Ryoichi Kawakatsu

is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

## Biography

Kawakatsu was born in Kyoto on April 5, 1958. After graduating from Hosei University, he joined Japan Soccer League Division 2 club Toshiba in 1981. In 1983, he moved to Division 1 club Yomiuri. The club won the league champions in 1983, 1984 and 1986/87. The club also won 1984, 1986, 1987 Emperor's Cup and 1985 JSL Cup. He played 61 matches until 1988. Toward the end of his career, he played for Kyoto Shiko Club (1988–1990) and Tokyo Gas (1990–1992). He retired in 1991.

On February 8, 1981, when Kawakatsu was a Hosei University student, he debuted for the Japan national team against Malaysia. He played 13 games for Japan until 1982.

After retirement, Kawakatsu started coaching career at Tokyo Gas in 1991. In 1992, he moved to Verdy Kawasaki (later _Tokyo Verdy_). In 1997, he managed at 1997 Emperor's Cup as Valdir Espinosa successor. In September 1998, he became a manager as Nicanor de Carvalho successor. In 1999, he moved to Vissel Kobe. He was sacked in July 2002. In June 2006, he signed with Avispa Fukuoka as Hiroshi Matsuda successor. However the club was relegated to J2 League and he resigned. In 2010, he returned to Tokyo Verdy and managed until September 2012. In June 2014, he signed with Kyoto Sanga FC and managed until end of season.

## Statistics

|-
|1981||rowspan="2"|Toshiba||rowspan="2"|JSL Division 2||17||1||colspan="2"|-||4||1||21||2
|-
|1982||18||3||1||0||2||0||21||3
|-
|1983||rowspan="5"|Yomiuri||rowspan="5"|JSL Division 1||12||1||3||0||2||0||17||1
|-
|1984||14||2||5||1||2||0||21||3
|-
|1985/86||16||0||0||0||3||0||19||0
|-
|1986/87||4||0||0||0||0||0||4||0
|-
|1987/88||15||0||2||0||1||0||18||0
|-
|1989/90||Kyoto Shiko Club||JSL Division 2||22||0||1||0||0||0||23||0
|-
|1990||rowspan="2"|Tokyo Gas||Regional Leagues||||||||||||||||
|-
|1991/92||JSL Division 2||15||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0||16||0
133||7||12||1||15||1||160||9
133||7||12||1||15||1||160||9
|}

|-
|1981||10||0
|-
|1982||3||0
|-
!Total||13||0
|}

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ryoichi Kawakatsu
- **fullname**: Ryoichi Kawakatsu
- **birth place**: Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto, Japan
- **position**: Midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1974–1976
- **youthclubs1**: Kyoto Gakuen High School, Kyoto Commercial High School
- **youthyears2**: 1977–1980
- **youthclubs2**: Hosei University
- **years1**: 1981–1982
- **clubs1**: Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo, Toshiba
- **caps1**: 35
- **goals1**: 4
- **years2**: 1983–1989
- **clubs2**: Tokyo Verdy, Yomiuri
- **caps2**: 61
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 1989–1990
- **clubs3**: Kyoto Sanga FC, Kyoto Shiko Club
- **caps3**: 22
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 1990–1991
- **clubs4**: FC Tokyo, Tokyo Gas
- **totalcaps**: 118+
- **totalgoals**: 7+
- **nationalyears1**: 1981–1982
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps1**: 13
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 1997
- **managerclubs1**: Tokyo Verdy, Verdy Kawasaki
- **manageryears2**: 1998
- **managerclubs2**: Tokyo Verdy, Verdy Kawasaki
- **manageryears3**: 1999–2002
- **managerclubs3**: Vissel Kobe
- **manageryears4**: 2006
- **managerclubs4**: Avispa Fukuoka
- **manageryears5**: 2010–2012
- **managerclubs5**: Tokyo Verdy
- **manageryears6**: 2014
- **managerclubs6**: Kyoto Sanga FC