Kyoto Sanga F.C. backroom staff
We hold the names of 29 people on Kyoto Sanga F.C.'s staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Cho Kwi-Jae manages the first team, with Tatsuma Yoshida as assistant manager. Kyoto Sanga F.C.'s is the joint 13th 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, 16 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cho Kwi-Jae | Manager | First team | 56 | South Korea |  |
| Hideyuki Ishida | Manager | Under-18s | 43 | Japan | - |
| Tatsuma Yoshida | Assistant manager | First team | 51 | Japan |  |
| Koichi Sugiyama | Coach | First team | 53 | Japan | - |
| Masakazu Koda | Coach | First team | 55 | Japan |  |
| Ryuji Ishikawa | Coach | First team | 46 | Japan | |
| Tsukasa Umesaki | Coach | First team | 38 | Japan | - |
| Daisuke Saito | Coach | Under-18s | 44 | Japan | - |
| Hiroki Yamashita | Coach | Under-18s | 45 | Japan | - |
| Yasushi Takasaki | Coach | Under-18s | 55 | Japan | - |
| Yohei Mori | Coach | Under-18s | 28 | Japan | - |
| Yasuhiro Tominaga | Goalkeeping coach | First team | 45 | Japan | Fagiano Okayama |
| Atsuya Seki | Goalkeeping coach | Under-18s | 27 | Japan | - |
| Kenji Tanaka | Goalkeeping coach | Under-18s | 41 | Japan | - |
| Hirokazu Nishigata | Fitness coach | First team | 53 | Japan |  |
| Naoto Yamashita | Fitness coach | Under-18s | 36 | Japan | - |
Medical and sports science
Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 4 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masaki Dozono | Sports scientist | First team | 26 | Japan | - |
| Minoru Kimoto | Sports scientist | First team | 58 | Japan |  |
| Takuya Kawada | Sports scientist | First team | 37 | Japan | - |
| Yoshiaki Shirai | Sports scientist | First team | 55 | Japan |  |
Scouting and analysis
Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 5 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroki Nakayama | Scout | Club-wide | 39 | Japan | - |
| Go Kusunoki | Performance analyst | First team | 28 | Japan | - |
| Shohei Shima | Performance analyst | First team | 40 | Japan |  |
| Shuto Wakui | Performance analyst | First team | 31 | Japan | - |
| Kosuke Osawa | Performance analyst | Under-18s | 28 | Japan | - |
Football management
The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 1 person
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheol-Soo Lee | Head of youth development | 54 | South Korea |
Owners and directors
Who owns Kyoto Sanga F.C. and sits on its board
Backroom staff at every J1 League club
The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26
Kyoto Sanga F.C.'s list is the joint 13th longest of the 21, against a median of 31 across the division. FC Tokyo names the most, 50. Mito Hollyhock names the fewest, 22.
Kyoto Sanga F.C. against the J1 League, department by department
Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club
| DEPARTMENT | KYOTO SANGA F.C. | AVERAGE | MOST | AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching | 16 | 18 | 24 | FC Machida Zelvia |
| Medical and sports science | 4 | 9 | 14 | FC Machida Zelvia |
| Scouting and analysis | 5 | 3 | 9 | FC Tokyo |
| Football management | 1 | 1 | 2 | FC Tokyo |
| Owners and directors | 3 | 2 | 3 | FC Tokyo |
Backrooms the size of Kyoto Sanga F.C.'s, in every league
Kyoto Sanga F.C.'s 29 names make the joint 349th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for
| # | CLUB | LEAGUE | STAFF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 328 |  | League Two | 30 |
| 328 |  | League One | 30 |
| 349 |  | 2. Bundesliga | 29 |
| 349 | Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube | Primeira Liga | 29 |
| 349 |  | Women's Super League | 29 |
| 349 |  | Liga MX | 29 |
| 349 | Deportivo Alavés Alavés | La Liga | 29 |
| 349 |  | Brasileirão Série A | 29 |
| 349 |  | La Liga | 29 |
| 349 |  | Brasileirão Série A | 29 |
| 349 | Kyoto Sanga F.C. | J1 League | 29 |
| 349 |  | La Liga 2 | 29 |
| 349 | Neom Sports Club | Saudi Pro League | 29 |
| 349 | NK Lokomotiva Zagreb | Croatian First League | 29 |
| 349 | OL Lyonnes Women | Division 1 Féminine | 29 |
| 349 |  | Ekstraklasa | 29 |
| 349 | | J1 League | 29 |
| 349 |  | League One | 29 |
| 349 | | J1 League | 29 |
| 349 |  | Liga MX | 29 |
| 349 |  | Primeira Liga | 29 |
Where Kyoto Sanga F.C.'s former staff work now
On Kyoto Sanga F.C.'s staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 4 people
| NAME | ROLE NOW | NOW AT |
|---|---|---|
| Motohiro Yoshida | Goalkeeping coach | Gamba Osaka |
| Hiroo Fujimoto | Sports scientist | |
| Hiroshi Noguchi | Scout | |
| Masaya Honda | Head of youth development | JEF United Chiba |
Frequently asked questions
Who is Kyoto Sanga F.C.'s manager?
Cho Kwi-Jae is the Kyoto Sanga F.C. first-team manager, aged 56. Tatsuma Yoshida is the assistant manager.
Who is the goalkeeping coach at Kyoto Sanga F.C.?
Yasuhiro Tominaga coaches the Kyoto Sanga F.C. first-team goalkeepers.
How many backroom staff do Kyoto Sanga F.C. have?
We hold the names of 29 people on Kyoto Sanga F.C.'s staff for 2025/26: 16 in coaching, 4 in medical and sports science, 5 in scouting and analysis, 1 in football management and 3 owners and directors. That is the joint 13th 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 349th longest of 815.
Where to next
For what Kyoto Sanga F.C. pays its squad, see Kyoto Sanga F.C. player wages. The first-team manager has a page of their own: Cho Kwi-Jae. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on J1 League wages.