Seiki Ichihara

is a former Japanese football player and manager. He managed for Japan women's national team.

Biography
In June 1981, the Japan Football Association formed the first Japan women's national team for the 1981 AFC Women's Championship in Hong Kong.Japan Football Association The Japan Football Association appointed Ichihara as the first Japan national team manager. The first match of this tournament was on June 7, and Japan played against Chinese Taipei. This match was the Japan team's first match in an "International A Match". However, Japan lost this match (0–1) and its second match, against Thailand (0–2), on June 11. The third match, against Indonesia, was on June 13, and Japan won 1–0 with Etsuko Handa's goal. This was the Japan team's first victory.Japan Football AssociationRSSSF

In September, the team played two matches in Japan. However, they lost in both games, against England (0–4) and Italy (0–9). The match against Italy was the greatest loss in the history of the Japan national team.

Result

DateVenueOpponentResultTournamentJun 07, 1981 Hong Kong0–11981 AFC Women's ChampionshipJun 11, 1981 Hong Kong0–21981 AFC Women's ChampionshipJun 13, 1981 Hong Kong1–01981 AFC Women's ChampionshipSep 06, 1981 Kobe0–4Portopia'81Sep 09, 1981 Tokyo0–9Portopia'81

References

Category:Living people
Category:Japanese footballers
Category:Japan women's national football team managers
Category:1949 births
Category:Japan national football team managers