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In the 2019 season, kai finished the regular season in 137 games with a batting average of .260, a 11 home runs and a RBI of 43, as a regular catcher of Hawks. On July 1, he as selected for the 2019 NPB All-Star game. On September 6, he supported Senga's No-hitter achievement as a catcher.

In the 2019 Japan Series, he contributed to the team as a starting catcher, and Hawks achieved the third consecutive Japan Series Champion.On October 31, he was selected the 2019 Pacific League Mitsui Golden Glove Award.

On October 1, 2019, he was selected to the 2019 WBSC Premier12.

In the 2018 season, Kai finished the regular season in 133 games with a batting average of .213, a 7 home runs and a RBI of 37. On July 3, he was selected for the 2018 NPB All-Star game [jp] .

In the 2018 Japan Series, Kai set a Japan Series record with six consecutive caught stealings, and won the Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award. On November 29, he won the 2018 Pacific League Mitsui Golden Glove Award.

Kai represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series and 2019 WBSC Premier12.

On October 10, 2018, he was selected to the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series. He was presented with a bat, Catcher's mitts, leggers and protector from Yadier Molina.

In the 2017 season, Kai mainly teamed up with Young starter pitchers such as Kodai Senga, Nao Higashihama, Shuta Ishikawa and Yuki Matsumoto. On May 3, he recorded his first home run in the Grand Slam. he finished the regular season in 103 games with a batting average of .232, a 5 home runs and a RBI of 18.

In the 2017 Japan Series, Kai and Senga's battery were the first to win the Japan Series as players who was drafted as a developmental squad player. On November 17, He won the 2017 Pacific League Mitsui Golden Glove Award and 2017 Pacific League Best Nine Award for the first time as a player drafted as a developmental squad player.

On October 12, 2017, he was selected as the Japan national baseball team in the 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship.

On June 16, 2016, Kai recorded his first hit and RBI with a Pinch hitter. In 2016 season, he finished the regular season in 13 games with a batting average of .167 and a RBI of 1.

In 2015 season, although he played only one game, he was selected as the Japan Series roster in the 2015 Japan Series.

On June 7, 2014, Kai debuted in the Interleague play (NPB) against the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. And he was selected as the Japan Series roster in the 2014 Japan Series.

On November 21, 2013, he signed a 5 million yen contract with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks as a registered player under management. (ja:支配下選手登録)

In 2011-2013 season, he played in informal matches against Shikoku Island League Plus's teams and amateur baseball teams, and played in the Western League of NPB's minor leagues.

On October 28, 2010, Kai was drafted by the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks as a developmental squad player(ja:育成選手制度 (日本プロ野球)) in the 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball draft with Kodai Senga and Taisei Makihara.

Takuya Kai (甲斐 拓也 , Kai Takuya, born November 5, 1992, in Ōita, Ōita) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).