S. Sakuragawa

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Cerezo Osaka	20	8	1	6.88	—	—
2025/26	Yokohama FC · 18th	35	4	3	6.82	48	22
2024/25	Yokohama FC	37	5	0	—	—	—
2023/24	Fagiano Okayama	29	4	0	—	—	—
2022/23	JEF United Chiba	36	7	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

Squad depthCentre-forward

S. Sakuragawa is a 25-year-old centre-forward at Yokohama FC, rated 47.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 59th of 377 on scout potential in the J1 League. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (51.3% of available minutes). He brings 0.36 goal contributions per 90 (0.21 goals, 0.15 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sakuragawa.

Judged on this season alone, Sakuragawa graded 22 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 20th of 42 of the 42 centre-forwards in the J1 League, on 4 goals and 3 assists in 35 appearances (0.359 involvements per 90).

We hold a single season for Sakuragawa, so there's no year-on-year comparison to draw yet — the read above is this campaign only.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 48, top 17% of the 42 centre-forwards in the J1 League. At 25 Sakuragawa is in his prime years, and a market index of 13.1 reflects that trajectory.

Current potentialTop 17% centre-forwards · J1 League Current season20th of 42 centre-forwards · J1 League20th-best centre-forward in the J1 League59th in the J1 League · potential7th-highest potential centre-forward in the J1 League

47.8

Ratingi

7th of 42 centre-forwards

21.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

51.3%

Minutes

rotation minutes

0.36

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · Yokohama FC finished 18th of 20 · a relegation-threatened side

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.11

Goals / app

4 goals in 35 appearances (0.11 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb. He also laid on 3 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 7 goal contributions (0.2 per appearance).

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.36 goal contributions per 90 (0.21 goals, 0.15 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 51.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.

Outlook

With a Rating of 47.8, Sakuragawa carries the 7th-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the J1 League (top 17%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Yokohama FC finished 18th 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). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %51.3%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900.205

Assists / 900.154

Goal contribution / 900.359

Defensive actions / 901.181

Player flow

Goal involvements7

Shot conversion %21.1

Shot accuracy %39.6

Dribble success %50

Cards / 900.205

Foul involvement / 903.491

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 (~13), then tapers with age. At 25, Sakuragawa sits on 13.1, at or near its peak. The blue line is Sakuragawa's projected Rating — 47.8 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.