is a Japanese

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who plays

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for

V-Varen Nagasaki is a Japanese J2 League football club based in Nagasaki. The club was established in 1985 as Ariake SC till they merged with Kunimi FC in 2004 and adopted the present name in 2005. The club gained promotion into the J. League Division 2 in 20 ...

in the

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Career

Akino made his debut for

Kashiwa Reysol is a Japanese professional football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadiu ...

in the

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on 16 March 2013 against

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in which he came on as an 87th-minute substitute for Kenta Kano as Reysol lost the match 2–1.

International

Akino was part of the Japanese u17 team that went to the

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. On 24 June 2011 in Japan's final group-stage match against Argentina U17's Akino scored the final goal for Japan in the 74th minute as Japan's under-17's went on to win the match 3–1 and top the group with seven points before going out in the quarter-finals to Brazil's under-17's.

Career statistics

Club

''Updated to 18 February 2019''.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社
"2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"
8 February 2017, Japan, (p. 159 out of 289)

References

External links

Profile at Shonan BellmareProfile at Kashiwa Reysol
* * * 1994 births Living people People from Inzai Association football people from Chiba Prefecture Japanese footballers Japan youth international footballers J1 League players J2 League players J3 League players Kashiwa Reysol players Shonan Bellmare players V-Varen Nagasaki players J.League U-22 Selection players Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Association football midfielders Asian Games competitors for Japan 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub