Kotaro Umeda
Dedicated and hard working professional athlete with excellent communication and uplifting skills that can be utilized in any work environment.
Reasons to book Kotaro Umeda
- He gives advices and tips, that his has received through his career, that can help your audience improve their lives in every aspect.
- As a first generation immigrant and a professional soccer player, Kotaro has had the opportunity to test his resilience and faith.
- Kotaro has battled adversity throughout his career, and shares how he fought through that adversity to become a voice of change in the Asian-American community.
After playing two years at the University of Louisville and a national championship run at the University of Akron, Kotaro signed his first ever professional soccer contract for Joinville Esporte Clube in Brazil to become the first ever Asian-Athlete for the organization.
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Keynotes
Keynote by speaker Kotaro Umeda: The beauty in the struggle
In this keynote Kotaro talks about the importance of courage, discipline, and faith to achieve your goals.
Audience takeaways: The road to success or achievement of your goal is often times ugly and difficult but is all worth it in the end.
Kotaro's qualification: The three things that helped him overcome racism, bullying, injuries, and living abroad to become a professional athlete was courage, discipline, and his faith.
Audience takeaways: The road to success or achievement of your goal is often times ugly and difficult but is all worth it in the end.
Kotaro's qualification: The three things that helped him overcome racism, bullying, injuries, and living abroad to become a professional athlete was courage, discipline, and his faith.
Keynote by speaker Kotaro Umeda: The ugliness in the success
This keynote puts light on the other side of success that is often times not talked about because of its ugliness. Kotaro talks about how to avoid making certain mistakes to achieve your prioritized and final goal.
Audience takeaways: Understanding that we must learn from the mistakes of others because we can't make them all ourselves.
Kotaro's qualifications: He was the first ever Asian Athlete to play for Joinville Esporte Clube and the road he had to take to be a trailblazer was incredibly difficult but worth it, because he is able to share his journey with others for them to learn and take an easier path.
Audience takeaways: Understanding that we must learn from the mistakes of others because we can't make them all ourselves.
Kotaro's qualifications: He was the first ever Asian Athlete to play for Joinville Esporte Clube and the road he had to take to be a trailblazer was incredibly difficult but worth it, because he is able to share his journey with others for them to learn and take an easier path.
Kotaro Umeda
Professional Athlete shares his journey
Former midfielder for Joinville Esporte Clube and a current author and public speaker, is a first-generation immigrant from Tokyo, Japan, where he's had the experience of overcoming multiple obstacles during his life including racism, bullying, moving from country to country, injuries, sports complications, and much more. All this to eventually become the first ever Asian Athlete for Joinville Esporte Clube and standing on the other side of the obstacles with great succes.
Outside of sports, he's the brand ambassador for the United Way of Greater Cleveland. He is an author, who has published the book,
I'm with You: Attempt the Impossible,
where 100% of all proceeds have been donated to the company to help families in need and fight poverty and racism. The proceeds have provided over 12,000 nutritious meals to families in need in the Greater Cleveland area.
As a passionate author, sportsplayer, and also model, he understands the value of hard work and perseverance. With his feet grounded, head held high, and a big smile on his face, he is ready to take on whatever opportunity that comes on his way
Kotaro provide speeches in English, Japanese, and Portuguese all around the world.
Outside of sports, he's the brand ambassador for the United Way of Greater Cleveland. He is an author, who has published the book,
I'm with You: Attempt the Impossible,
where 100% of all proceeds have been donated to the company to help families in need and fight poverty and racism. The proceeds have provided over 12,000 nutritious meals to families in need in the Greater Cleveland area.
As a passionate author, sportsplayer, and also model, he understands the value of hard work and perseverance. With his feet grounded, head held high, and a big smile on his face, he is ready to take on whatever opportunity that comes on his way
Kotaro provide speeches in English, Japanese, and Portuguese all around the world.
Blog posts by Kotaro Umeda
Cleveland's Athlete for Change, Kotaro Umeda
The Mayfield native published his first book I’m With You, where he has donated 100% of the profit to United Way of Cleveland to help support poverty and racism in his home city of Cleveland.Many people from Cleveland may know Kotaro Umeda from his accomplishments on the field like being a top recru
Kotaro Umeda's story
Watch Kotaro in action
