Kota Watanabe (渡辺 皓太, Watanabe Kōta, born October 18, 1998) is a Japanese football player.

Kota Watanabe joined J2 League club Tokyo Verdy in 2016.

On May 24, 2019, Watanabe has been called by Japan's head coach Hajime Moriyasu to feature in the Copa América played in Brazil.

[2] He's the only J2 League player to be called up for this competition.

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