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Kenta Hasegawa is an association football player and association football coach. Kenta Hasegawa was born in Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan on September 25, 1965. The age as of 2026 is 60. Education on record includes Shimizu Higashi High School and University of Tsukuba. The listed height is 177 cm.
My Take
Kenta Hasegawa's path reads like a map of Japanese football itself. Born in Shizuoka in 1965 — the country's most football-obsessed prefecture — he went through Shimizu Higashi High School and the University of Tsukuba, about as canonical a pipeline as the sport has here. He made his name as a player and then did the harder thing: he lasted as a manager, and currently leads J1 club Nagoya Grampus. I say harder deliberately. Former stars turning to coaching is common; former stars still standing on a touchline decades later is not. A playing reputation buys you one bad run of results, maybe two, and then it stops counting for anything. Everything after that has to be earned in points. That he has kept moving between clubs and kept being hired tells you the second career stands on its own merits, not on nostalgia for the first.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kenta Hasegawa
- Name (Japanese)
- 長谷川健太
- Reading
- はせがわ けんた
- Born
- September 25, 1965 (age 60)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Snake
- Origin
- Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 177 cm
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- High school
- Shimizu Higashi High School
- University
- University of Tsukuba
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://www2.gamba-osaka.net/club/staff01.html
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenta%20Hasegawa
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%95%B7%E8%B0%B7%E5%B7%9D%E5%81%A5%E5%A4%AA
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2428438
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-08-07
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Kenta Hasegawa born?
Born September 25, 1965 (age 60).
Where is Kenta Hasegawa from?
Kenta Hasegawa is from Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
What does Kenta Hasegawa do?
Kenta Hasegawa works as association football player, association football coach.
How tall is Kenta Hasegawa?
Kenta Hasegawa is 177 cm.
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