Kennedy, who has missed the past month due to a hamstring strain, started and played a full game for injury-hit Grampus in Korea.

The Australian's return was timely after being called up by Holger Osieck for the Socceroos squad for the upcoming friendlies against New Zealand and Serbia.

Suwon took the lead in the contest after 23 minutes through Yeom Di-Goon's header, before the Aussie drove a low shot wide before the interval.

Kennedy was involved again, bringing a ball down nicely for Keiji Tamada who fired wide not long prior to the break.

But 10 minutes into the second-half, Nagoya's hopes of getting back into the contest were dealt a blow, when goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki's error allowed Lee Sang-Ho in to make it 2-0 and that's how it ended.

Kennedy's Nagoya are one of three Japanese clubs who bowed out at the Round of 16 stage, while three K-League outfits progressed.

Elsewhere, Socceroo Jon McKain returned in the ACL after suspension as Al Nassr were knocked out after a poor 4-1 loss to Zob Ahan in Iran.

McKain played a full game in defence as Zob Ahan scored twice early to settle the game within the first five minutes.

In China's FA Cup, Joel Griffiths' Beijing Guoan thumped Nanchang Bayi 6-1.