German website “transfermarkt” recently updated the market value of the players in Belgian Jupiler Pro League. And among all the Japanese players, Daichi Kamada (Sint-Truident) and Junya Ito (Genk) saw their value gone up most significantly.

Of the nine Japanese players plying their trade in Belgian’s top division, Takehiro Tomiyasu remains at number one with a value of 9 million euros. He joined Sint-Truiden in January 2018 when he was valued at 350,000 euros, and that has since shot up to 9 million in March 2019.

Tied at number two are Ito and Kamada. Ito joined Genk on loan from Kashiwa Reysol in January 2019 and in four months, saw his value gone up 2.25 times from the initial 2 million to 4.5 million. Kamada rose from 3 million to 4.5 million. The 15-goal midfielder has actually increased his market value by 4.5 times since joining Sint-Truiden on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt.

The other three Sint-Truiden players Wataru Endo, Takahiro Sekine and Kosuke Kinoshita also saw increases, while Yuta Toyokawa (Eupen) stays unchanged since the last update.

On the other hand, Ryota Morioka (Charleroi) and Naomichi Ueda (Cercle Brugge) recorded slight decreases in their market value.

“transfermarkt” evaluates the market value of players by taking into considerations their performance, prospects, market effects and user opinions.

Value of Japanese Players in Jupiler Pro League

01 Takehiro Tomiyasu (Sint-Truiden) – 9 million → 9 million

02 Junya Ito (Genk) – 2 million → 4.5 million

02 Daichi Kamada (Sint-Truiden) – 3 million → 4.5 million

04 Ryota Morioka (Charleroi) – 2.5 million → 2.2 million

05 Wataru Endo (Sint-Truiden) – 1.5 million → 2 million

06 Yuta Toyokawa (Eupen) – 1.7 million → 1.7 million

07 Naomichi Ueda (Cercle Brugge) – 1.2 million → 1 million

08 Takahiro Sekine (Sint-Truiden) – 450,000 → 500,000

09 Kosuke Kinoshita (Sint-Truiden) – 300,000 → 350,000

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Source: Yahoo

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