Ken Yoshida

Ken Yoshida
吉田謙
Personal information
Full name	Ken Yoshida
Date of birth	March 1, 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1984	Juventus-SP
1985–1987	Yomiuri
	Nippon Sport Science University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–????	Yomiuri
????	NKK
1994–1996	Ventforet Kofu
1997–1998	Jatco
Managerial career
2015–2019	Azul Claro Numazu
2020–	Blaublitz Akita
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ken Yoshida (吉田謙, Yoshida Ken, born March 1, 1970) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is the current manager of Blaublitz Akita.

Playing career

Yoshida was born in Tokyo on March 1, 1970. He played for Yomiuri, NKK, Ventforet Kofu and Jatco. He retired in 1998.

Coaching career

After playing in lower leagues and being a coach for the local time since 1999, Yoshida was appointed at Azul Claro Numazu as manager of first squad in December 2014.^[2] He took charge of the squad, which was promoted to pro-football in 2016, after coming 3rd in 2016 season. This brought Azul Claro to play for the first time in J3 League.

He saw his contract renewed, ready to tackle pro-football and guide Azul Claro even in J3.^[3]

In 2020 Yoshida was appointed manager of Blaublitz Akita. On 18 November, Akita beat Gamba Osaka U-23 0-2 at Panasonic Stadium Suita to win the J3 League.