takakura started her coaching career as an assistant coach of the japan u-17 national team at the 2009 and 2011 afc u-16 championships. as manager of the japan u-17 team, she led the youth team to the title of the 2013 afc u-16 championship by winning over north korea in the final. next year, she led to the title of the 2014 u-17 world cup by winning over spain in the final. she repeated the achievement by mentoring the japan u-20 national team to help them win the title of the 2015 afc u-19 championship, again by defeating north korea in the final.