After graduating from high school, he played for Furukawa Electric from 1967 to 1982.
In 1979, player Kuwahara also became an assistant coach at Furukawa Electric and he left the club in 1983.
He managed Japan Football League club PJM Futures from 1993 to 1994.
He moved to J1 League club Júbilo Iwata in 1996 and he became assistant coach under manager Luiz Felipe Scolari in 1997.
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