Kawasaki Frontale backroom staff
We hold the names of 35 people on Kawasaki Frontale's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Shigetoshi Hasebe manages the first team, with Yasuhiro Nagahashi as assistant manager. Kawasaki Frontale's is the 6th 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, 20 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shigetoshi Hasebe | Manager | First team | 54 | Japan |  |
| Yusuke Mori | Manager | Under-18s | 44 | Japan | - |
| Yasuhiro Nagahashi | Assistant manager | First team | 49 | Japan | - |
| Kazuno Nakashima | Coach | First team | 32 | Japan | |
| Masashi Oguro | Coach | First team | 45 | Japan | Gamba Osaka |
| Shigeru Yamagishi | Coach | First team | 62 | Japan | - |
| Yuki Yoshida | Coach | First team | 36 | Japan | - |
| Hayato Kajita | Coach | Under-18s | 38 | Japan | - |
| Hideki Sahara | Coach | Under-18s | 47 | Japan | - |
| Junichi Inamoto | Coach | Under-18s | 45 | Japan | - |
| Kenta Kano | Coach | Under-18s | 39 | Japan | - |
| Takahisa Nishiyama | Coach | Under-18s | 40 | Japan | - |
| Takuro Yajima | Coach | Under-18s | 41 | Japan |  |
| Tatsuya Murata | Coach | Under-18s | 52 | Japan | - |
| Tomoaki Kuno | Coach | Under-18s | 51 | Japan | - |
| Tomoaki Ishino | Goalkeeping coach | First team | 49 | Japan |  |
| Takeshi Urakami | Goalkeeping coach | Under-18s | 56 | Japan | - |
| Keisuke Matsumoto | Fitness coach | First team | 30 | Japan |  |
| Sotaro Higuchi | Fitness coach | First team | 41 | Japan | |
| Akihisa Fujimoto | Fitness coach | Under-18s | 32 | Japan | - |
Medical and sports science
Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 9 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroshi Iwaso | Club doctor | First team | 65 | Japan | - |
| Kensuke Kimura | Club doctor | First team | 58 | Japan | - |
| Yoji Hirahara | Physio | First team | 55 | Japan | FC Tokyo |
| Yutaro Ishida | Physio | First team | 35 | Japan | - |
| Katsuhiro Suzuki | Sports scientist | First team | 40 | Japan |  |
| Naoya Kinoshima | Sports scientist | First team | 36 | Japan | - |
| Takaharu Ito | Sports scientist | Under-18s | 48 | Japan | - |
| Tomohisa Seki | Sports scientist | Under-18s | 44 | Japan | - |
| Yoshinori Ikeda | Sports scientist | Under-18s | 50 | Japan | - |
Scouting and analysis
Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 3 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tatsuru Mukojima | Scout | Club-wide | 59 | Japan |
| Yusuke Tasaka | Scout | Club-wide | 40 | Japan |
| Shlok Asher | Performance analyst | First team | 23 | India |
Football management
The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 2 people
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akito Kobayashi | Technical director | 31 | Japan |
| Tatsuya Mochizuki | Head of youth development | 62 | Japan |
Owners and directors
Who owns Kawasaki Frontale and sits on its board
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akihiro Yoshida | Chair | 61 | Japan |
Backroom staff at every J1 League club
The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26
Kawasaki Frontale's list is the 6th longest of the 21, against a median of 31 across the division. FC Tokyo names the most, 50. Mito Hollyhock names the fewest, 22.
Kawasaki Frontale against the J1 League, department by department
Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club
| DEPARTMENT | KAWASAKI FRONTALE | AVERAGE | MOST | AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching | 20 | 18 | 24 | FC Machida Zelvia |
| Medical and sports science | 9 | 9 | 14 | FC Machida Zelvia |
| Scouting and analysis | 3 | 3 | 9 | FC Tokyo |
| Football management | 2 | 1 | 2 | FC Tokyo |
| Owners and directors | 1 | 2 | 3 | FC Tokyo |
Backrooms the size of Kawasaki Frontale's, in every league
Kawasaki Frontale's 35 names make the joint 242nd longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for
| # | CLUB | LEAGUE | STAFF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 225 | N.E.C. Nijmegen | Eredivisie | 36 |
| 225 |  | La Liga | 36 |
| 225 | Red Star FC | Ligue 2 | 36 |
| 225 |  | La Liga | 36 |
| 225 |  | Süper Lig | 36 |
| 225 |  | Bundesliga | 36 |
| 242 |  | Scottish Premiership | 35 |
| 242 |  | Super Liga | 35 |
| 242 |  | Brasileirão Série A | 35 |
| 242 |  | Ligue 1 | 35 |
| 242 | | J1 League | 35 |
| 242 | NK Slaven Belupo | Croatian First League | 35 |
| 242 |  | League One | 35 |
| 242 |  | Brasileirão Série A | 35 |
| 242 |  | Primeira Liga | 35 |
| 242 |  | Brasileirão Série A | 35 |
| 242 |  | Danish Superliga | 35 |
| 242 |  | Austrian Bundesliga | 35 |
| 254 |  | Bundesliga | 34 |
| 254 |  | Danish Superliga | 34 |
| 254 |  | League One | 34 |
Where Kawasaki Frontale's former staff work now
On Kawasaki Frontale's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 6 people
| NAME | ROLE NOW | NOW AT |
|---|---|---|
| Toru Oniki | Manager |  |
| Akira Konno | Coach | |
| Shinkichi Kikuchi | Goalkeeping coach |  |
| Yosuke Shinoda | Fitness coach | |
| Hiroyuki Otahara | Head of sports science | |
| Kosuke Maruyama | Technical director | Fagiano Okayama |
Frequently asked questions
Who is Kawasaki Frontale's manager?
Shigetoshi Hasebe is the Kawasaki Frontale first-team manager, aged 54. Yasuhiro Nagahashi is the assistant manager.
Who is the goalkeeping coach at Kawasaki Frontale?
Tomoaki Ishino coaches the Kawasaki Frontale first-team goalkeepers.
Who is Kawasaki Frontale's technical director?
Akito Kobayashi is technical director at Kawasaki Frontale.
How many backroom staff do Kawasaki Frontale have?
We hold the names of 35 people on Kawasaki Frontale's staff for 2025/26: 20 in coaching, 9 in medical and sports science, 3 in scouting and analysis, 2 in football management and 1 owner or director. That is the 6th 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 242nd longest of 815.
Where to next
For what Kawasaki Frontale pays its squad, see Kawasaki Frontale player wages. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on J1 League wages.