{{short description|Japanese footballer}} {{no significant coverage (sports)|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kentaro Kai <br> 甲斐 健太郎 | fullname = Kentaro Kai | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|11|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Osaka, Japan | height = 1.81 m | position = Defender | currentclub = FC Gifu | clubnumber = 4 | youthyears1 = 2010–2012 | youthclubs1 = Rissho Univ. Shonan High School | collegeyears1 = 2013–2016 | college1 = Hannan University | years1 = 2016–2021 | clubs1 = FC Gifu | caps1 = 95 | goals1 = 3 | years2 = 2018 | clubs2 = → Gainare Tottori (loan) | caps2 = 32 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2022–2023 | clubs3 = Iwate Grulla Morioka | caps3 = 68 | goals3 = 4 | years4 = 2024– | clubs4 = FC Gifu | caps4 = 57 | goals4 = 3 | club-update = 1 January 2026 }} {{Nihongo|'''Kentaro Kai'''|甲斐 健太郎|Kai Kentarō|born 1 November 1994}} is a Japanese football player who plays for {{Japanese football updater|Gifu}} club FC Gifu.<ref>[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX04/?player_id=19677 J.League Data Site]</ref>
==Career== Kentaro Kai joined J2 League club FC Gifu in 2016.
==Club statistics== ''Updated to 22 February 2018''.<ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E7%89%88-2018-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411521 "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)"], 7 February 2018, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411529}} (p. 272 out of 289)</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=3 | Club performance ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | Total |- ! Season ! Club ! League ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals |- ! colspan=3 |Japan ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 | Total |- |2016||rowspan="2"|FC Gifu||rowspan="2"|J2 League||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |2017||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan=3|Total !1||0||0||0||1||0 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.gainare.co.jp/clubs/profile/04/ Profile at Gainare Tottori] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617224734/http://www.gainare.co.jp/clubs/profile/04/ |date=2017-06-17 }} *{{J.League player|19677}}
{{FC Gifu squad}}
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