| Kenta Inoue 井上 健太 | |
| Fullname: | Kenta Inoue |
| Birth Date: | 23 July 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Kanagawa, Japan |
| Height: | 1.71 m |
| Currentclub: | Yokohama F. Marinos |
| Clubnumber: | 17 |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Osaki SC |
| Youthclubs2: | Yokohama Junior SC |
| Youthyears3: | 2014–2016 |
| Youthclubs3: | Rissho University Shonan High School |
| Collegeyears1: | 2017–2020 |
| College1: | Fukuoka University |
| Years1: | 2020–2022 |
| Caps1: | 64 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2023– |
| Caps2: | 13 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 27 January 2024, 20:45 (UTC) |
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Yokohama F. Marinos.[1]
Inoue started his professional career as a specially designated player for Oita Trinita, from Fukuoka University in the 2020 J1 League season.[2] He joined the team fully from the 2021 season and played for two years, making 79 appearances and scoring 2 goals.
Kenta made his league debut for Oita against Sagan Tosu on the 4 July 2020.[3] He scored his first league goal for the club against Blaublitz Akita on the 25 May 2022, scoring in the 44th minute.[4]
In December 2022, it was announced Inoue would be moving to J1 League champions club, Yokohama F. Marinos for the 2023 season.[5]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||||
| Oita Trinita | 2020 | J1 League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 30 | 1 | ||||
| 2022 | J2 League | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 1 | ||
| Total | 63 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 2 | |||
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 2023 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 63 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 2 | |||