Takuya Jinno

Takuya Jinno (神野 卓哉, Jinno Takuya; born June 1, 1970) is a Japanese football manager and former player who was most recently manager of J3 League club Iwate Grulla Morioka.

Takuya Jinno
神野 卓哉

Personal information
Full name	Takuya Jinno
Date of birth	(1970-06-01) June 1, 1970 (age 55)
Place of birth	Soka, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1986–1988	Shutoku High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1995	Yokohama Marinos	113	(12)
1996–1998	Vissel Kobe	87	(13)
1999	Oita Trinita	36	(19)
2000	FC Tokyo	18	(4)
2001	Oita Trinita	9	(0)
2001–2003	Yokohama FC	75	(16)
Total		338	(64)
Managerial career
2017–2020	NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls
2024	Iwate Grulla Morioka
Medal record Yokohama Marinos Winner Japan Soccer League 1989/90 Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1990/91 Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1991/92 Winner J1 League 1995 Winner JSL Cup 1989 Winner JSL Cup 1990 Winner Emperor's Cup 1989 Winner Emperor's Cup 1991 Winner Emperor's Cup 1992 Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1990 Representing  Japan AFC Asian Cup 1992 Japan
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Jinno was born in Soka on June 1, 1970. He was educated at and played for Shutoku High School. After graduating in 1989, he joined Japan Soccer League side Nissan Motors. When Japan's first-ever professional league J1 League started in 1993, Nissan Motors was transformed to Yokohama Marinos for whom he continued to play.

He moved to Japan Football League side Vissel Kobe in 1996 and helped them to gain the promotion to J1 League. In 1999, he was transferred to J2 League side Oita Trinita where he scored the most goals in the league for the season. He played the 2000 season for FC Tokyo. He briefly played for Oita again in the early stage of the 2001 season before he moved to Yokohama FC where he retired from the game in 2003.^[1]

National team career

Jinno was a member of the Japan national team that won the 1992 Asian Cup but he was never capped.

Coaching career

Jinno remained at Yokohama FC after the retirement and has been working in the area of development for the club until 2009. After 2011, he worked for Gainare Tottori (2011), Avispa Fukuoka (2012–14) and AC Nagano Parceiro (2015–16). In June 2017, he signed with L.League club NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls and became a manager.

Iwate Grulla Morioka

In May 2024, he became manager of J3 League club Iwate Grulla Morioka following the dismissal of Tetsuji Nakamikawa.^[2] He was unable to improve the club's standings in the league, losing 8 of 11 league games and with the team rooted at the bottom of the table, Jinno was dismissed in September 2024.^[3]

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
1989/90	Nissan Motors	JSL (Div. 1)	0	0			1	0	1	0
1990/91			15	4			0	0	15	4
1991/92			15	0			1	0	16	0
1992	Yokohama Marinos	J1 League	-		4	1	9	3	13	4
1993			19	2	0	0	2	0	21	2
1994			25	3	0	0	2	0	27	3
1995			39	3	1	0	-		40	3
1996	Vissel Kobe	JFL	30	10	3	2	-		33	12
1997		J1 League	29	1	2	0	6	0	37	1
1998			28	2	2	1	3	0	43	3
1999	Oita Trinita	J2 League	36	19	3	6	4	1	43	26
2000	FC Tokyo	J1 League	18	4	0	0	2	0	20	4
2001	Oita Trinita	J2 League	9	0	0	0	4	0	13	0
	Yokohama FC		25	8	4	5	0	0	29	13
2002			40	8	2	0	-		42	8
2003			10	0	0	0	-		10	0
Total			338	64	21	15	34	4	393	83

Team honours

Club

• Asian Cup Winners Cup – 1992
• Japan Soccer League Division 1/J1 League – 1990, 1995
• Emperor's Cup – 1989, 1991, 1992
• JSL Cup – 1989, 1990

National team

• AFC Asian Cup – 1992

Personal honours

• J2 League Top Scorer – 1999