Cerezo Osaka

Rikito Inoue

Defender#4

Key facts

Age: 29
Height: 1.8 m
Weight: 77 kg
Number: #4
Born: 9/3/1997
Position: Defender
Nationality: Japan

Official profile

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Career stats

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	STRT	FC	FA	YC	G	A	SHOT	SOG
2026 J1 100 Year Vision League CER	18	12	10	2	2	0	5	2
Regular Season CER	14	3	13	0	1	1	7	2
2025 Japanese J1 League CER	8	4	3	1	0	0	2	0

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Every game we hold

Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.

Season
2026 J1 LeagueCerezo Osaka	31	2	1	10	3	2,829	2	0	0	31	0	15	23	0	42	0
2025 J1 LeagueCerezo Osaka / Urawa Red Diamonds	11	0	0	2	0	799	1	0	0	11	2	5	4	0	15	0
2024 J1 LeagueUrawa Red Diamonds	16	0	0	6	0	1,345	1	0	0	16	1	11	16	1	14	0
2023 J1 LeagueKyoto Sanga	28	–	–	–	–	2,290	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2022 J1 LeagueKyoto Sanga	28	1	–	–	–	2,007	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Career5 seasons	114	3	1	18	3	9,270	4	0	0	58	3	31	43	1	71	0

Game log, 2026 J1 League

Game
31 Oct @ Kashima AntlersL 1-4 31 Oct	0	0	0	0	90	0	1	2	1	4
25 Oct v JEF United Ichihara-ChibaD 2-2 25 Oct	0	1	1	0	90	0	1	0	5	2
21 Oct @ Nagoya GrampusD 1-1 21 Oct	0	0	0	0	90	0	1	0	1	1
17 Oct v Kawasaki FrontaleL 2-4 17 Oct	0	0	1	1	90	0	1	1	2	4
10 Oct v Yokohama F. MarinosD 0-0 10 Oct	0	0	1	0	90	0	1	0	0	0
19 Sept @ V-Varen NagasakiD 1-1 19 Sept	0	0	0	0	90	0	1	0	0	1
12 Sept @ Sanfrecce HiroshimaL 1-6 12 Sept	0	0	0	0	90	0	1	0	0	6
6 Sept v Tokyo Verdy 1969D 0-0 6 Sept	0	0	0	0	90	0	1	0	2	0
2 Sept v Kashiwa ReysolW 2-0 2 Sept	0	0	1	0	90	0	1	0	0	0
29 Aug @ Vissel KobeL 0-1 29 Aug	0	0	0	0	90	0	1	0	0	1
22 Aug v Shimizu S-PulseW 1-0 22 Aug	0	0	1	0	90	0	1	0	1	0
15 Aug @ Avispa FukuokaL 0-3 15 Aug	0	0	0	0	90	0	1	0	0	3
8 Aug v Fagiano OkayamaW 2-1 8 Aug	0	0	0	0	90	0	1	0	1	1
2nd Leg - Cerezo Osaka advance 5-3 on aggregate @ FC TokyoW 3-1 6 June	0	0	0	0	90	0	1	0	0	1
1st Leg v FC TokyoD 2-2 30 May	0	0	0	0	90	1	1	1	0	2
24 May @ Fagiano OkayamaW 3-2 24 May	0	0	0	0	90	0	1	0	2	2
17 May v Nagoya GrampusW 6-1 17 May	0	0	0	0	90	0	1	1	1	1
9 May v V-Varen NagasakiW 3-2 9 May	0	0	1	0	90	0	1	1	1	2
Shimizu S-Pulse win 5-3 on penalties @ Shimizu S-PulseL 1-1 6 May	0	0	0	0	120	0	1	0	1	1
Cerezo Osaka win 4-3 on penalties v Avispa FukuokaW 1-1 3 May	1	0	1	1	120	0	1	1	0	1
25 Apr @ Sanfrecce HiroshimaL 1-2 25 Apr	0	0	1	0	90	0	1	0	0	2
18 Apr v Kyoto SangaW 3-0 18 Apr	0	0	0	0	90	0	1	1	2	0
11 Apr @ Gamba OsakaW 1-0 11 Apr	0	0	0	0	90	0	1	2	0	0
4 Apr @ Nagoya GrampusL 0-3 4 Apr	0	0	1	0	54	1	1	1	0	2
Cerezo Osaka win 6-5 on penalties v Vissel KobeW 1-1 22 Mar	1	0	1	1	120	0	1	0	0	1
18 Mar v Fagiano OkayamaL 1-2 18 Mar	0	0	0	0	90	0	1	1	0	2
14 Mar @ Kyoto SangaW 2-1 14 Mar	0	0	0	0	90	0	1	1	1	1
Cerezo Osaka win 4-2 on penalties v Shimizu S-PulseW 0-0 7 Mar	0	0	0	0	120	0	1	0	1	0
28 Feb @ V-Varen NagasakiL 0-1 28 Feb	0	0	0	0	90	0	1	1	0	1
22 Feb v Sanfrecce HiroshimaL 1-2 22 Feb	0	0	0	0	45	0	1	0	0	0
15 Feb @ Avispa FukuokaW 2-0 15 Feb	0	0	0	0	90	0	1	1	1	0

Recent games

Nov '268
@ Gamba Osaka
1 G · 2 SHOT · 1 SOG
W 3-2
Oct '2631
@ Kashima Antlers
2 FC · 1 FA
L 4-1
Oct '2625
v JEF United Ichihara-Chiba
1 A · 1 SHOT · 5 FA
D 2-2
Oct '2621
@ Nagoya Grampus
1 FA
D 1-1
Oct '2617
v Kawasaki Frontale
1 SHOT · 1 SOG · 1 FC · 2 FA
L 4-2
Oct '2610
v Yokohama F. Marinos
1 SHOT
D 0-0
Sept '2619
@ V-Varen Nagasaki
Did not record a stat
D 1-1
Sept '2612
@ Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Did not record a stat
L 6-1

Stats from official league and public sports feeds. Updated hourly.

Splits, J1 League

Split
AwayHome or away, 15W	58	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	79.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0
HomeHome or away, 21W	56	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.1	83.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.5	0.0
LossesResult, 0W	49	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	80.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.0
WinsResult, 36W	36	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.1	85.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.0
DrawsResult, 0W	29	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	77.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0
Regular seasonStage, 36W	114	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	81.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.0
Nagoya GrampusOpponent, 2W	8	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	83.9	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.0
Sanfrecce HiroshimaOpponent, 1W	8	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	78.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.1	0.0
Vissel KobeOpponent, 3W	8	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	85.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
Avispa FukuokaOpponent, 3W	7	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	80.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
FC TokyoOpponent, 2W	7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	77.7	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.7	0.0
Kashima AntlersOpponent, 0W	7	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	78.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.7	0.0
Kashiwa ReysolOpponent, 3W	7	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
Kawasaki FrontaleOpponent, 1W	6	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	67.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.0
Shimizu S-PulseOpponent, 3W	6	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	74.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.0
Yokohama F. MarinosOpponent, 1W	6	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cerezo OsakaOpponent, 1W	5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	74.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
Gamba OsakaOpponent, 3W	5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Albirex NiigataOpponent, 2W	4	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	87.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
Kyoto SangaOpponent, 2W	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	88.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.8	0.0
Sagan TosuOpponent, 2W	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.0
Consadole SapporoOpponent, 0W	3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	80.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.3	0.0
Fagiano OkayamaOpponent, 2W	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.0	1.7	0.0
V-Varen NagasakiOpponent, 1W	3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.3	0.0
Jubilo IwataOpponent, 1W	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	45.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Machida ZelviaOpponent, 0W	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.5	0.0
Shonan BellmareOpponent, 1W	2	–	–	–	–	90.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tokyo Verdy 1969Opponent, 0W	2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Urawa Red DiamondsOpponent, 0W	2	–	–	–	–	20.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Yokohama FCOpponent, 2W	2	–	–	–	–	90.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
JEF United Ichihara-ChibaOpponent, 0W	1	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	0.0	2.0	0.0
Sanga Stadium by Kyocera, KyotoGround, 9W	29	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	78.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Yodoko Sakura Stadium, OsakaGround, 10W	21	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.1	88.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.0	1.0	0.0
Saitama Stadium 2002Ground, 3W	9	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	72.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.1	0.9	0.0
Best Denki Stadium, Hakata-ku, FukuokaGround, 2W	5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	79.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.0
Toyota Stadium (Japan)Ground, 0W	4	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	81.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	0.0	1.8	0.0
IAI Stadium Nihondaira, ShimzuGround, 1W	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	70.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0
mercari Stadium, KashimaGround, 0W	3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
Noevir Stadium KobeGround, 1W	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	68.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0
Ajinomoto Stadium, TokyoGround, 0W	2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	84.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Daiwa House Premist Dome, SapporoGround, 0W	2	–	–	–	–	76.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Edion Peace Wing HiroshimaGround, 0W	2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	0.0
Edion Stadium HiroshimaGround, 0W	2	–	–	–	–	66.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ekimae Real Estate Stadium, TosuGround, 1W	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
Kashima Soccer StadiumGround, 0W	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	48.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	2.5	0.0
New Japan National Stadium, TokyoGround, 0W	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.0
Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium, YokohamaGround, 1W	2	–	–	–	–	90.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nissan Stadium, YokohamaGround, 0W	2	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Panasonic Stadium Suita, OsakaGround, 1W	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
PEACE STADIUM Connected by SoftBank, NagasakiGround, 0W	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa StadiumGround, 1W	2	–	–	–	–	90.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu, KawasakiGround, 0W	2	–	–	–	–	58.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Yanmar Stadium NagaiGround, 1W	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
City Light Stadium, OkayamaGround, 1W	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	0.0
Japan National Stadium, TokyoGround, 1W	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Kobe Wing StadiumGround, 0W	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
Machida Gion Stadium, TokyoGround, 0W	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	0.0
Niigata Stadium Big SwanGround, 1W	1	–	–	–	–	90.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Shonan BMW Stadium HiratsukaGround, 1W	1	–	–	–	–	90.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Suita City Football Stadium, OsakaGround, 1W	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	90.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0