Tatsuya Fukuda

 (福田達也; Fukuda Tatsuya) is a supporting character in Ao Ashi. He is the coach of Tokyo City Esperion FC's Youth Football Team and the man who recruited Ashito.

Appearance & Personality
Tatsuya is a tall, of average slim build, man in his early 30s. In the present his hair is dark and unkempt, reaching to just past his ears. He has facial hair, notably a moustache and beard and is often seen wearing tracksuit joggers or slacks (fashioned with a belt) and a shirt (usually white though he has been shown to wear black ones). While coaching he is seen in his Coach kit, consisting of a black shirt, lined with white along the sleeves and knee length shorts. Sometimes he is depicted with amber eyes, other times he has been shown to have green ones. Tatsuya is often seen with an all-knowing sly smile on his face and a calculative calm aura.

When he was younger, Tatsuya has been shown to have lighter hair, cut short around the sides yet left longer on top. He does not have any facial hair and is of a smaller frame and build.

Early Life
He was born in Ehime, Japan and attended a prestigious high school in tokyo where he ended up joining the J-League's Tokyo City Esperion FC at the age of 18. He became a regular at 20. At 23 he left Japan to play overseas where he was signed by Sabadell FC who had been recently promoted to Spain's top division, La Liga.

A while later, his mother married Hana Ichijo's father and he became an older step-brother to her.

He is a former midfielder.