement / 902.359

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 (~7), then tapers with age. At 30, Nakahara sits on 3.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Nakahara's projected Rating — 25.2 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.