Hiroki Akino

Hiroki Akino (秋野 央樹) is a Japanese footballer who plays midfielder for V-Varen Nagasaki in the J2 League.

Kashiwa Reysol
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. He scored his first goal for Kashiwa against Júbilo Iwata on 12 March 2016, in the 55th minute.

Loan to Shonan Bellmare
During his loan spell, Hiroki made his league debut for the club against Mito HollyHock on 26 February 2017. He scored his first goal for Shonan against Tokyo Verdy on 16 July 2017, in the 78th minute.

Shonan Bellmare
Hiroki made his league debut for Shonan against Vegalta Sendai on 17 March 2019.

Loan to V-Varen Nagasaki
During his loan spell with the club, Hiroki made his debut for V-Varen against Ehime FC on 31 July 2019.

V-Varen Nagasaki
Hiroki made his league debut for V-Varen against Tochigi SC on 23 February 2020.

Ahead of the 2024 J2 League season, he was appointed captain.

International
Akino was part of the Japanese u17 team that went to the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. 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.

Akino was also called up to the 2014 Asian Games with the Japan U23s, making his debut against Nepal U23s.

Club
Updated to 18 February 2019.