Kazuyori Mochizuki

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Kazuyori Mochizuki (Mochizuki Kazuyori, 望月 一頼) is a Japanese football manager and former goalkeeper, born November 20, 1961, in Shizuoka, Japan. He is 1.86 meters tall.

Early life and playing career
- Youth: Shimizu Higashi High School (1977–1979)
- College: University of Tsukuba (1980–1983)
- Professional: Joined Mazda (later Sanfrecce Hiroshima) in 1984. He mainly served as a backup goalkeeper and did not make league appearances, retiring in 1988.
- He briefly came out of retirement from 1992–1994 to help Sanfrecce Hiroshima, but again did not play in league matches and retired at the end of 1994.

Coaching and managerial career
- He began coaching at Mazda/Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 1988, primarily as a goalkeeper coach.
- In November 1998, he became the goalkeeper coach for the Japan national team under manager Philippe Troussier.
- He also coached Japan at youth level: the U-20 team at the 1999 World Youth Championship (where Japan were runners-up) and the U-23 team at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
- Japan won the Asian Cup in October 2000.
- He returned to Sanfrecce Hiroshima as goalkeeper coach in 2001.
- In April 2006, Mochizuki briefly served as manager of Sanfrecce Hiroshima for four matches after the previous manager was sacked; Mihailo Petrović was appointed, and Mochizuki returned to goalkeeper coach until 2011.
- He became director of the youth team in 2012 and managed the youth team from 2013 to 2014.