Tokyo Verdy 1969 backroom staff
We hold the names of 28 people on Tokyo Verdy 1969's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Hiroshi Jofuku manages the first team. Tokyo Verdy 1969's is the 16th 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, 13 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroshi Jofuku | Manager | First team | 64 | Japan |  |
| Ichiro Wada | Coach | First team | 51 | Japan |  |
| Nobuyuki Hosaka | Coach | First team | 54 | Japan | - |
| Yuta Narawa | Coach | First team | 37 | Japan | - |
| Kento Tsurumaki | Coach | Under-18s | 38 | Japan | - |
| Koki Akasaka | Coach | Under-18s | 34 | Japan | - |
| Masaka Soma | Coach | Under-18s | 33 | Japan | - |
| Ryo Shibuya | Coach | Under-18s | 32 | Japan | - |
| Satoshi Murasugi | Coach | Under-18s | 36 | Japan | - |
| Shota Minagawa | Coach | Under-18s | 37 | Japan | - |
| Yuki Yamazaki | Coach | Under-18s | 40 | Japan | - |
| Atsushi Shirai | Goalkeeping coach | First team | 59 | Japan | - |
| Tetsuo Yuda | Goalkeeping coach | First team | 51 | Japan | JEF United Chiba |
Medical and sports science
Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 10 people
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY | PREVIOUSLY AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenta Uemura | Club doctor | First team | 47 | Japan | - |
| Naoki Matsuda | Club doctor | First team | 61 | Japan | - |
| Yu Taniguchi | Club doctor | First team | 43 | Japan | - |
| Atsushi Noto | Sports scientist | First team | 41 | Japan | - |
| Hiroyoshi Mutaguchi | Sports scientist | First team | 36 | Japan | - |
| Jun Yamamoto | Sports scientist | First team | 44 | Japan | JEF United Chiba |
| Yusuke Kaneuchi | Sports scientist | First team | 40 | Japan | - |
| Atsuya Furusho | Sports scientist | Under-18s | 44 | Japan | - |
| Hiroya Ishii | Sports scientist | Under-18s | 44 | Japan | - |
| Osamu Nakamura | Sports scientist | Under-18s | 41 | Japan | - |
Scouting and analysis
Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 1 person
| NAME | ROLE | TEAM | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daiki Yamamoto | Performance analyst | First team | 30 | Japan |
Football management
The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 1 person
| NAME | ROLE | AGE | NATIONALITY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayumi Teratani | Head of youth development | 53 | - |
Owners and directors
Who owns Tokyo Verdy 1969 and sits on its board
Backroom staff at every J1 League club
The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26
Tokyo Verdy 1969's list is the 16th longest of the 21, against a median of 31 across the division. FC Tokyo names the most, 50. Mito Hollyhock names the fewest, 22.
Tokyo Verdy 1969 against the J1 League, department by department
Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club
| DEPARTMENT | TOKYO VERDY 1969 | AVERAGE | MOST | AT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coaching | 13 | 18 | 24 | FC Machida Zelvia |
| Medical and sports science | 10 | 9 | 14 | FC Machida Zelvia |
| Scouting and analysis | 1 | 3 | 9 | FC Tokyo |
| Football management | 1 | 1 | 2 | FC Tokyo |
| Owners and directors | 3 | 2 | 3 | FC Tokyo |
Backrooms the size of Tokyo Verdy 1969's, in every league
Tokyo Verdy 1969's 28 names make the joint 370th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for
| # | CLUB | LEAGUE | STAFF |
|---|---|---|---|
| 370 | Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba | Super Liga | 28 |
| 370 |  | Major League Soccer | 28 |
| 370 |  | Ekstraklasa | 28 |
| 370 |  | Women's Super League | 28 |
| 370 |  | Belgian Pro League | 28 |
| 370 | RAAL La Louvière | Belgian Pro League | 28 |
| 370 |  | La Liga | 28 |
| 370 | SK Beveren | Belgian Challenger Pro League | 28 |
| 370 | SK Sigma Olomouc | Czech First League | 28 |
| 370 |  | - | 28 |
| 370 | Tokyo Verdy 1969 | J1 League | 28 |
| 370 |  | - | 28 |
| 389 |  | League One | 27 |
| 389 |  | Brasileirão Série A | 27 |
| 389 | Chengdu Rongcheng | Chinese Super League | 27 |
| 389 |  | Super Liga | 27 |
| 389 |  | - | 27 |
| 389 |  | League Two | 27 |
| 389 |  | - | 27 |
| 389 |  | Eredivisie | 27 |
| 389 | Fredrikstad FK | Eliteserien | 27 |
Where Tokyo Verdy 1969's former staff work now
On Tokyo Verdy 1969's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 2 people
| NAME | ROLE NOW | NOW AT |
|---|---|---|
| Tomo Sugawara | Coach |  |
| Takeaki Yuhara | Goalkeeping coach |  |
Frequently asked questions
Who is Tokyo Verdy 1969's manager?
Hiroshi Jofuku is the Tokyo Verdy 1969 first-team manager, aged 64.
Who is the goalkeeping coach at Tokyo Verdy 1969?
Atsushi Shirai and Tetsuo Yuda coach the Tokyo Verdy 1969 first-team goalkeepers.
How many backroom staff do Tokyo Verdy 1969 have?
We hold the names of 28 people on Tokyo Verdy 1969's staff for 2025/26: 13 in coaching, 10 in medical and sports science, 1 in scouting and analysis, 1 in football management and 3 owners and directors. That is the 16th 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 370th longest of 815.
Where to next
For what Tokyo Verdy 1969 pays its squad, see Tokyo Verdy 1969 player wages. The first-team manager has a page of their own: Hiroshi Jofuku. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on J1 League wages.