| Hiroki Akino 秋野 央樹 | |
| Fullname: | Hiroki Akino |
| Birth Date: | 8 October 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Inzai, Chiba, Japan |
| Height: | 1.76m (05.77feet) |
| Currentclub: | V-Varen Nagasaki |
| Clubnumber: | 17 |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthyears1: | 2004–2012 |
| Youthclubs1: | Kashiwa Reysol |
| Years1: | 2013–2018 |
| Caps1: | 48 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2014–2015 |
| Clubs2: | → J. League U-22 (loan) |
| Caps2: | 11 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs3: | → Shonan Bellmare (loan) |
| Caps3: | 58 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Years4: | 2019 |
| Caps4: | 4 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2019 |
| Clubs5: | → V-Varen Nagasaki (loan) |
| Caps5: | 17 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2020– |
| Caps6: | 73 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2009–2011 |
| Nationalteam1: | Japan U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2014 |
| Nationalteam2: | Japan U23 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 03:51, 22 March 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 18:48, 25 October 2023 |
is a Japanese footballer who plays midfielder for V-Varen Nagasaki in the J2 League.
Akino made his debut for Kashiwa Reysol in the J. League Division 1 on 16 March 2013 against Vegalta Sendai in which he came on as an 87th-minute substitute for Kenta Kano as Reysol lost the match 2–1.[1] He scored his first goal for Kashiwa against Júbilo Iwata on 12 March 2016, in the 55th minute.[2]
During his loan spell, Hiroki made his league debut for the club against Mito HollyHock on 26 February 2017.[3] He scored his first goal for Shonan against Tokyo Verdy on 16 July 2017, in the 78th minute.[4]
Hiroki made his league debut for Shonan against Vegalta Sendai on 17 March 2019.[5]
During his loan spell with the club, Hiroki made his debut for V-Varen against Ehime FC on 31 July 2019.[6]
Hiroki made his league debut for V-Varen against Tochigi SC on 23 February 2020.[7]
Ahead of the 2024 J2 League season, he was appointed captain.[8]
Akino was part of the Japanese u17 team that went to the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[9] 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.[10]
Akino was also called up to the 2014 Asian Games with the Japan U23s, making his debut against Nepal U23s.[11]
Updated to 18 February 2019.[12] [13]
| Club | Season | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | AFC | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 | 1 | |||
| Shonan Bellmare | 2017 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 4 | |||
| 2018 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 25 | 0 | |||
| Total | 106 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 122 | 5 | ||