diff --git a/rewrite-groovy/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/groovy/service/GroovyAutoFormatService.java b/rewrite-groovy/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/groovy/service/GroovyAutoFormatService.java
index 5818e4f0f49..a645fbeac2f 100644
--- a/rewrite-groovy/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/groovy/service/GroovyAutoFormatService.java
+++ b/rewrite-groovy/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/groovy/service/GroovyAutoFormatService.java
@@ -16,14 +16,23 @@
 package org.openrewrite.groovy.service;
 
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.openrewrite.SourceFile;
 import org.openrewrite.Tree;
 import org.openrewrite.groovy.format.AutoFormatVisitor;
+import org.openrewrite.groovy.format.SpacesVisitor;
 import org.openrewrite.java.JavaVisitor;
 import org.openrewrite.java.service.AutoFormatService;
+import org.openrewrite.java.style.IntelliJ;
+import org.openrewrite.java.style.SpacesStyle;
 
 public class GroovyAutoFormatService extends AutoFormatService {
     @Override
     public <P> JavaVisitor<P> autoFormatVisitor(@Nullable Tree stopAfter) {
         return new AutoFormatVisitor<>(stopAfter);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public <P> JavaVisitor<P> spacesVisitor(SourceFile sourceFile, SpacesStyle spacesStyle, @Nullable Tree stopAfter) {
+        return new SpacesVisitor<>(spacesStyle, null, null, IntelliJ.wrappingAndBraces(), stopAfter);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rewrite-groovy/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/groovy/format/TypecastParenPadGroovyTest.java b/rewrite-groovy/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/groovy/format/TypecastParenPadGroovyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca3cdbd0eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rewrite-groovy/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/groovy/format/TypecastParenPadGroovyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.groovy.format;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.openrewrite.java.format.TypecastParenPad;
+import org.openrewrite.test.RecipeSpec;
+import org.openrewrite.test.RewriteTest;
+
+import static org.openrewrite.groovy.Assertions.groovy;
+
+class TypecastParenPadGroovyTest implements RewriteTest {
+
+    @Override
+    public void defaults(RecipeSpec spec) {
+        spec.recipe(new TypecastParenPad());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void removesPadding() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          groovy(
+            """
+              def a = ( int ) 0L
+              """,
+            """
+              def a = (int) 0L
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void doesNotCorruptAsStyleCast() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          groovy(
+            """
+              def a = 0L as Integer
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/format/TypecastParenPad.java b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/format/TypecastParenPad.java
index ffe2a093b01..bb74ae27b3a 100755
--- a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/format/TypecastParenPad.java
+++ b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/format/TypecastParenPad.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.openrewrite.*;
 import org.openrewrite.java.JavaIsoVisitor;
+import org.openrewrite.java.service.AutoFormatService;
 import org.openrewrite.java.style.Checkstyle;
 import org.openrewrite.java.style.IntelliJ;
 import org.openrewrite.java.style.SpacesStyle;
@@ -61,7 +62,9 @@ private static class TypecastParenPadVisitor extends JavaIsoVisitor<ExecutionCon
         @Override
         public J.TypeCast visitTypeCast(J.TypeCast typeCast, ExecutionContext ctx) {
             J.TypeCast tc = super.visitTypeCast(typeCast, ctx);
-            return (J.TypeCast) new SpacesVisitor<>(spacesStyle, tc)
+            JavaSourceFile cu = getCursor().firstEnclosingOrThrow(JavaSourceFile.class);
+            return (J.TypeCast) cu.service(AutoFormatService.class)
+                    .spacesVisitor(cu, spacesStyle, tc)
                     .visitNonNull(tc, ctx, getCursor().getParentTreeCursor().fork());
         }
     }
diff --git a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/service/AutoFormatService.java b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/service/AutoFormatService.java
index 97883f0885f..4dd7984e253 100644
--- a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/service/AutoFormatService.java
+++ b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/service/AutoFormatService.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 import org.openrewrite.java.format.AutoFormatVisitor;
 import org.openrewrite.java.format.BlankLinesVisitor;
 import org.openrewrite.java.format.NormalizeFormatVisitor;
+import org.openrewrite.java.format.SpacesVisitor;
+import org.openrewrite.java.style.SpacesStyle;
 
 @Incubating(since = "8.2.0")
 public class AutoFormatService {
@@ -50,4 +52,14 @@ public <P> JavaVisitor<P> normalizeFormatVisitor(@Nullable Tree stopAfter) {
     public <P> JavaVisitor<P> blankLinesVisitor(SourceFile sourceFile, @Nullable Tree stopAfter) {
         return new BlankLinesVisitor<>(sourceFile, stopAfter);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the language-appropriate {@link SpacesVisitor}. The {@code spacesStyle}
+     * carries Java-specific tuning (e.g. typecast parenthesis padding) that only applies
+     * to languages with C-style casts; languages that reuse {@code J.TypeCast} for other
+     * syntax resolve their own style from {@code sourceFile} instead.
+     */
+    public <P> JavaVisitor<P> spacesVisitor(SourceFile sourceFile, SpacesStyle spacesStyle, @Nullable Tree stopAfter) {
+        return new SpacesVisitor<>(spacesStyle, stopAfter);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rewrite-kotlin/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/service/KotlinAutoFormatService.java b/rewrite-kotlin/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/service/KotlinAutoFormatService.java
index 85502ed2928..72c91f62c43 100644
--- a/rewrite-kotlin/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/service/KotlinAutoFormatService.java
+++ b/rewrite-kotlin/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/service/KotlinAutoFormatService.java
@@ -20,14 +20,17 @@
 import org.openrewrite.Tree;
 import org.openrewrite.java.JavaVisitor;
 import org.openrewrite.java.service.AutoFormatService;
+import org.openrewrite.java.style.SpacesStyle;
 import org.openrewrite.kotlin.format.AutoFormatVisitor;
 import org.openrewrite.kotlin.format.BlankLinesVisitor;
 import org.openrewrite.kotlin.format.NormalizeFormatVisitor;
+import org.openrewrite.kotlin.format.SpacesVisitor;
 import org.openrewrite.kotlin.style.BlankLinesStyle;
 import org.openrewrite.kotlin.style.IntelliJ;
 import org.openrewrite.style.Style;
 
 import static org.openrewrite.kotlin.style.IntelliJ.blankLines;
+import static org.openrewrite.kotlin.style.IntelliJ.spaces;
 
 public class KotlinAutoFormatService extends AutoFormatService {
 
@@ -45,4 +48,9 @@ public <P> JavaVisitor<P> normalizeFormatVisitor(@Nullable Tree stopAfter) {
     public <P> JavaVisitor<P> blankLinesVisitor(SourceFile sourceFile, @Nullable Tree stopAfter) {
         return new BlankLinesVisitor<>(Style.from(BlankLinesStyle.class, sourceFile, IntelliJ::blankLines), stopAfter);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public <P> JavaVisitor<P> spacesVisitor(SourceFile sourceFile, SpacesStyle spacesStyle, @Nullable Tree stopAfter) {
+        return new SpacesVisitor<>(Style.from(org.openrewrite.kotlin.style.SpacesStyle.class, sourceFile, () -> spaces()), stopAfter);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rewrite-kotlin/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/format/TypecastParenPadKotlinTest.java b/rewrite-kotlin/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/format/TypecastParenPadKotlinTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3473b3ecdac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rewrite-kotlin/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/kotlin/format/TypecastParenPadKotlinTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 the original author or authors.
+ * <p>
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.openrewrite.kotlin.format;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.openrewrite.java.format.TypecastParenPad;
+import org.openrewrite.test.RecipeSpec;
+import org.openrewrite.test.RewriteTest;
+
+import static org.openrewrite.kotlin.Assertions.kotlin;
+
+class TypecastParenPadKotlinTest implements RewriteTest {
+
+    @Override
+    public void defaults(RecipeSpec spec) {
+        spec.recipe(new TypecastParenPad());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void asCast() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          kotlin(
+            """
+              fun method(list: List<Any>) {
+                  val b = list.get(0) as List<*>
+                  val c = list.get(0) as String
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void nullSafeCast() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          kotlin(
+            """
+              fun method(a: Any) {
+                  val b = a as? List<*>
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+}