Coach DNA
Playing style
low-block · possession-based
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Sagan Tosu
Feb 2022 – Aug 2024 · 93 matches
1.11 points per game in J1 League (93 matches).
Sagan Tosu with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.20 (119 matches, 4 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −53 below the league average under him, −41 under the others.
Most used
- Park Il-Gyu8,382' · Elo 1,708
- W. Harada6,171' · Elo 1,770
- Y. Naganuma5,742' · Elo 1,718
- S. Kawahara4,989' · Elo 1,697
- A. Fukuta4,967' · Elo 1,586
- T. Kikuchi4,910' · Elo 1,587
- K. Yamazaki4,741' · Elo 1,641
- Y. Iwasaki4,672' · Elo 1,624
- Y. Horigome3,973' · Elo 1,451
- Hwang Seok-Ho3,471' · Elo 1,553
Players under Kenta Kawai
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
- Y. Naganuma+393
in 68 matches · Sagan Tosu
- M. Tashiro+332
in 37 matches · Sagan Tosu
- Y. Iwasaki+262
in 63 matches · Sagan Tosu
- T. Kikuchi+228
in 80 matches · Sagan Tosu
- Kim Tae-Hyeon+223
in 20 matches · Sagan Tosu
Fell most
- N. Fujita−270
in 58 matches · Sagan Tosu
- K. Moriya−148
in 28 matches · Sagan Tosu
- Park Il-Gyu−142
in 93 matches · Sagan Tosu
- A. Kawata−94
in 22 matches · Sagan Tosu
in 43 matches · Sagan Tosu
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−53T. Kida1691
in 4 matches · Yokohama F. Marinos
−50A. Fukumori1511
in 4 matches · Consadole Sapporo
−49T. Sugeno1580
in 4 matches · Consadole Sapporo
−46T. Aoyama1136
in 3 matches · Sanfrecce Hiroshima
−44S. Koroki1137
in 5 matches · Urawa
Nemeses
+118Y. Ohashi1874
in 4 matches · Sanfrecce Hiroshima
+115S. Fukuoka1754
in 4 matches · Kyoto Sanga
+114H. Tameda1634
in 4 matches · Cerezo Osaka
+107S. Nakano1993
in 5 matches · Sanfrecce Hiroshima
+97K. Tachi1536
in 4 matches · Shonan Bellmare
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −51
Michael Petrović1680
in 5 matches · Consadole Sapporo
- −31
Albert Puig1638
in 3 matches · FC Tokyo
- −23
in 4 matches · Albirex Niigata
- −9
Kenta Hasegawa1675
in 5 matches · Nagoya Grampus
- −3
in 3 matches · Kashiwa Reysol
Nemesis coaches
- +65
in 5 matches · Shonan Bellmare
- +59
Akio Kogiku1712
in 6 matches · Cerezo Osaka
- +38
M. Skibbe1934
in 6 matches · Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- +37
Daniel Algaba1815
in 4 matches · Gamba Osaka
- +34
Takayuki Yoshida1731
in 4 matches · Vissel Kobe
Playing style
How Kenta Kawai's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)
Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.
One club since 2016 — lineup-coach attribution starts in 2016, so there's no cross-club comparison yet.