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Masaru Kato, Central Midfield at Tochigi City

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#18 Masaru Kato

Tochigi City J2/J3 100 Year Vision League
Date of birth / Age
7 May 1991 (35)
Height · Weight
1.75 m · 72 kg
Foot
Left
Main position
Central Midfield
Citizenship
Japan
Joined club
30 Jan 2026
Contract until
2026

Season 2026/27

Appearances
4
Starting eleven
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Yellow cards
1
Second yellows
0
Red cards
0
Minutes
103
Starting eleven25%

1 of 4 appearances

Positions played

313 matches · since 2015
PositionAppsGA
Central Midfield
188 10 14
Right Winger
42 0 3
Defensive Midfield
37 2 4
Attacking Midfield
19 1 1
Other · CF, LW, LB
27 0 5

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · central midfielders with 900+ minutes
In his league
20%
of J2 League central midfielders rank below him
Finishing
+2.2
goals above expected · better than 89% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties
Goals
6 Expected
3.8

44 shots. He scores more than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons
Assists
4 Expected
4.5

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Career stats

Season
Competitions
Club

By competition

CompetitionAppsGA
J2 League2952212
J1 League91214
J-League Cup220–
J2/J3 100 Year Vision League190–
Emperor Cup10–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

  1. Jan 2026 · Free Transfer V-Varen Nagasaki Tochigi City
  2. Feb 2021 · Transfer Albirex Niigata V-Varen Nagasaki Fee in TSH subscription
  3. Jan 2021 · Back from Loan V-Varen Nagasaki Albirex Niigata Fee in TSH subscription
  4. Feb 2020 · Loan Albirex Niigata V-Varen Nagasaki Fee in TSH subscription
  5. Jan 2020 · Back from Loan Avispa Fukuoka Albirex Niigata Fee in TSH subscription
  6. Jul 2019 · Loan Albirex Niigata Avispa Fukuoka Fee in TSH subscription
  7. Feb 2014 · Back from Loan Ehime Albirex Niigata Fee in TSH subscription
  8. Mar 2012 · Loan Albirex Niigata Ehime Fee in TSH subscription

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Player data from the TSH database, updated every week. Spotted something wrong? Tell us · Updated 2026-10-26