Kenichi Uemura, who was born in 1974, played for many J-League teams such as Hiroshima Sanfrecce and Osaka Sakura as a player. He was also selected for the Japanese men's football team and went to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics with the team.
He is the head coach of China's U-16 national men'sFootball team. The team managed by KenichiUemura this time is based on the U-15 men's national football team that performed well last year as its main framework.