Player profile

Urawa RedsAttacking MidfieldJapan31 yrsTransfer radar
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Fan totals + per-90 · No seasonal row in tracked leagues
No seasonal row in tracked leagues — check recent matches below.
Season rates refresh weekly · peer percentiles from league cohorts · match log ~6h after FT.
Injury & sideline log · current status + two-year history
Currently sidelined
Match Injury · injury
Since May 2026 · return TBD
Unknown Injury
Status clears when return date has passed or the daily injury sync marks the player fit · not medical advice.
W/D/L from your club's score · match rating when Sportmonks supplies it
No logged appearances this season in our tracked competitions yet.
W/D/L uses final score for the player's club that day. Match rows sync within ~6h · ratings may lag on some PL fixtures (Sportmonks column drift) · event minutes ~1h.
Nakajima is the kind of midfielder who makes the final third feel smaller—a creative disruptor whose 3.25 key passes per 90 places him in the J-League's top 5% for chance creation, a figure that dwarfs the average playmaker in this division. His 6.84 passes into the final third per 90 sits in the top 10%, and he complements that with genuine goal threat, converting at a rate that outpaces four-fifths of his positional peers. The counterintuitive read here: his modest pass accuracy of 77.8% isn't sloppiness—it's the fingerprint of a player attempting higher-risk, higher-reward deliveries that most midfielders simply avoid. What he cannot offer is defensive solidity; his aerial and tackle numbers are genuinely poor, ranking at the bottom of the league.
Based on 526 min this season · DNA refreshes weekly.
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