Kota Watanabe (field hockey)
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| Born |
30 October 1996 Fukui Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Adelaide Fire | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–present | Adelaide Fire | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Japan U21 | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–present | Japan | 74 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 24 July 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Kota Watanabe (渡辺 晃大, Watanabe Kōta, born 30 October 1996)[1] is a Japanese field hockey player who plays as a forward for Japanese national team.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Kota Watanabe studies in the College of Business Administration at Ritsumeikan University.[2]
Career
[edit]National teams
[edit]Under–21
[edit]In 2015, Watanabe made his debut for the Japan under–21 side at the Junior Asia Cup. The team finished fourth, qualifying for the Junior World Cup.[3]
Following the Junior Asia Cup, Watanabe represented the side again at the 2016 Junior World Cup in Lucknow, India, where the team finished in thirteenth place.[4]
Senior national team
[edit]Kota Watanabe made his senior international debut in 2016 at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, where the team came last.[5]
Following his debut in 2016, Watanabe has been a regular inclusion in the Japanese team. His most prominent performance came in the 2018, at the Asian Games in Jakarta.[4] At the tournament, the team won a gold medal, qualifying directly to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[6]
Adelaide Fire
[edit]In 2019, Watanabe was signed to the Adelaide Fire hockey team to compete in the inaugural tournament of the Sultana Bran Hockey One League, Australia's new premier domestic competition.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Details – Japan". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ a b "The Asian Games：Ritsumeikan Students and Alumni excel". en.ritsumei.ac.jp. Ritsumeikan University. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Men's Junior Asia Cup 2015". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ a b "WATANABE Kota". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Australia thrash India 4-0 to win Sultan Azlan Shah Cup". The Times of India. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Asian Games hockey: Japan win a dramatic final against Malaysia to clinch first gold". Scroll.in. September 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "Adelaide Fire – Men's Team". hockeyone.com.au. Hockey One. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
External links
[edit]- Kota Watanabe at the International Hockey Federation
- Kota Watanabe at HockeyAustralia.altiusrt.com
- Kota Watanabe at Olympics.com
- Kota Watanabe at Olympedia
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