Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A farkon kakar 2016, Ueda ya fara kakar wasa da kyau lokacin da ya taimaka Kashima Antlers ya ci gaba da tsabta biyu a cikin wasanni biyu na farko na kakar wasa ta bana. Ueda kuma ya sami damar dawo da matsayinsa na farko, yana wasa a matsayin mai tsaron gida. Bayan wasan a cikin nasara 3 <unk> 0 a kan Shonan Bellmare a ranar 16 ga Afrilu 2016, ya kasance cikin hawaye a cikin hira bayan wasan kuma ya sadaukar da nasarar ga danginsa da mutanen da ke cikin halin da ake ciki a girgizar Kumamoto. Daga baya Ueda ya taimaka wa kungiyar ta kammala a matsayi na farko a matakin farko na gasar. Koyaya, ba da daɗewa ba ya sami kansa a kan benci mai maye gurbin sauran lokacin kakar 2016. Duk da wannan, Ueda ya ci gaba da kasancewa cikin ƙungiyar farko ta Kashima Antlers kuma ya taimaka wa ƙungiyar ta ƙare a saman teburin. Kodayake ya yi wasa daya a gasar Championship, kulob din ya lashe gasar bayan ya buga duka biyun don doke Urawa Red Diamonds 2<unk>2 a kan duka ta hanyar burin waje. Ueda ya bayyana a wasanni uku daga cikin hudu a gasar cin kofin duniya na FIFA
, yayin da ya taimaka wa Kashima Antlers ya kai wasan karshe, amma ya yi rashin nasara 4-2 a kan Real Madrid. Duk da rashin nasara a wasan karshe, Ueda da Gen Shoji sun sami yabo daga kafofin watsa labarai, a ciki da wajen Japan. Ueda sannan ya fito don wasanni biyu masu zuwa ta hanyar doke Sanfrecce Hiroshima da Yokohama F. Marinos don kaiwa wasan karshe na Kofin Sarkin. Daga nan ya fara a wasan karshe, yana fara wasan gaba daya, a nasarar 2 zuwa 1 da Kawasaki Frontale. A ƙarshen kakar 2016, Ueda ya ci gaba da yin wasanni talatin da ɗaya a duk gasa.