Japanese players in Europe
Season stats for the 97 Japanese players we track across European leagues in 2026-2027. Filter by league, search by name or club, and sort by any metric.
🇯🇵
FW
Shunsuke Saito
齋藤 俊輔
KVC Westerlo
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps10
Minutes766
G / A5 / 1
Rating7.49
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
FW
Japan squad
Keito Nakamura
中村 敬斗
Lyon
🇫🇷 Ligue 1
Apps8
Minutes425
G / A1 / 2
Rating7.23
Ligue 1
Full stats →
🇯🇵
GK
Taishi Brandon Nozawa
野澤 大志ブランドン
Antwerp
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps10
Minutes900
G / A0 / 1
Rating7.23
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
Genki Haraguchi
原口 元気
Beerschot VA
🇧🇪 Challenger Pro League
Apps9
Minutes662
G / A0 / 2
Rating7.16
Challenger Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Rion Ichihara
市原 吏音
Jong AZ
🇳🇱 Eerste Divisie
Apps5
Minutes370
G / A0 / 0
Rating7.16
Eerste Divisie
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Kodai Sano
佐野 航大
PSV Eindhoven
🇳🇱 Eredivisie
Apps10
Minutes823
G / A2 / 0
Rating7.15
Eredivisie
Full stats →
🇯🇵
FW
Shio Fukuda
福田 師王
Karlsruher SC
🇩🇪 2. Bundesliga
Apps8
Minutes674
G / A3 / 2
Rating7.13
2. Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Japan squad
Junya Ito
伊東 純也
Genk
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps10
Minutes812
G / A2 / 2
Rating7.13
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
GK
Japan squad
Zion Suzuki
鈴木 彩艶
Aston Villa
🏴 Premier League
Apps8
Minutes720
G / A0 / 0
Rating7.13
Premier League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Nikki Havenaar
ハーフナー・ニッキ
Union St. Gilloise
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps13
Minutes875
G / A0 / 1
Rating7.08
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Taichi Fukui
福井 太智
Arouca
🇵🇹 Primeira Liga
Apps10
Minutes836
G / A1 / 0
Rating7.01
Primeira Liga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Nelson Ishiwatari
石渡 ネルソン
St. Truiden
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps9
Minutes490
G / A1 / 1
Rating6.98
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Japan squad
Yuito Suzuki
鈴木 唯人
SC Freiburg
🇩🇪 Bundesliga
Apps9
Minutes676
G / A4 / 0
Rating6.93
Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Joel Chima Fujita
藤田 譲瑠チマ
FC St. Pauli
🇩🇪 2. Bundesliga
Apps9
Minutes738
G / A1 / 0
Rating6.93
2. Bundesliga
Full stats →
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MF
Taisei Miyashiro
宮代 大聖
Las Palmas
🇪🇸 Segunda División
Apps12
Minutes965
G / A3 / 2
Rating6.92
Segunda División
Full stats →
🇯🇵
FW
Kaito Matsuzawa
松澤 海斗
St. Truiden
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps9
Minutes391
G / A1 / 1
Rating6.92
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
FW
Japan squad
Ayase Ueda
上田 綺世
Lille
🇫🇷 Ligue 1
Apps10
Minutes690
G / A6 / 1
Rating6.91
Ligue 1
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Japan squad
Tsuyoshi Watanabe
渡辺 剛
Feyenoord
🇳🇱 Eredivisie
Apps13
Minutes900
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.91
Eredivisie
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Atsuki Ito
伊藤 敦樹
Bolton
🏴 EFL Championship
Apps8
Minutes396
G / A2 / 1
Rating6.90
EFL Championship
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Yūta Nakayama
中山 雄太
FK Crvena Zvezda
🏆 UEFA Europa Conference League
Apps2
Minutes180
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.90
UEFA Europa Conference League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Japan squad
Kaishu Sano
佐野 海舟
FSV Mainz 05
🇩🇪 Bundesliga
Apps10
Minutes885
G / A0 / 2
Rating6.89
Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Japan squad
Shogo Taniguchi
谷口 彰悟
St. Truiden
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps10
Minutes735
G / A2 / 0
Rating6.87
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Satoshi Tanaka
田中 聡
FC Schalke 04
🇩🇪 Bundesliga
Apps9
Minutes702
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.85
Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
William Popp
ポープ・ウィリアム
Beerschot VA
🇧🇪 Challenger Pro League
Apps9
Minutes720
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.84
Challenger Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Japan squad
Daichi Kamada
鎌田 大地
Crystal Palace
🏴 Premier League
Apps14
Minutes1027
G / A3 / 3
Rating6.83
Premier League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
FW
Ayumu Yokoyama
横山 歩夢
Genk
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps9
Minutes423
G / A1 / 1
Rating6.82
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Ryotaro Araki
荒木 遼太郎
St. Truiden
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps8
Minutes424
G / A1 / 0
Rating6.81
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Japan squad
Ritsu Dōan
堂安 律
Eintracht Frankfurt
🇩🇪 Bundesliga
Apps8
Minutes667
G / A0 / 1
Rating6.81
Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Daisuke Yokota
横田 大祐
Rangers
🏴 Scottish Premiership
Apps4
Minutes117
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.80
Scottish Premiership
Full stats →
🇯🇵
Rento Takaoka
高岡 伶颯
Patro Eisden
🇧🇪 Challenger Pro League
Apps9
Minutes383
G / A0 / 3
Rating6.79
Challenger Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Seiji Kimura
木村 誠二
KVC Westerlo
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps10
Minutes893
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.78
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Reo Hatate
旗手 怜央
Burnley
🏴 EFL Championship
Apps10
Minutes620
G / A1 / 2
Rating6.77
EFL Championship
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Koki Saito
斉藤 光毅
QPR
🏴 EFL Championship
Apps11
Minutes487
G / A1 / 0
Rating6.76
EFL Championship
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Hidemasa Morita
守田 英正
Hull City
🏴 Premier League
Apps6
Minutes137
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.75
Premier League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Kuryu Matsuki
松木 玖生
Southampton
🏴 EFL Championship
Apps14
Minutes967
G / A4 / 1
Rating6.74
EFL Championship
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Yumeki Yoshinaga
吉永 夢希
KRC Genk II
🇧🇪 Challenger Pro League
Apps6
Minutes322
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.74
Challenger Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Kōji Miyoshi
三好 康児
VfL Bochum
🇩🇪 2. Bundesliga
Apps12
Minutes931
G / A2 / 1
Rating6.73
2. Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Yuto Tsunashima
綱島 悠斗
Antwerp
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps8
Minutes569
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.73
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Japan squad
Takefusa Kubo
久保 建英
Real Sociedad
🇪🇸 La Liga
Apps10
Minutes396
G / A1 / 1
Rating6.71
La Liga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Kazunari Kita
喜多 壱也
Real Sociedad II
🇪🇸 Segunda División
Apps11
Minutes961
G / A1 / 0
Rating6.71
Segunda División
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Tomoki Iwata
岩田 智輝
Birmingham
🏴 EFL Championship
Apps16
Minutes1341
G / A0 / 2
Rating6.70
EFL Championship
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Ken Masui
倍井 謙
Kortrijk
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps6
Minutes319
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.70
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Ryoya Morishita
森下 龍矢
Blackburn
🏴 EFL Championship
Apps11
Minutes833
G / A2 / 2
Rating6.69
EFL Championship
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Hiroki Sekine
関根 大輝
Holstein Kiel
🇩🇪 2. Bundesliga
Apps10
Minutes899
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.69
2. Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Koki Machida
町田 浩樹
1899 Hoffenheim
🇩🇪 Bundesliga
Apps10
Minutes723
G / A1 / 0
Rating6.68
Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Takuya Ogiwara
荻原 拓也
OH Leuven
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps8
Minutes285
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.67
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Sota Kitano
北野 颯太
Red Bull Salzburg
🇦🇹 Austrian Bundesliga
Apps16
Minutes717
G / A2 / 4
Rating6.65
Austrian Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Japan squad
Ao Tanaka
田中 碧
Leeds
🏴 Premier League
Apps10
Minutes655
G / A0 / 1
Rating6.65
Premier League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Japan squad
Takehiro Tomiyasu
冨安 健洋
Crystal Palace
🏴 Premier League
Apps5
Minutes280
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.64
Premier League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Shunsuke Mito
三戸 舜介
Sparta Rotterdam
🇳🇱 Eredivisie
Apps6
Minutes442
G / A0 / 2
Rating6.63
Eredivisie
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Yosuke Furukawa
古川 陽介
SV Darmstadt 98
🇩🇪 2. Bundesliga
Apps5
Minutes144
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.63
2. Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
FW
Japan squad
Shuto Machino
町野 修斗
Borussia Mönchengladbach
🇩🇪 Bundesliga
Apps8
Minutes375
G / A2 / 0
Rating6.61
Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
FW
Japan squad
Kento Shiogai
塩貝 健人
VfL Wolfsburg
🇩🇪 2. Bundesliga
Apps9
Minutes260
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.61
2. Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
FW
Isa Sakamoto
坂本 一彩
KVC Westerlo
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps10
Minutes734
G / A1 / 4
Rating6.60
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Daiki Hashioka
橋岡 大樹
Borussia Mönchengladbach
🇩🇪 Bundesliga
Apps7
Minutes470
G / A1 / 0
Rating6.59
Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
GK
Leo Brian Kokubo
小久保 玲央ブライアン
St. Truiden
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps12
Minutes1086
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.59
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Hayate Matsuda
松田 隼風
Hannover 96
🇩🇪 2. Bundesliga
Apps6
Minutes178
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.59
2. Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Hiroki Akiyama
秋山 裕紀
SV Darmstadt 98
🇩🇪 2. Bundesliga
Apps7
Minutes548
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.57
2. Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Japan squad
Ayumu Seko
瀬古 歩夢
Le Havre
🇫🇷 Ligue 1
Apps8
Minutes691
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.56
Ligue 1
Full stats →
🇯🇵
FW
Sota Nakamura
中村 草太
Le Havre
🇫🇷 Ligue 1
Apps9
Minutes388
G / A0 / 1
Rating6.56
Ligue 1
Full stats →
🇯🇵
FW
Takero Itoi
Schott Mainz
🇩🇪 DFB Pokal
Apps1
Minutes56
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.52
DFB Pokal
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Kanya Fujimoto
藤本 寛也
Birmingham
🏴 EFL Championship
Apps1
Minutes61
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.50
EFL Championship
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Taiga Hata
畑 大雅
St. Truiden
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps11
Minutes828
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.50
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Yuki Kobayashi
小林 友希
Jagiellonia
🏆 UEFA Europa League
Apps6
Minutes180
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.49
UEFA Europa League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Gaku Nawata
名和田 我空
Charleroi
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps6
Minutes137
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.45
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
FW
Shin Yamada
山田 新
OH Leuven
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps6
Minutes197
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.42
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
FW
Yuki Ohashi
大橋 祐紀
Blackburn
🏴 EFL Championship
Apps6
Minutes139
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.41
EFL Championship
Full stats →
🇯🇵
Tsubasa Kasayanagi
笠柳 翼
Patro Eisden
🇧🇪 Challenger Pro League
Apps9
Minutes529
G / A1 / 1
Rating6.37
Challenger Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Shion Shinkawa
新川 志音
St. Truiden
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps7
Minutes151
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.34
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Japan squad
Daizen Maeda
前田 大然
Ipswich
🏴 Premier League
Apps10
Minutes460
G / A1 / 0
Rating6.33
Premier League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Yu Hirakawa
平河 悠
Bristol City
🏴 EFL Championship
Apps12
Minutes738
G / A1 / 0
Rating6.19
EFL Championship
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Zento Uno
Borussia Mönchengladbach
🇩🇪 Bundesliga
Apps4
Minutes281
G / A0 / 1
Rating6.18
Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
FW
Taichi Hara
原 大智
FC St. Pauli
🇩🇪 2. Bundesliga
Apps9
Minutes402
G / A2 / 1
Rating6.09
2. Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Japan squad
Ko Itakura
板倉 滉
Borussia Mönchengladbach
🇩🇪 Bundesliga
Apps7
Minutes413
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.09
Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Sota Kawasaki
川﨑 颯太
FSV Mainz 05
🇩🇪 Bundesliga
Apps1
Minutes6
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.07
Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Kota Takai
高井 幸大
St. Truiden
🇧🇪 Jupiler Pro League
Apps3
Minutes225
G / A0 / 0
Rating6.07
Jupiler Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
FW
Sho Fukuda
福田 翔生
Brondby
🇩🇰 Danish Superliga
Apps10
Minutes344
G / A0 / 2
Rating6.03
Danish Superliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
坂元 達裕
Coventry
🏴 Premier League
Apps7
Minutes461
G / A1 / 0
Rating5.94
Premier League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Rihito Yamamoto
山本 理仁
SC Freiburg
🇩🇪 Bundesliga
Apps1
Minutes32
G / A0 / 0
Rating5.81
Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Keigo Tsunemoto
常本 佳吾
FC Basel 1893
🇨🇭 Swiss Super League
Apps10
Minutes830
G / A0 / 0
Rating5.80
Swiss Super League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
FW
Japan squad
Keisuke Goto
後藤 啓介
SC Freiburg
🇩🇪 Bundesliga
Apps7
Minutes153
G / A1 / 0
Rating5.73
Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Keita Kosugi
小杉 啓太
Eintracht Frankfurt
🇩🇪 Bundesliga
Apps7
Minutes540
G / A0 / 0
Rating5.69
Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Japan squad
Yukinari Sugawara
菅原 由勢
Cagliari
🇮🇹 Serie A
Apps6
Minutes231
G / A0 / 0
Rating5.63
Serie A
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Japan squad
Junnosuke Suzuki
鈴木 淳之介
FC Copenhagen
🇩🇰 Danish Superliga
Apps11
Minutes565
G / A0 / 2
Rating5.61
Danish Superliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Kaito Mizuta
水多 海斗
Le Havre
🇫🇷 Ligue 1
Apps6
Minutes171
G / A0 / 1
Rating5.41
Ligue 1
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Takumi Minamino
南野 拓実
Monaco
🇫🇷 Ligue 1
Apps3
Minutes146
G / A0 / 0
Rating5.33
Ligue 1
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Tomoya Ando
安藤 智哉
FC St. Pauli
🇩🇪 2. Bundesliga
Apps5
Minutes381
G / A0 / 0
Rating4.97
2. Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Takatora Einaga
Beerschot VA
🇧🇪 Challenger Pro League
Apps2
Minutes10
G / A0 / 1
Rating4.36
Challenger Pro League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Seiya Maikuma
毎熊 晟矢
AZ Alkmaar
🇳🇱 Eredivisie
Apps7
Minutes180
G / A0 / 1
Rating4.29
Eredivisie
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Ryunosuke Sato
佐藤 龍之介
Valencia
🇪🇸 La Liga
Apps5
Minutes297
G / A0 / 0
Rating4.01
La Liga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Japan squad
Hiroki Ito
伊藤 洋輝
Bayern München
🇩🇪 Bundesliga
Apps4
Minutes118
G / A0 / 0
Rating3.32
Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Niko Takahashi Cendagorta
髙橋 仁胡
Holstein Kiel
🇩🇪 2. Bundesliga
Apps1
Minutes11
G / A0 / 0
Rating3.10
2. Bundesliga
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Daiki Matsuoka
松岡 大起
Slovan Bratislava
🏆 UEFA Champions League
Apps4
Minutes63
G / A0 / 0
Rating2.91
UEFA Champions League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Wataru Endo
遠藤 航
Liverpool
🏴 Premier League
Apps0
Minutes0
G / A0 / 0
Rating—
Premier League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
FW
Kyogo Furuhashi
古橋 亨梧
Birmingham
🏴 EFL Championship
Apps0
Minutes0
G / A0 / 0
Rating—
EFL Championship
Full stats →
🇯🇵
MF
Kaoru Mitoma
三笘 薫
Brighton
🏴 Premier League
Apps0
Minutes0
G / A0 / 0
Rating—
Premier League
Full stats →
🇯🇵
DF
Anrie Chase
Red Bull Salzburg
🇦🇹 Austrian Bundesliga
Apps0
Minutes0
G / A0 / 0
Rating—
Austrian Bundesliga
Full stats →