Kenta Hirose is a centre-back from Kawaguchi, Saitama. He spent his youth years with Urawa Red Diamonds and played college football at Nippon Sport Science University before turning professional with Shonan Bellmare. Loans and transfers took him through Tochigi SC, Albirex Niigata and Nagano Parceiro, and he later became a regular defender and captain at Kagoshima United.