Takuya Jinno

is a Japanese football manager and former player who was most recently manager of J3 League 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 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.

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. 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 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