Joseph Henry Kayes (born 3 January 1991) is a professional water polo player.^[1][2]

He is of Samoan descent through his mother, as both his maternal grandparents were born in Samoa.^[2]

Kayes played for the NZ Senior Men's Water Polo team in 2008.^{[citation needed]} In 2009, he went to Perth where he played for the Fremantle Mariners Men's Water Polo team which won the Australian National League.^{[citation needed]}

In October 2009, he was playing water polo as a full professional at the Szeged club in Hungary where he stayed for four seasons. He was mentored as a Centre Forward by Tamas Molnar,^[3] a three time Olympic gold medal winner for Hungary. Joe won 2 Hungarian Cup Gold medals with Szeged along with 3 bronze medals in the Hungarian National League.

In 2014, he played again for Fremantle in Australia.^[4] 2014/2015 – he now plays for OSC in Budapest, once again in the Hungarian National League.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015, he obtained Australian citizenship and was then approved to play for Australia men's national water polo team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[5]