Football - KANO Michihisa

Date of Birth: 6 Jul 1976

Gender: Male

Function : Head Coach

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Wenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	Women's First Round - Group D #4 JPN Japan 8 BAN Bangladesh 0	Finished
	Wenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	Women's First Round - Group D #11 NEP Nepal 0 JPN Japan 8	Finished
	Wenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	Women's First Round - Group D #17 JPN Japan 7 VIE Viet Nam 0	Finished
	Wenzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium	Women's Quarterfinal #23 JPN Japan 8 PHI Philippines 1	Finished
	Linping Sports Centre Stadium	Women's Semifinal #25 CHN China 3 JPN Japan 4	Finished
	Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium	Women's Gold Medal Match #28 JPN Japan 4 PRK DPR Korea 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

He was head coach of the Japan team that reached the quarterfinals of the 2022 U17 Women's World Cup in India. The team lost 2-1 to eventual champions Spain. (web, 19 Jan 2023; fifa, 22 Oct 2022)

He coached Japan to the title at the 2019 AFC U16 Women's Championship in Thailand. (koreafootballfans, 14 Oct 2019; jfa, 28 Sep 2019)

Other role:

He serves as a technical advisor for the Japan U19 women's national team.

Previous role:

In 2015 he became a women's coach at the Japan Football Association [JFA] National Training Centre in Kansai, Japan. He went on to coach various Japanese national girls' and women's age group teams, including the U17 side, before he was appointed head coach of the Japan U19 women's national team in 2023.

Additional Information

General
AGE GROUP EXPERIENCE
He has coached a number of Japanese national girls' and women's age group teams. "When coaching the development categories, you may not see instant results, but you do get to see the players' improvements and changes first-hand. I always try to find the strong points of each player and bring out their potentials before sending off to the next age category." (jfa, 04 May 2020)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event