Japan National Team Coaches


1935    Shigeyosi Suzuki
1951    Yoichi Ninomiya
1954-56 Shigemaru Takegosi
1958    Taizo Kawamoto
1958    Shigemaru Takakoshi
1960    Hidetoki Takahashi 
1963-70 Ken Naganuma
1970-72 Shunichirou Okano
1972    Ken Naganuma
1976    Hiroshi Ninomiya
1979    Yukio Shimomura 
1980    Masashi Watanabe
1980    Saburo Kawabuchi
1981-86 Takaji Mori
1986-87 Yoshinobu Ishii 
1988-92 Kenzo Yokoyama
1992-93 Hans Ooft (Netherlands)
1993-94 Paulo Roberto Falcão (Brazil)
1995-97 Shu Kamo 
1997-98 Takeshi Okada 
1998-02 Philippe Troussier(France)
2002    Zico (Brazil)

Between 1960-64 Dettmar Cramer (Germany) was technical directer/coach. 
He helped to develope Japanese football even helping to set up Japan's 
first nationwide football league


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