is a Japanese

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who was most recently manager of

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club Iwate Grulla Morioka.

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

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. When Japan's first-ever professional league

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started in 1993, Nissan Motors was transformed to Yokohama Marinos for whom he continued to play. He moved to

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in 1996 and helped them to gain the promotion to J1 League. In 1999, he was transferred to

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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

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where he retired from the game in 2003.

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

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

club Iwate Grulla Morioka following the dismissal of Tetsuji Nakamikawa. 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.

Club statistics

Team honours

Club

* Asian Cup Winners Cup – 1992 *

Division 1/

– 1990, 1995 *

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– 1989, 1991, 1992 * JSL Cup – 1989, 1990

National team

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Personal honours

Top Scorer – 1999

References

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* 1970 births Living people Association football people from Saitama Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japan Soccer League players J1 League players J2 League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players 20th-century Japanese sportsmen Yokohama F. Marinos players Vissel Kobe players Oita Trinita players FC Tokyo players Yokohama FC players 1992 AFC Asian Cup players AFC Asian Cup–winning players Japanese football managers category:J3 League managers Iwate Grulla Morioka managers Men's association football forwards {{Japan-footy-bio-stub