| Kenichi Kaga 加賀 健一 | |
| Fullname: | Kenichi Kaga |
| Birth Date: | 30 September 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Katagami, Akita, Japan |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | Blaublitz Akita |
| Clubnumber: | 88 |
| Youthyears1: | 1999–2001 |
| Youthclubs1: | Akita Commercial High School |
| Years1: | 2002–2011 |
| Caps1: | 111 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Clubs1: | Júbilo Iwata |
| Years2: | 2005–2006 |
| Caps2: | 75 |
| Goals2: | 4 |
| Clubs2: | → Consadole Sapporo (loan) |
| Years3: | 2012–2014 |
| Caps3: | 42 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Clubs3: | FC Tokyo |
| Years4: | 2015–2016 |
| Caps4: | 5 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Clubs4: | Urawa Reds |
| Years5: | 2017–2019 |
| Caps5: | 48 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Clubs5: | Montedio Yamagata |
| Years6: | 2020– |
| Caps6: | 41 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Clubs6: | Blaublitz Akita |
| Nationalyears1: | 2001 |
| Nationalteam1: | Japan U-18 |
| Club-Update: | 1 September 2023 |
is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for J2 League club Blaublitz Akita.[1]
Kaga was born in Futada, Tennō, Akita on 30 September 1983. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Júbilo Iwata in 2002. However, he struggled for minutes behind Hideto Suzuki, Makoto Tanaka and so on.
In 2005, Kaga was loaned to J2 League club Consadole Sapporo. He played as regular center back in 2 seasons. In 2007, he returned to Júbilo. He became a regular player as a center back. Although his opportunity to play decreased from 2009, he became a regular player again in 2011.
In 2012, he moved to FC Tokyo.[2] Although he could not become a regular player, he played many matches as center back.
In 2015, he moved to Urawa Reds.[3] However, he struggled for minutes.
In 2017, he moved to J2 club Montedio Yamagata.[4]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | AFC | Total | ||||||||
| 2002 | Júbilo Iwata | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2005 | Consadole Sapporo | J2 League | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 32 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 49 | 5 | |||
| Total | 75 | 4 | 6 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 81 | 5 | |||
| 2007 | Júbilo Iwata | J1 League | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 36 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 35 | 0 | |||
| 2009 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2010 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | 33 | 1 | |||
| Total | 111 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | colspan="2" | - | 135 | 3 | |||
| 2012 | FC Tokyo | J1 League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | 9 | 0 | |||
| Total | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 59 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | Urawa Reds | J1 League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | Montedio Yamagata | J2 League | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 20 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 48 | 1 | |||
| 2020 | Blaublitz Akita | J3 League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 11 | 0 | |
| 2021 | J2 League | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | - | colspan="2" | - | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 318 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 372 | 10 | |||