Norio Sasaki (佐々木 則夫, Sasaki Norio, born 24 May 1958) is a Japanese football coach and former player who is currently the general manager of Omiya Ardija Ventus and interim manager for Japan national women's team.

[citation needed] Sasaki studied at and played for Teikyo High School and Meiji University.

After graduating from Meiji University, Sasaki started to work for Nippon Telegraph and Telephone and joined company club NTT Kanto.

Nadeshiko became the 19th recipient of Japan's People's Honour Award for winning the World Cup.

At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, Sasaki, who attempted to become only the 2nd coach since Vittorio Pozzo's Italian team 77 years ago to win two FIFA World Cup finals, oversaw a 2nd-place effort, as the Japanese lost 5–2 to the US in the final.