Tetsuhiro Kina

is a Japanese professional manager and former player. He is currently the assistant manager of 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.

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