Koichi Hashiratani
Hashiratani started his coaching career with Montedio Yamagata, where he managed for 3 years from 2001 to 2003. After 6 months of absence, he was named as a manager of Kyoto Purple Sanga in June 2004 when Kyoto was playing in J2 League, then contributed to Kyoto's promotion back to the top flight after the 2005 season. However, due to the poor performances and turnouts of the club, he was dismissed in October about 2 months before the end of 2006 season. He was named as a manager of Tochigi SC playing in Japan Football League in 2007. After two seasons, he made Tochigi eligible to be promoted to J2 League as the club finished 2nd in 2008 season, but was dismissed because he was unable to reach the consent with top managements about his pay, as well as recruiting of new players. He was named as a General Manager of Urawa Reds in December 2009, but was dismissed due to Urawa's poor performance in 2011 season. After spending one season as a commentator in 2012, he was named manager of Giravanz Kitakyushu and managed until 2016 season.