Ryo Shigaki (志垣 良, Shigaki Ryo, born 9 May 1980) is a Japanese professional football manager who is the manager of J2 League club Renofa Yamaguchi.^[1]

After graduating from Higashi Fukuoka High School in 1998, Shigaki moved to England. From 1999 to 2000, he played for Solihull Borough, then moved to Racing Club Warwick between 2000 and 2001.^[2]

Shigaki had a range of different coaching jobs in England, while studying Football Science at Liverpool John Moores University. Between 2001 and 2005, he worked as a coach for Southport FC and Tranmere Rovers, as well as being a soccer school coach at Manchester United.^[2]

In 2006, Shigaki moved back to Japan, initially working as an interpreter at Nagoya Grampus, and in 2007 he also became a coach at the club. Between 2008 and 2016, Shigaki worked as a coach for a number of clubs, including Avispa Fukuoka, Oita Trinita, JEF United Chiba, Gainare Tottori^[3] and Júbilo Iwata.^[4][5] During this time, he gained his A-Class coach general license in 2012.^[6]

After leaving Júbilo Iwata, Shigaki was named Singapore Sports School U-14 Coach in 2017, followed by becoming the national coach of Singapore national U-17 football team. He was managing the team for the 2017 Japan-ASEAN U-16 Youth Football Tournament,^[7] the 2018 Jockey Cup and the 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship.^[8] In 2018, he became a JFA certified S-class coach.^[6]

In January 2019, Shigaki returned to Gainare Tottori after six years away as head coach.^[9] Unable to help Tottori gain promotion to the J2 League, Shigaki left his role at the end of the 2020 season.^[10]

For the 2021 season, he was appointed as the U-18 coach of Kyoto Sanga.^[11]

As of 23 March 2024^[20]

In 2004, Shigaki was a finalist in the British Council's International Student Award and received a silver award and a £1,000 prize for his contribution.^[27]