Kaishu Sano

Midfielder · 1. FSV Mainz 05 · 25 · Japan

Compare with others

Season score: 52.1; Bundesliga 26/27, 6 matches
Last 5 weeks: 50.9; average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value: €42.0M; +€15.0M (+60%) since 19 Dec 2025 on Transfermarkt; estimate, 22 Oct 2026

Photo: RuinDig/Yuki Uchida, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born: 30 Dec 2000
Height: 176 cm
Foot: R
Contract until: 30 Jun 2028
Wikipedia views: 3,328 4 weeks

Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

22–28 Jul 2025 to 20–26 Oct 2026

39 of 66 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 48.8 (minutes-weighted); 1 of them 70 or better.

Form bars show the weekly score: no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table

Week	Matches	Minutes	Score	Expected	Underlying
13–19 Oct 2026	1	90	52.7	49.4	52.9
6–12 Oct 2026	1	81	53.4	49.2	53.8
15–21 Sep 2026	1	90	55.9	48.8	56.4
8–14 Sep 2026	1	90	47.0	48.8	47.1
1–7 Sep 2026	1	88	45.5	49.0	45.3
25–31 Aug 2026	1	90	57.8	48.4	59.0
12–18 May 2026	1	90	40.1	48.9	40.1
5–11 May 2026	1	90	48.6	48.9	50.5
28 Apr – 4 May 2026	1	90	41.6	49.3	41.6
21–27 Apr 2026	1	90	61.0	48.5	62.0
14–20 Apr 2026	2	180	51.0	48.2	51.1
7–13 Apr 2026	2	180	48.8	48.3	45.5
31 Mar – 6 Apr 2026	1	90	49.0	47.8	49.0
17–23 Mar 2026	2	180	44.0	48.2	44.8
10–16 Mar 2026	2	180	48.4	47.7	48.5
3–9 Mar 2026	1	90	39.1	48.5	39.0
24 Feb – 2 Mar 2026	1	90	56.0	48.0	56.2
17–23 Feb 2026	1	90	43.5	48.2	43.2
10–16 Feb 2026	1	90	52.1	47.9	52.2
3–9 Feb 2026	1	90	42.9	48.2	42.9
27 Jan – 2 Feb 2026	1	90	47.2	48.2	48.6
20–26 Jan 2026	1	90	41.5	48.5	41.4
13–19 Jan 2026	1	90	36.4	49.3	35.9
6–12 Jan 2026	1	90	52.4	49.0	52.5
16–22 Dec 2025	2	180	39.7	49.8	39.5
9–15 Dec 2025	2	180	46.7	50.8	46.6
2–8 Dec 2025	1	90	55.9	50.4	56.2
25 Nov – 1 Dec 2025	2	107	46.2	51.0	46.0
18–24 Nov 2025	1	90	52.4	50.7	54.5
4–10 Nov 2025	2	121	54.5	50.8	55.4
28 Oct – 3 Nov 2025	1	90	43.6	50.9	43.3
21–27 Oct 2025	2	156	43.4	51.6	43.1
14–20 Oct 2025	1	90	44.5	52.3	44.3
30 Sep – 6 Oct 2025	2	180	54.2	52.3	54.5
23–29 Sep 2025	1	90	55.5	52.1	55.9
16–22 Sep 2025	1	90	75.7	50.7	69.4
9–15 Sep 2025	1	90	45.0	51.1	44.8
26 Aug – 1 Sep 2025	2	180	48.3	51.4	48.7
19–25 Aug 2025	2	180	50.7	51.8	51.2

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 10 weeks with 60+ minutes: level with expectation (+1.4 a week).

Market value

Where these come from

Current estimate €42.0M no change recorded 22 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh

Transfermarkt €40.0M +€15.0M (+60%) since 19 Dec 2025 27 May 2026 · valuations up to July 2026

Next summer, if it goes like similar cases €24.8M–€42.0M −31% median of 40 similar past cases; players his age +0% Closest cases, what their Transfermarkt value then did in a year: Dušan Vlahović at 25 (€35.0M, scoring 48.4) +0%; Lewis Ferguson at 25 (€28.0M, scoring 50.6) −50%; Davide Frattesi at 25 (€35.0M, scoring 50.0) −37%.

Every value as a table

Date	Source	Value
22 Oct 2026	Current estimate (BSD)	€42.0M
27 May 2026	Transfermarkt	€40.0M
19 Dec 2025	Transfermarkt	€25.0M
14 Oct 2025	Transfermarkt	€25.0M
5 Jun 2025	Transfermarkt	€20.0M
27 Mar 2025	Transfermarkt	€17.0M
20 Dec 2024	Transfermarkt	€7.0M
9 Oct 2024	Transfermarkt	€2.5M
12 Jun 2024	Transfermarkt	€1.5M
9 Jan 2024	Transfermarkt	€1.0M
28 Jun 2023	Transfermarkt	€800k
6 Jan 2023	Transfermarkt	€750k
28 Jun 2022	Transfermarkt	€700k
13 Jan 2022	Transfermarkt	€650k
28 Jun 2021	Transfermarkt	€500k
27 Jan 2021	Transfermarkt	€500k
28 Dec 2019	Transfermarkt	€250k
27 Jun 2019	Transfermarkt	€25k

Two different estimates, so each is its own line and each change is measured within its own line.

What the score is made of

Bundesliga 26/27: each part per 90 minutes against the average midfielder in the top five leagues (0), in standard deviations.

Shooting −0.42
Creating +0.09
Progressing −0.33
Keeping the ball +0.46
Defending +0.77
Aerial +0.14
Finishing −0.11

Attention

English Wikipedia views per week, the article and its redirects, last 52 weeks.

Plays most like

same position, last 12 months: the shape of their play, not its level

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Atakan Karazor VfB Stuttgart · 30	–	–	95%Compare
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Recent score: the last six months. Cheaper: valued at less than 60% of Kaishu Sano.

Seasons

Season	Competition	Team	Matches	Minutes	Score	Underlying
Bundesliga 26/27	Bundesliga	1. FSV Mainz 05	6	529	52.1	52.4
Bundesliga 25/26	Bundesliga	1. FSV Mainz 05	33	2,970	48.1	48.1
UEFA Conference League 25/26	Conference League	1. FSV Mainz 05	12	924	49.1	48.7
Bundesliga 24/25	Bundesliga	1. FSV Mainz 05	34	3,045	52.0	52.3

Latest matches

51 since July 2025

Date	Competition	Opponent	Result	Min	Assists	xG	xA	Score
17 Oct 2026	Bundesliga	at FC Schalke 04	W 1–0	90	0	–	0.02	52.7
10 Oct 2026	Bundesliga	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	L 3–4	81	0	0.03	0.01	53.4
19 Sep 2026	Bundesliga	at Borussia M'gladbach	W 4–3	90	1	0.03	0.65	55.9
12 Sep 2026	Bundesliga	Eintracht Frankfurt	L 1–3	90	0	0.02	0.05	47.0
6 Sep 2026	Bundesliga	at Hamburger SV	W 5–0	88	1	–	0.02	45.5
29 Aug 2026	Bundesliga	SC Paderborn 07	D 0–0	90	0	0.11	0.12	57.8
16 May 2026	Bundesliga	at 1. FC Heidenheim	W 2–0	90	0	0.04	0.03	40.1
10 May 2026	Bundesliga	1. FC Union Berlin	L 1–3	90	0	0.22	0.18	48.6
3 May 2026	Bundesliga	at FC St. Pauli	W 2–1	90	0	0.03	0.03	41.6
25 Apr 2026	Bundesliga	FC Bayern München	L 3–4	90	1	0.07	0.35	61.0

All 51 matches

Date	Competition	Opponent	Result	Min	Goals	Assists	xG	xA	Score
17 Oct 2026	Bundesliga	at FC Schalke 04	W 1–0	90	0	0	–	0.02	52.7
10 Oct 2026	Bundesliga	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	L 3–4	81	0	0	0.03	0.01	53.4
19 Sep 2026	Bundesliga	at Borussia M'gladbach	W 4–3	90	0	1	0.03	0.65	55.9
12 Sep 2026	Bundesliga	Eintracht Frankfurt	L 1–3	90	0	0	0.02	0.05	47.0
6 Sep 2026	Bundesliga	at Hamburger SV	W 5–0	88	0	1	–	0.02	45.5
29 Aug 2026	Bundesliga	SC Paderborn 07	D 0–0	90	0	0	0.11	0.12	57.8
16 May 2026	Bundesliga	at 1. FC Heidenheim	W 2–0	90	0	0	0.04	0.03	40.1
10 May 2026	Bundesliga	1. FC Union Berlin	L 1–3	90	0	0	0.22	0.18	48.6
3 May 2026	Bundesliga	at FC St. Pauli	W 2–1	90	0	0	0.03	0.03	41.6
25 Apr 2026	Bundesliga	FC Bayern München	L 3–4	90	0	1	0.07	0.35	61.0
19 Apr 2026	Bundesliga	at Borussia M'gladbach	D 1–1	90	0	0	0.03	0.09	51.4
16 Apr 2026	Conference League	at RC Strasbourg	L 0–4	90	0	0	–	0.10	50.6
12 Apr 2026	Bundesliga	SC Freiburg	L 0–1	90	0	0	–	0.01	38.6
9 Apr 2026	Conference League	RC Strasbourg	W 2–0	90	1	0	0.25	0.10	59.1
4 Apr 2026	Bundesliga	at TSG Hoffenheim	W 2–1	90	0	0	–	0.03	49.0
22 Mar 2026	Bundesliga	Eintracht Frankfurt	W 2–1	90	0	0	0.03	0.11	42.6
19 Mar 2026	Conference League	SK Sigma Olomouc	W 2–0	90	0	0	0.20	0.01	45.3
15 Mar 2026	Bundesliga	at SV Werder Bremen	W 2–0	90	0	0	0.03	0.25	60.3
12 Mar 2026	Conference League	at SK Sigma Olomouc	D 0–0	90	0	0	–	0.02	36.5
7 Mar 2026	Bundesliga	VfB Stuttgart	D 2–2	90	0	0	0.04	0.00	39.1
28 Feb 2026	Bundesliga	at Bayer 04 Leverkusen	D 1–1	90	0	0	–	0.55	56.0
20 Feb 2026	Bundesliga	Hamburger SV	D 1–1	90	0	0	–	0.02	43.5
13 Feb 2026	Bundesliga	at Borussia Dortmund	L 0–4	90	0	0	–	0.18	52.1
7 Feb 2026	Bundesliga	FC Augsburg	W 2–0	90	0	0	0.02	0.01	42.9
31 Jan 2026	Bundesliga	at RB Leipzig	W 2–1	90	0	0	0.17	0.01	47.2
24 Jan 2026	Bundesliga	VfL Wolfsburg	W 3–1	90	0	0	0.02	0.02	41.5
13 Jan 2026	Bundesliga	1. FC Heidenheim	W 2–1	90	0	0	–	0.09	36.4
10 Jan 2026	Bundesliga	at 1. FC Union Berlin	D 2–2	90	0	0	–	0.02	52.4
21 Dec 2025	Bundesliga	FC St. Pauli	D 0–0	90	0	0	–	0.01	43.1
18 Dec 2025	Conference League	Samsunspor	W 2–0	90	0	0	0.04	0.06	36.3
14 Dec 2025	Bundesliga	at FC Bayern München	D 2–2	90	0	0	–	0.00	40.1
11 Dec 2025	Conference League	at Lech Poznań	D 1–1	90	0	0	–	0.01	53.2
5 Dec 2025	Bundesliga	Borussia M'gladbach	L 0–1	90	0	0	–	0.19	55.9
30 Nov 2025	Bundesliga	at SC Freiburg	L 0–4	90	0	0	–	0.01	42.1
27 Nov 2025	Conference League	at Universitatea Craiova	L 0–1	17	0	0	–	0.04	67.7
21 Nov 2025	Bundesliga	TSG Hoffenheim	D 1–1	90	0	0	0.23	0.04	52.4
9 Nov 2025	Bundesliga	at Eintracht Frankfurt	L 0–1	90	0	0	–	0.04	48.6
6 Nov 2025	Conference League	Fiorentina	W 2–1	31	0	1	0.12	0.11	71.5
1 Nov 2025	Bundesliga	SV Werder Bremen	D 1–1	90	0	0	–	0.04	43.6
26 Oct 2025	Bundesliga	at VfB Stuttgart	L 1–2	90	0	0	–	0.01	43.9
23 Oct 2025	Conference League	HŠK Zrinjski Mostar	W 1–0	66	0	0	–	0.02	42.7
18 Oct 2025	Bundesliga	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	L 3–4	90	0	0	–	0.10	44.5
5 Oct 2025	Bundesliga	at Hamburger SV	L 0–4	90	0	0	0.03	0.04	54.4
2 Oct 2025	Conference League	at Omonia Nicosia	W 1–0	90	0	0	0.02	0.07	53.9
27 Sep 2025	Bundesliga	Borussia Dortmund	L 0–2	90	0	0	0.03	0.02	55.5
20 Sep 2025	Bundesliga	at FC Augsburg	W 4–1	90	1	1	0.18	0.58	75.7
13 Sep 2025	Bundesliga	RB Leipzig	L 0–1	90	0	0	–	0.05	45.0
31 Aug 2025	Bundesliga	at VfL Wolfsburg	D 1–1	90	0	0	0.08	0.02	49.0
28 Aug 2025	Conference League	Rosenborg BK	W 4–1	90	0	0	–	–	47.6
24 Aug 2025	Bundesliga	1. FC Köln	L 0–1	90	0	0	0.13	0.23	48.8
21 Aug 2025	Conference League	at Rosenborg BK	L 1–2	90	0	0	–	–	52.6