| Kota Takai | |
| Full Name: | Kota Takai[1] |
| Birth Date: | 4 September 2004 |
| Birth Place: | Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Height: | 1.92 m |
| Currentclub: | Kawasaki Frontale |
| Clubnumber: | 2 |
| Position: | Centre back |
| Youthclubs1: | River FC |
| Youthyears2: | –2022 |
| Youthclubs2: | Kawasaki Frontale |
| Years1: | 2022– |
| Clubs1: | Kawasaki Frontale |
| Caps1: | 20 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Japan U15 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2024– |
| Nationalteam2: | Japan |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 17:04, 18 April 2022 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 5 September 2024 |
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for J1 League club Kawasaki Frontale and the Japan national team.
Takai was promoted to the Kawasaki Frontale first team ahead of the 2022 season.[2] He made his debut in a 8–0 win over Guangzhou.[3]
Takai made his debut for Japan national team on 5 September 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against China at the Saitama Stadium 2002. He substituted Ko Itakura in the 71st minute of Japan's 7–0 victory.[4]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2022 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
Kawasaki Frontale
Japan U23