 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Kawashima akadanwa neJapan kekutanga muna Kurume 2007. Pakutanga akaonekwa semunhu asina kushandiswa, kusanganisira Asia Cup. Musi wa 17 Kukadzi 2008 Kawashima akaita Japan yake kutanga mu11 dhizaini vachipesana neNorth Korea. Akaita chimwe chiitiko chechikwata chenyika musi wa 20 Ndira 2009, mukukunda 2-1 pamusoro peYemen. Pakupera kwa2009, Kawashima akachengeta machira mana akachena mukukunda kutatu uye kurova kumwe. 