is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for

Hong Kong Premier League The Hong Kong Premier League () is a Hong Kong professional football league organised by the Hong Kong Football Association. It is currently sponsored by BOC Life and officially known as BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League (). The inaugural seaso ...

club

Southern Southern may refer to: Businesses * China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China * Southern Airways, defunct US airline * Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US * Southern Airways Express, M ...

Career

Australia

Accepting a contract with

Wollongong Wolves Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near wat ...

in late 2015 for his performances with

Wollongong United Wollongong United FC is an Australian soccer club based in Wollongong, currently participating in the Illawarra Premier League. The club played in the 1991 season of the National Soccer League under the name Wollongong Macedonia, where it finis ...

in the

Illawarra Premier League The Illawarra Premier League is a regional Australian semi-professional association football league, comprising teams from the Illawarra, and South Coast regions of New South Wales. The competition is run under the Football South Coast body, an a ...

, Kawase decided to further his career in Australia due to the physicality of the footballers there as well as its level, setting a league title as his target with United. However, the Wolves were relegated at the end of the 2016 season and the Japanese defender had to leave despite participating in most of their fixtures, claiming to have become more erudite as a footballer.

Philippines

Bolstering

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for the

2017 Philippines Football League The 2017 Philippines Football League was the inaugural season of the Philippines Football League (PFL), the professional football league of the Philippines. The league was officially launched on 21 April 2017 at Shangri-La at the Fort in Taguig, ...

and

AFC Cup The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Under its current rules, the competition is played primarily between clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying s ...

, the Takushoku University alumnus started for the ''Busmen'' in their historic two-legged 3-2 win over

Home United Lion City Sailors Football Club, commonly referred to as The Sailors or LCS, is a Singaporean professional football club competing in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of the Singapore football league system. Since the 2021 season, the ...

at the

2017 AFC Cup The 2017 AFC Cup was the 14th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Defending champions Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya defeated Istiklol in the final to win their second AFC Cu ...

to become ASEAN Zone champions.

Malaysia

Was announced as one of

UiTM The MARA Technological University ( Malay: ''Universiti Teknologi MARA''; Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي تيكنولوڬي مارا; abbr. UiTM) is a public university based primarily in Shah Alam, Selangor. It was established to help rural Mala ...

's imports for the

2018 Malaysia Premier League The 2018 Malaysia Premier League, known as 2018 100Plus Malaysia Premier League for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th season of the Malaysia Premier League, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia since its establishment in 2004. ...

with Lucas Pugh and

Dechi Marcel N'Guessan Dechi Marcel N'Guessan (born 12 November 1991) is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim. Club career Kedah On 16 December 2021, Dechi Marcel agreed to join Malaysia Super League side Ke ...

Hong Kong

Kota joined

club Dreams FC on 21 January 2019. On 26 June 2019, Kawase moved to fellow Hong Kong club

. On 28 April 2020, Southern announced an agreement with Kawase to extend his contract.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kawase, Kota Men's association football defenders 1992 births Living people Takushoku University alumni Japanese men's footballers Japanese expatriate men's footballers Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Expatriate men's footballers in the Philippines Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Malaysia Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia UiTM United players United City F.C. players Japanese expatriate sportspeople in the Philippines Philippines Football League players Wollongong Wolves FC players Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC players Hong Kong Premier League players Hong Kong Sapling players Southern District FC players Japanese expatriates in Hong Kong Wollongong United FC players Sportspeople from Otaru