32 Japanese football managers

Yutaka Akita is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Kuniya Daini is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He also former president of Japan Football Association.

Hiromi Hara is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He also managed Japan national team as caretaker.

Kenta Hasegawa is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

Keisuke Honda is a Japanese professional football player who plays for FK Sūduva in the A Lyga, and he is also general manager and coach of the Cambodia national team.

Yusuke Igawa is a former Japanese football player who last played for Hong Kong Premier League club Eastern. He is currently the head coach of Hong Kong Third Division club Lansbury.

Hiroshi Jofuku is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is the current manager of Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Kunishige Kamamoto is a former Japanese football player, manager and politician. He won the bronze medal with the Japan national team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, finishing as the tournament's top scorer with seven goals, and is the all-time leading goalscorer for Japan. He served as a member of the House of Councillors between 1995 and 2001.

Sugao Kambe is a football manager and former Japanese football player. He formerly managed The Philippines, Guam and Northern Mariana Islands national teams.

Saburo Kawabuchi is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for and managed the Japan national team. He is the founder and honorary chairman of the J.League. Between 2002 and 2008 he served as president of the Japan Football Association.

Wagner Augusto Lopes is a Brazilian-born Japanese professional football manager and former player who played as a forward.

Yoshika Matsubara is a former Japanese football player and manager. Matsubara is the CEO of Felice Mondo Inc., football instructor, and Vice Chairman of the J.League Players OB Party.

Naohiko Minobe is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Toshiya Miura is a former Japanese football player and manager. Now he is a manager for FC Gifu in J3 League.

Hajime Moriyasu is a Japanese football manager and former player. He made more than 250 appearances in 14 years with Sanfrecce Hiroshima, including a year on loan to Kyoto Purple Sanga, before spending his final season as a professional with Vegalta Sendai. He also played 35 times for the Japan national team. His brother Hiroshi and his sons Shohei and Keigo are also footballers. He is current manager of Japan senior and olympic teams.

Ken Naganuma was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He also managed Japan national team. He was the president of the Japan Football Association from 1994 to 1998.

Masashi Nakayama is a Japanese football manager and former player who is the head coach of Júbilo Iwata. He played as a forward in his playing career. Born in Shizuoka, Nakayama attended Fujieda Higashi High School and University of Tsukuba before he joined Yamaha Motors of the Japan Soccer League, a precursor to the J1 League, which consisted of company sponsored teams. He retired in December 2012 at age 45 after playing 3 seasons for Consadole Sapporo, then he came back almost three years later with Azul Claro Numazu in Japan Football League, the club has been promoted to the J3 League since 2017. He also attends by the nickname Gon Nakayama.

Akira Nishino is a Japanese football manager and former player.

Go Oiwa is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Shunichiro Okano was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He also managed Japan national team.

Yasuhiko Okudera is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is currently the president of J2 League club Yokohama FC and was formerly the president of English club Plymouth Argyle. Okudera was the first Japanese footballer to play professionally in Europe, as well as being the first Asian football player to score in the European Cup, while playing for 1. FC Köln in the 1979 semi-final match against Nottingham Forest and made 32 appearances – scoring nine goals – with the Japan national team.

Kiyoshi Okuma is a former Japanese football player and manager. His younger brother Yuji Okuma is also a former footballer.

Ruy Ramos is a former football player and manager, originally from Brazil, who spent his career in Japan and played for the Japan national team. Ramos is currently active as a television personality and tarento, represented with Irving.

Norio Sasaki is a Japanese football coach and former player who is currently the general manager of Omiya Ardija Ventus. He is best known for leading the Japan women's national team to their first and only FIFA Women's World Cup win in 2011 over the United States on penalty kicks. He retired as head coach in March 2016 after eight years. Sasaki also coached the Japan women's U-20 national team starting in 2007.

Yoshiyuki Shinoda is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Koichi Sugiyama is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Ryuichi Sugiyama is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Takuya Takagi is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He is currently the manager at SC Sagamihara in the J3 League. He was a physical forward and the Japanese media and fans dubbed him as the Cannon of Asia.

Eiji Ueda is a former Japanese football player and manager. He managed the Japan women's national team.

Shuhei Yomoda is a former Japanese football player and manager.

George Yonashiro is a former Japanese Brazilian (Nisei) football player and manager. In January 1985, he obtained his Japanese citizenship, and played for Japan national team.

Ken Yoshida is a former Japanese football player and manager.