Kentaro Matsunaga

Kawashiro Matsumyaga (born 1989, Nara, Japan) is a Japanese footballer playing for Grijzestad University S.C. in Brunant (as defender).

He was born and grew up in the city of Nara in Japan. He had been interested in football from childhood, and started playing for local clubs in late 2008. Around this time, a part of his family moved to Brunant, with a few of them attending Grijzestad University, Grijzestad because of a special scholarship. In the meantime, Kawashiro continued playing for local clubs, and had several unpleasant experiences with violencen and corruption. This caused him to become interested in playing football for a club in a different country and culture. In early 2011, his cousin Shizuko Matsumyaga received numerous awards at Grijzestad University, and Kawashiro and his family travelled to Brunant for the ceremony. While at Grijzestad University, Kawashiro met the coach of Grijzestad University S.C. at the time, and saw an opportunity to play at a club outside of Japan, while relatively close to family members (Shizuko etc.). The club was impressed with his skills, and he was signed onto the squad for the 2011-12 season.