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Tetsuhiro Kina
喜名 哲裕

Personal information
Full name	Tetsuhiro Kina
Date of birth	(1976-12-10) 10 December 1976
Place of birth	Naha, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Kagoshima United (assistant)
Youth career
1992–1994	Naha Nishi High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1999	Nagoya Grampus Eight	55	(1)
2000–2003	FC Tokyo	57	(0)
2004	Omiya Ardija	15	(0)
2005	Avispa Fukuoka	19	(0)
2006	Tokyo Verdy	16	(0)
2007–2009	Roasso Kumamoto	56	(0)
2010–2011	Okinawa Kaiho Bank	8	(0)
Total		226	(1)
Managerial career
2021-2022	FC Ryukyu
2023	FC Ryukyu
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tetsuhiro Kina (喜名 哲裕, Kina Tetsuhiro; born 10 December 1976) is a Japanese professional manager and former player. He is currently the assistant manager of J3 League club Kagoshima United.

Playing career

Kina was born in Naha on 10 December 1976. After graduating from high school, he joined Nagoya Grampus Eight 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 FC Tokyoin the J1 League. He played as a central midfielder. However, the arrival of Masashi Miyazawa in 2002 limited his chances and in 2004, he moved to J2 League club Omiya Ardija. He tried his luck with two more J2 sides, Avispa Fukuoka and Tokyo Verdy, without much success. In 2007, he moved to Japan Football League 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 Okinawa Kaiho Bank. He retired at the end of the 2011 season.

Managerial career

On the 20 October 2021, Kina was appointed manager of FC Ryukyu. 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.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nagoya Grampus Eight	1995	J1 League	5	0	0	0	—		5	0
	1996	J1 League	24	1	1	0	13	0	38	1
	1997	J1 League	26	0	0	0	7	1	33	1
	1998	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1999	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		55	1	1	0	20	1	76	2
FC Tokyo	2000	J1 League	22	0	1	0	1	0	24	0
	2001	J1 League	23	0	1	0	3	0	27	0
	2002	J1 League	12	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
	2003	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		57	0	2	0	4	0	63	0
Omiya Ardija	2004	J2 League	15	0	0	0	—		15	0
Avispa Fukuoka	2005	J2 League	19	0	0	0	—		19	0
Tokyo Verdy	2006	J2 League	16	0	1	0	—		17	0
Roasso Kumamoto	2007	JFL	25	0	1	0	—		26	0
	2008	J2 League	30	0	0	0	—		30	0
	2009	J2 League	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		56	0	1	0	—		57	0
Okinawa Kaiho Bank	2010	Regional Leagues	6	0	—		—		6	0
	2011	Regional Leagues	2	0	1	0	—		3	0
	Total		8	0	1	0	—		9	0
Career total			226	1	6	0	24	1	256	2

External links

• Tetsuhiro Kina at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)