Kenta Kawai

Kenta Kawai
川井健太
Personal information
Full name	Kenta Kawai
Date of birth	June 7, 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Uwajima, Ehime, Japan
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1997–1999	Ehime FC
2000–2003	Momoyama Gakuin University
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2006	Ehime FC
Total
Managerial career
2015–2017	Ehime FC Ladies
2018–2020	Ehime FC
2022–2024	Sagan Tosu
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenta Kawai (川井健太, Kawai Kenta, born June 7, 1981) is a Japanese professional football manager and former player who most recently was the manager of J1 League club Sagan Tosu. His brother Koichi Kawai is also a footballer.

Playing career

Kawai was born in Uwajima on June 7, 1981. After graduating from Momoyama Gakuin University, he joined Japan Football League club Ehime FC based in his local in 2004. His brother Koichi Kawai was also playing for this club from 2001. He played many matches in first season. However he could not play at all in the match in 2005. Although the club was promoted to J2 League from 2006, he could not play many matches and retired end of 2006 season.

Coaching career

After the retirement, Kawai started coaching career at Ehime Women's College based in his local Uwajima in 2008. He served as manager until 2017. In 2012, he also signed with Nadeshiko League club Ehime FC Ladies. He served as a coach under manager Kenichi Ego who is teammate as player in 2006. In 2015, Kawai became a manager as Ego successor. He managed the club until 2017. In 2018, he signed with J2 League club Ehime FC and became a manager for youth team. In May 2018, top team manager Shuichi Mase was sacked when the club was at the 20th place of 22 clubs. Kawai became a manager for top team as Mase successor. Kawai rose the club and finished at the 18th place in 2018 season.

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		Total
2004	Ehime FC	Football League	22	6			22	6
2005		Football League	0	0			0	0
2006		J2 League	2	0			2	0
Career total			24	6	0	0	24	6

Managerial statistics

Update; April 17, 2022^[1]

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Ehime FC	2018	2021	114	30	24	60	026.32
Sagan Tosu	2022	present	13	2	8	3	015.38
Total			127	32	32	63	025.20

References

^ Kenta Kawai manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

External links

Player statistics at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Manager statistics manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
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[1] Kenta Kawai manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)

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