Profile
Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Shimizu S-pulse.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 J1 League | 30 | 1 | 4 | 2263 | 7.02 |
Scout report
R. Yamahara is a 27-year-old full-back at Shimizu S-pulse, rated 42.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 101st of 377 on scout potential in the J1 League. In his prime years, he has been a regular starter this season (66.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.23 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Yamahara.
Judged on this season alone, Yamahara graded 22 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 28th of 54 of the 54 full-backs in the J1 League, on 8 clean sheets and 1.233 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 19 → 22). Across the 3 seasons we hold, it's his best return yet.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 43, top 34% of the 54 full-backs in the J1 League. At 27 Yamahara is in his prime years, and a market index of 11.7 reflects that trajectory.
Yamahara is operating at his career peak — the 2025/26 level is the level.
Output in context · Shimizu S-pulse finished 14th of 20 · a lower-table side
1.23 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume, with 8 clean sheets across 30 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (14th of 20) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 4 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 66.2% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.2 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.
Watch points
- Defensive numbers. Modest 1.23 defensive actions per 90 for the position.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 42.8, Yamahara carries the 18th-highest potential of the full-backs in the J1 League (top 34%), 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. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.23 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Transfer news
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