Tsuyoshi Otsuki

Tsuyoshi Otsuki (大槻 毅, Otsuki Tsuyoshi, born December 1, 1972) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is the current manager of J2 League club, Thespa Gunma.

Tsuyoshi Otsuki
大槻 毅

Personal information
Full name	Tsuyoshi Otsuki
Date of birth	(1972-12-01) December 1, 1972
Place of birth	Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Team information
Current team	Thespa Gunma (manager)
Youth career
	Sendai Daini High School
	University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Sony Sendai
Managerial career
2018	Urawa Red Diamonds
2019–2020	Urawa Red Diamonds
2022–	Thespa Gunma
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Otsuki was born in Sendai on December 1, 1972. After graduating from University of Tsukuba, he played for his local club Sony Sendai.

Coaching career

After retiring players career, Otsuki became J.League club coach. (Mito HollyHock (2000-2002), Omiya Ardija (2003), Urawa Reds (2004-2010) and Vegalta Sendai (2011)) In 2012, he returned Urawa Reds. On April 2, 2018, team manager Takafumi Hori was sacked. Otsuki became manager. On April 22, the club contracted with Oswaldo de Oliveira. So, Otsuki became assistant coach. In May 2019, manager Oliveira was sacked and Otsuki became a manager again.

On 16 December 2021, Otsuki announcement officially appointment manager of Thespakusatsu Gunma (now Thespa Gunma) from 2022 season.

Managerial statistics

As of the start from 2024 season.

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Urawa Reds	2018		6	4	2	0	066.67
	2019		70	23	18	29	032.86
Thespa Gunma	2022	present	88	27	24	37	030.68
Total			164	54	44	66	032.93

External links

• Tsuyoshi Otsuki manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)