eFootball Itakura Ko - Stats & Build (Japan Selection 2 Jul ’26)

04/09/2026

In short

The card: a Highlight CB that reaches 96 at max training
Strengths: Defensive Engagement (#10), Lofted Pass (#34), Defensive Awareness (#37)
How to train it: push the strengths further, starting with Defensive Engagement
What this page covers: the Highlight version of Itakura Ko

Contents

Player Review
Basic info (Highlight)
Stats (Highlight · Lv1)
Position Proficiency
Player skills
Player Progression
Compare with other players
Where this card ranks
Summary
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Player Review

Rating★★☆☆☆B

Counting every card in the game, this one sits #112 of 7,288 CB cards and #57 of 3,466 Build Up cards, with a max-level overall of 96. It is currently the strongest Itakura Ko card released.

How the rating is decided

SS Top 5 in either the position or the playing-style overall ranking
S Outside the top 5, but a max-level overall of 100 or more
A Overall 98–99
B Overall 95–97
C Overall below 95

Basic info (Highlight)

Itakura Ko

PositionCB

Preferred footRight

Attacking styleBuild Up

Defensive styleBasic

Height188 cm

Age29

Max levelLv29

Progression points56

Overall at Lv181

Overall at max level96

Special skillsNone

Available fromJapan Selection 2 Jul ’26

Stats (Highlight · Lv1)

Attacking

Attacking Awareness56

Ball Control68

Dribbling62

Tight Possession65

Low Pass70

Lofted Pass71

Finishing55

Heading71

Set Piece Taking56

Curl61

Physical

Speed72

Acceleration67

Kicking Power71

Jumping75

Physical Contact76

Balance61

Stamina75

Defending

Defensive Awareness76

Tackling75

Aggression76

Defensive Engagement79

Goalkeeping

GK Awareness40

GK Catching40

GK Parrying40

GK Reflexes40

GK Reach40

Weak foot usageHigh

Weak foot accuracyHigh

FormSteady

Injury resistanceAverage

Position Proficiency

LWF

LMF

AMF

CMF

DMF

RWF

RMF

Best position (CB, DMF) / Also playable (CMF)

Not suited

Player skills

Passing

One-touch Pass

Weighted Pass

Defending

Man Marking

Interception

Acrobatic Clearance

Blocker

Aerial Superiority

Sliding Tackle

Mental

Captaincy

Fighting Spirit

Player Progression

Spend the progression points, add boosters and pick a manager to see how the stats and the overall change.

Compare with other players

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Where this card ranks

By position

CB overall ranking

#243 ~~/ 7,288 cards~~

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By playing style

Build Up overall ranking

#124 ~~/ 3,466 cards~~

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Overall is compared at max level, across every card in the game — Standard, Epic and pack-exclusive alike. Cards on the same overall are ordered by the sum of their stats.

Summary

✓Itakura Ko (Highlight)

Itakura Ko (Highlight) caps at Lv29 with a max-level overall of 96
It has 56 progression points to spend

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Author of this article

Mikel

Mikel is the editor of eFootball LABO. A long-time eFootball player (peak Division 1, peak rating 1,920), he writes from real play and hands-on testing.