Hiromi Hara

Hiromi Hara
Personal information
Full name Hiromi Hara
Date of birth (1958-10-19) October 19, 1958
Place of birth Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1977–1980 Waseda University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1992 Mitsubishi Motors 192 (65)
Total 192 (65)
National team
1978–1988 Japan 75 (37)
Teams managed
1998–1999 Urawa Reds
2002–2005 FC Tokyo
2007 FC Tokyo

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Hiromi Hara (原 博実 Hara Hiromi, born October 19, 1958) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. He currently serves as technical director for the Japanese national football team.

Playing career

After graduating from Waseda University in 1981, Hara joined Mitsubishi Motors (later to be Urawa Red Diamonds) as a forward.

Between 1978 and 1988 Hara played 75 games for the Japanese national football team, scoring 32 goals. Hara was known for his headers and was aptly nicknamed the "Asian Nuclear Warhead".

Post-playing career

Coaching career

Urawa Red Diamonds

Hara retired from football in 1992 and began his new career as the coach of the Youth Team of his old club, which had been renamed by this point as Urawa Red Diamonds. In 1998 Hara became the manager of Urawa's top squad. Initially he saw success, with the team achieving a 3rd place finish for J.League's second stage in 1998. However, during J.League's first stage of 1999, the team finished 13th in the standings and Hara was released.

Following his release from Urawa, Hara travelled to Spain to study the coaching methods applied by several La Liga clubs. Upon returning to Japan, he spent two years working as a commentator for Sky PerfecTV!.

FC Tokyo

In 2002 Hara decided to return to coaching as the manager of FC Tokyo. He brought youngsters such as Naohiro Ishikawa, Teruyuki Moniwa and Akira Kaji, introduced Spanish-style tactics into the young and fresh team, and won J.League Cup in 2004. Hara was released from his position as manager of the club in 2005. However in 2007 he was re-appointed as the club's manager, but was again released only after one season.

Japanese national team

On 12 February 2009, Hara was appointed by JFA as its new technical director for the Japanese national football team, responsible for strengthening the national team.[1] After fellow Waseda alumnus Takeshi Okada stepped down after leading Japan to a lauded performance at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Hara was given the responsibility for finding his replacement, which was revealed in late August after protracted negotiations in Europe to be the Italian manager Alberto Zaccheroni. He also took charge in a caretaker capacity for the friendlies against Paraguay, leading Japan to a 1-0 win, and Guatemala, both of which were held at his former hunting ground in Saitama.[2][3]

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1981Mitsubishi MotorsJSL Division 1184184
1982187187
1983183183
1984188188
1985/8622102210
1986/87228228
1987/8822102210
1988/89183183
1989/90JSL Division 216910179
1990/91JSL Division 11830010193
1991/92201030
Country Japan 19265003019565
Total 19265003019565

National team statistics

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
197861
197920
198052
1981101
198263
1983106
198475
1985105
198667
1987117
198820
Total7537

Managerial statistics

[4]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Urawa Reds 1998 1999 49 25 4 20 51.02
FC Tokyo 2002 2005 124 47 37 40 37.90
FC Tokyo 2007 2007 34 14 3 17 41.18
Total 207 86 44 77 41.55

References

  1. "JFA appoint Hara as new technical director". JFA. 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
  2. "Hara encourages Japan to impress Zaccheroni". The Japan Times. 2010-09-04. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
  3. Andrew McKirdy (2010-09-05). "Kagawa's goal lifts Japan in rematch against Paraguay". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
  4. J.League Data Site(Japanese)
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