Kashiwa Reysol backroom staff
We hold the names of 40 people on Kashiwa Reysol's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Ricardo Rodríguez manages the first team, with Ryoichi Kurisawa as assistant manager. Kashiwa Reysol's is the 4th longest staff list of the 21 J1 League clubs we hold.
Coaching staff
The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 21 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo Rodríguez | Manager | First team | 51 | Spain | Wuhan Three Towns before that Tokushima Vortis |
| Masato Fujita | Manager | Under-18s | 39 | Japan | - |
| Tomonori Hirayama | Manager | Under-18s | 47 | Japan | - |
| Ryoichi Kurisawa | Assistant manager | First team | 42 | Japan | - |
| Hidekazu Otani | Coach | First team | 40 | Japan | - |
| Yasushi Okamura | Coach | First team | 44 | Japan | - |
| Yuta Someya | Coach | First team | 38 | Japan | - |
| Hiroki Tsuchino | Coach | Under-18s | 30 | Japan | - |
| Kensuke Nebiki | Coach | Under-18s | 47 | Japan | - |
| Kosuke Mimaki | Coach | Under-18s | 35 | Japan | - |
| Minoru Suganuma | Coach | Under-18s | 40 | Japan | - |
| Naoki Sakai | Coach | Under-18s | 49 | Japan | - |
| Ren Sengoku | Coach | Under-18s | 34 | Japan | - |
| Tatsuro Shida | Coach | Under-18s | 36 | Japan | - |
| Tomoki Harigaya | Coach | Under-18s | 29 | Japan | - |
| Keita Inoue | Goalkeeping coach | First team | 41 | Japan | - |
| Kenta Horie | Goalkeeping coach | Under-18s | 41 | Japan | - |
| Makoto Kimura | Goalkeeping coach | Under-18s | 28 | Japan | - |
| Takumi Ito | Goalkeeping coach | Under-18s | 21 | Japan | - |
| Naoya Matsubara | Fitness coach | First team | 46 | Japan | - |
| Haruki Miyawaki | Fitness coach | Under-18s | 29 | Japan | - |
Medical and sports science
Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 11 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kojiro Hyodo | Club doctor | First team | 41 | Japan |
| Naoshi Ikegawa | Club doctor | Under-18s | 47 | Japan |
| Fabiano Bastos | Physio | First team | 48 | Brazil |
| Hisao Iwaki | Physio | First team | 50 | Japan |
| Satoshi Takeshita | Physio | First team | 37 | Japan |
| Toshiya Itagaki | Physio | First team | 40 | Japan |
| Yusuke Otsuga | Sports scientist | First team | 39 | Japan |
| Masao Otsu | Sports scientist | Under-18s | 58 | Japan |
| Masashi Kondo | Sports scientist | Under-18s | 45 | Japan |
| Satoshi Kaneko | Sports scientist | Under-18s | 30 | Japan |
| Taketo Ikeda | Sports scientist | Under-18s | 35 | Japan |
Scouting and analysis
Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 5 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isao Yakita | Scout | Club-wide | 44 | Japan | - |
| Lee Chang-Won | Scout | Club-wide | 38 | South Korea | - |
| Yuma Shimpuku | Scout | Club-wide | 28 | Japan | - |
| Takeshi Komoto | Performance analyst | First team | 45 | Japan |  |
| Kosuke Takayama | Performance analyst | Under-18s | 26 | Japan | - |
Football management
The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 1 person
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Takeshi Watanabe | Head of youth development | 52 | Japan |
Owners and directors
Who owns Kashiwa Reysol and sits on its board
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryuichiro Takikawa | Chair | 61 | Japan |
| Takuya Odagiri | Director | 56 | Japan |
Backroom staff at every J1 League club
The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26
Kashiwa Reysol's list is the 4th longest of the 21, against a median of 31 across the division. FC Tokyo names the most, 50. Mito Hollyhock names the fewest, 22.
Kashiwa Reysol against the J1 League, department by department
Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club
| DEPARTMENT | KASHIWA REYSOL | AVERAGE | MOST | AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching | 21 | 18 | 24 | FC Machida Zelvia |
| Medical and sports science | 11 | 9 | 14 | FC Machida Zelvia |
| Scouting and analysis | 5 | 3 | 9 | FC Tokyo |
| Football management | 1 | 1 | 2 | FC Tokyo |
| Owners and directors | 2 | 2 | 3 | FC Tokyo |
Backrooms the size of Kashiwa Reysol's, in every league
Kashiwa Reysol's 40 names make the joint 174th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for
| # | CLUB | LEAGUE | STAFF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 174 |  | - | 40 |
| 174 |  | - | 40 |
| 174 |  | Serie B | 40 |
| 174 |  | Super Liga | 40 |
| 174 | Club Atlético Belgrano | Super Liga | 40 |
| 174 |  | Super Liga | 40 |
| 174 | Club Football Estrela da Amadora | Primeira Liga | 40 |
| 174 |  | Danish Superliga | 40 |
| 174 |  | Belgian Challenger Pro League | 40 |
| 174 |  | Belgian Pro League | 40 |
| 174 | | J1 League | 40 |
| 174 |  | Russian Premier League | 40 |
| 174 | SK Slavia Praha | Czech First League | 40 |
| 174 |  | Bundesliga | 40 |
| 174 |  | La Liga 2 | 40 |
| 189 |  | Superleague Greece | 39 |
| 189 |  | Scottish Premiership | 39 |
| 189 |  | La Liga | 39 |
| 189 |  | Süper Lig | 39 |
| 189 | KVC Westerlo | Belgian Pro League | 39 |
| 189 |  | Belgian Pro League | 39 |
Where Kashiwa Reysol's staff come from
4 nationalities across the 40 staff whose nationality we hold
Japan supplies 37 of the 40, 93%. The median age is 41. The oldest is Ryuichiro Takikawa, chair, at 61, and the youngest Takumi Ito, goalkeeping coach, at 21. 2 members of staff came from another club.
Where Kashiwa Reysol's former staff work now
On Kashiwa Reysol's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 6 people
| NAME | ROLE NOW | NOW AT |
|---|---|---|
| Nozomu Kato | Manager |  |
| Shota Uemura | Coach | Gamba Osaka |
| Shunta Nagai | Coach | JEF United Chiba |
| Koichiro Iizuka | Coach |  |
| Takuya Matsumoto | Goalkeeping coach |  |
| Atsushi Nagatani | Fitness coach | |
Frequently asked questions
Who is Kashiwa Reysol's manager?
Ricardo Rodríguez is the Kashiwa Reysol first-team manager, aged 51. Ryoichi Kurisawa is the assistant manager.
Who is the goalkeeping coach at Kashiwa Reysol?
Keita Inoue coaches the Kashiwa Reysol first-team goalkeepers.
How many backroom staff do Kashiwa Reysol have?
We hold the names of 40 people on Kashiwa Reysol's staff for 2025/26: 21 in coaching, 11 in medical and sports science, 5 in scouting and analysis, 1 in football management and 2 owners and directors. That is the 4th longest list of the 21 J1 League clubs we hold, against a median of 31. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 174th longest of 815.
Where to next
For what Kashiwa Reysol pays its squad, see Kashiwa Reysol player wages. The first-team manager has a page of their own: Ricardo Rodríguez. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on J1 League wages.