is a former

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ese

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player and manager.

Playing career

Mase was born in

Mie Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture to ...

on October 22, 1973. After graduating from

Nippon Sport Science University , abbreviated as , is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo and Aoba-ku, Yokohama. The precursor of the school was founded in 1893, and it was chartered as a university in 1949. The school is known for the many famous athletes among its alumni. ...

, he had a brief field career from 1997 to 2000, being in North-Central American teams and living a certain period in Croatia.

Coaching career

After being translator for

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and his son

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during his spell as

JEF United Chiba , full name and also known as , is a Japanese professional football club that plays in the J2 League. On 1 February 2005, the club changed its name from ''JEF United Ichihara'' to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as ...

's coach until 2007, Mase became a coach at the club. Form 2010, he became a coach at

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(2010-2012) and

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(2013). In January 2015, he became the manager at

Blaublitz Akita is a Japanese professional association football team based in Akita, Akita Prefecture. In 2014 they entered the J3 League after previously playing in the Japan Football League, the third tier of the Japanese association football league system. ...

, as his mother is from

Oga, Akita is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 26,930 in 12,880 households, and a population density of 110 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Oga is located on the Oga Peninsu ...

. In 2017, he moved to

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. However the club results were bad in 2018 season, he was sacked by Ehime FC on May when the club was at the 20th place of 22 clubs. In July 2018, he signed with former club

and became a manager for the first time in 2 years.

Managerial statistics

Update; ''June 30, 2020''

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