Kota Watanabe (field hockey)

is a Japanese field hockey player who plays as a forward for Japanese national team.

Personal life
Kota Watanabe studies in the College of Business Administration at Ritsumeikan University.

Career

National teams

Under–21
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.

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.

Senior national team
Kota Watanabe made his senior international debut in 2016 at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, where the team came last.

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. At the tournament, the team won a gold medal, qualifying directly to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Adelaide Fire
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.

References

External links
 
 Kota Watanabe at Hockey Australia

Category:1996 births
Category:Living people
Category:Japanese male field hockey players
Category:Male field hockey forwards
Category:Field hockey players at the 2018 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games medalists in field hockey
Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
Category:Expatriate field hockey players
Category:Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)