Naohiko Minobe

Naohiko Minobe is one of those quietly dedicated figures who never really left the pitch — he just swapped the playing side for the coaching side, and that says everything about the kind of person he is. Born in 1965 in Shiga Prefecture, right next to Lake Biwa, he came up in an era when Japanese football was still finding its identity on the world stage, long before the J.League existed, and the fact that he stuck with it through all of that and then turned around to build the next generation tells you the love is genuine. Details about his personal life are scarce, which honestly fits: some coaches let their résumé speak, and for Minobe, the résumé is a life spent in football. That's the whole story.

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Naohiko Minobe is a Japanese soccer player and coach born on July 12, 1965, in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. He has been involved in soccer both as a player and, subsequently, as a coach. He stands 176 cm tall. Further biographical details, including his career timeline and club affiliations, are not publicly available in current records.

Name (English)

Naohiko Minobe

Name (Japanese)

美濃部直彦

Reading

みのべ なおひこ

Born

July 12, 1965 (age 61)

Origin

Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Height

176cm

Occupation

Soccer Player / Soccer Coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake

• Xhttps://x.com/minobenaohiko
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BE%8E%E6%BF%83%E9%83%A8%E7%9B%B4%E5%BD%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q247525

Tags

• From Shiga Prefecture
• Soccer Player
• Soccer Coach

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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