Nozomu Kato (加藤 望, Katō Nozomu, born October 7, 1969) is a Japanese football manager and former football player he is the currently development coach of J3 League side Matsumoto Yamaga.
After graduating from Tokai University, he joined Japan Football League club Hitachi (later Kashiwa Reysol) in 1992.
After retirement, Kato started a coaching career at Shonan Bellmare in 2009.
Shimotaira was terminated for poor results in May and Kato became a new manager.
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