is a

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ese football manager and former

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player He is the current interim head coach of

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club

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Playing career

Kina was born in

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on December 10, 1976. After graduating from high school, he joined

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in 1995. He debuted in 1995 and played many matches as central midfielder from 1996. However he could not play at all in the match for injury from 1998. In 2000, he moved to newly-promoted club

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in the

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. He played as a central midfielder. However, the arrival of

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in 2002 limited his chances and in 2004, he moved to

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club

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. He tried his luck with two more J2 sides,

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and

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, without much success. In 2007, he moved to

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club Rosso Kumamoto (later ''Roasso Kumamoto''). He played regularly as the club was promoted to the J2 League in 2008. In 2010, he moved to Regional League club

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. He retired at the end of the 2011 season.

Managerial career

On the 20 October 2021, Kina was appointed manager of

. After a poor run of results, he was sacked on 6 June 2022. By 16 May 2023, Kina was named interim manager at FC Ryukyu.

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* 1976 births Living people Association football people from Okinawa Prefecture Japanese men's footballers J1 League players J2 League players Japan Football League players Nagoya Grampus players FC Tokyo players Omiya Ardija players Avispa Fukuoka players Tokyo Verdy players Roasso Kumamoto players Men's association football midfielders Japanese football managers J2 League managers J3 League managers FC Ryukyu managers People from Naha {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub