US EditionKings Sign Japanese Forward Kenta Isogai to Minor-League Deal
CALIFORNIA, USA, AUG 6 – Kenta Isogai signed a two-year deal after scoring 166 points in 123 Western Hockey League games and impressing at the Los Angeles Kings development camp.
- On August 6, 2025, the AHL affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings announced the signing of 20-year-old Kenta Isogai to a two-year contract.
- Victoria Royals product Isogai first drew attention in the WHL, where he tallied 166 points in 123 games, earning an invite to the Kings’ development camp in El Segundo, Calif.
- Midseason, Isogai joined the Royals via a six-piece trade with the Wenatchee Wild, becoming one of their most dangerous forwards.
- This fall, Isogai will aim to carve out a role with Ontario, which could make him the NHL’s first Japanese-born skater.
- Amid a legacy of Asian trailblazers, none has impacted the NHL deeper than Paul Kariya, and only goaltender Yutaka Fukufuji has previously appeared as a Japanese-born player.
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Kings sign Japanese forward Kenta Isogai to minor-league deal
It is a two-year agreement for the 20-year-old, who has tallied 166 points in 123 games the past two seasons in the Western Hockey League.
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Earlier today, the AHL affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings, the Ontario Reign, announced a two-year AHL contract for an up-and-coming name from Canada’s Western Hockey League. The Reign shared that they’ve signed forward Kenta Isogai. No financial details were released. The 20-year-old native of Nagano, Japan, recently completed his second season in the WHL. Though he started his WHL career with the Wenatchee Wild for the 2023-24 season, he was a…
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