Kira, Kouzou

吉良耕三

Kouzou Kira, also known as Coach Kira, was formerly the coach of Meiwa FC and is now the head coach of Olympic Japan.
Kozou Kira, a retired football player, founded the Kozo Kira Boys's Soccer Club in Okinawa. As Kojirou Hyuuga's lifetime mentor, he is the one who taught him the Tiger Shot and helped him perfect his Neo Tiger Shot with a heavy ball, as well as assisting him (at first) by polishing his techniques during the 1st Asian qualifiers tournament. During Golden-23, he becomes the coach of U-22 Japan and later Olympic Japan during Rising Sun.
In Rising Sun, it is revealed that he was a member of the Japanese national team that won the bronze medal in the football tournament at Mexico 68.