Kentaro Fukuda (福田健太郎, ''Fukuda Kentarō'', born 27 July 1995) is a Japanese

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player who plays as a forward for Gifu Asahi Club and the Japan national team.

International career

Fukuda was a part of the

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squad which won their first

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gold medal in hockey in

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. He represented Japan at the

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Tokyo 2020 profile
* 1995 births Living people Field hockey players at the 2018 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2022 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Japanese male field hockey players Male field hockey forwards Olympic field hockey players for Japan Sportspeople from Shimane Prefecture Asian Games medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup players 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-fieldhockey-bio-stub