S. Kawahara

Following his move to Kawasaki Frontale, Kawahara's current-season form is up 112% on last season (Season 17→36), while his Rating eased 45→40. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 39).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Kawasaki Frontale	18	1	1	6.83	—	—
2025/26	Kawasaki Frontale · 8th	37	2	2	6.95	40	36
2024/25	Kawasaki Frontale	13	1	1	6.91	—	—
2024/25	Sagan Tosu · 20th	35	1	0	7	45	17
2023/24	Sagan Tosu · 14th	34	1	3	7.12	53	39
2023/24	Kawasaki Frontale	32	1	3	7.12	—	—
2022/23	Roasso Kumamoto · 9th	1	0	0	—	41	0

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 2 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerDefensive midfielder

S. Kawahara is a 28-year-old defensive midfielder at Kawasaki Frontale, rated 39.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 135th of 377 on scout potential in the J1 League. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter this season (75% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.79 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kawahara.

Judged on this season alone, Kawahara graded 36 — an excellent campaign that ranks top 11% of the 49 defensive midfielders in the J1 League, on 2 goals, 2 assists and 3.788 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 17 → 36). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 40, 22nd of 49 of the 49 defensive midfielders in the J1 League. At 28 Kawahara is in his prime years, and a market index of 9.9 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Kawahara is operating at his career peak — the 2023/24 level is the level.

Peak: 2023/24Holding levelBreakout: 2025/26

Current potential22nd of 49 defensive midfielders · J1 League Current seasonTop 11% defensive midfielders · J1 League5th-best defensive midfielder in the J1 League135th in the J1 League · potential22nd-highest potential defensive midfielder in the J1 League

39.7

Ratingi

22nd of 49 defensive midfielders

36.1

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

75%

Minutes

a regular starter

3.79

Def. actions / 90

solid defensive volume

Output in context · Kawasaki Frontale finished 8th of 20 · a mid-table side

3.79

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

3.79 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 37 appearances. Going forward he chipped in 2 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 75% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Defensive volume. 3.79 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 39.7, Kawahara carries the 22nd-highest potential of the defensive midfielders in the J1 League of 49. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.79 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %75%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.07

Assists / 900.07

Goal contribution / 900.14

Defensive actions / 903.788

Player flow

Goal involvements4

Shot conversion %66.7

Shot accuracy %18.8

Dribble success %56.3

Cards / 900.07

Foul involvement / 901.087

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 (~17), then tapers with age. At 28, Kawahara sits on 9.9, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kawahara's projected Rating — 39.7 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.