Futoshi Ikeda

Ikeda was born in Koganei on 4 October 1970. After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University, he joined the Urawa Reds football club in 1993. He played many matches as a left side back during the first season. However, he did not play as much in 1995 and retired at the end of the 1996 season.

After retirement, Ikeda started his coaching career with the Urawa Reds in 1997. He mainly coached the youth team (1997–2001) and the senior team (2002–2008). In 2012, he moved to Avispa Fukuoka and served as coach for the top team until 2016. In October 2012, manager Koji Maeda was dismissed and Ikeda managed as caretaker until the end of the season. In 2017, he became a manager for Japan women's U-20 national team. He led Japan to win the championship at the 2017 AFC U-19 Championship and qualified for the 2018 U-20 World Cup. In 2018, U-20 Japan won the championship at the U-20 World Cup. In November, he became the manager for the Japan women's U-17 national team for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup as Naoki Kusunose's successor. He was appointed as a head coach of Thailand women's team in January 2025, but after so many disappointing results, especially didn't qualify for the 2026 Asian Cup (which also a qualification for the 2027 World Cup and 2028 Olympics) and a fourth placed at the 2025 ASEAN Women's Championship (which lead the Thai team for the first time since 2013 not to achieve any medals in the tournament), he was dismissed from his job after seven months.

Manager

Japan U20 women

AFC U-19 Women's Championship: 2017 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: 2018