# Hiroki Akino

Hiroki Akino (秋野 央樹, Akino Hiroki, born October 8, 1994 in Inzai, Chiba) is a Japanese footballer who plays midfielder and currently play for J1 League club, Avispa Fukuoka.

## Career
### 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, Akino 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

Akino 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, Akino made his debut for V-Varen against Ehime FC on 31 July 2019.

### V-Varen Nagasaki

Akino 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.

### Avispa Fukuoka

On 23 December 2024, Akino was announced at J1 club Avispa Fukuoka from the 2025 season.

## International career

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.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of the start for 2025 season.
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | J. League Cup | AFC | AFC | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2013 | J.League Div 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2014 | J.League Div 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2015 | J1 League | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2016 | J1 League | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 1 |
| Shonan Bellmare (loan) | 2017 | J2 League | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 39 | 4 |
| Shonan Bellmare (loan) | 2018 | J1 League | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 |
| Shonan Bellmare | 2019 | J1 League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 |
| V-Varen Nagasaki (loan) | 2019 | J2 League | 17 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 0 |
| V-Varen Nagasaki | 2020 | J2 League | 40 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 0 |
| V-Varen Nagasaki | 2021 | J2 League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 13 | 0 |
| V-Varen Nagasaki | 2022 | J2 League | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 |
| V-Varen Nagasaki | 2023 | J2 League | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 14 | 0 |
| V-Varen Nagasaki | 2024 | J2 League | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 38 | 0 |
| Avispa Fukuoka | 2025 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Career Total | Career Total | Career Total | 131 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 158 | 5 |