Teams managed

01/2014 - 12/2015 Nagoya Grampus Manager
05/2012 - 11/2012 Vissel Kobe Manager
02/2002 - 12/2011 Gamba Osaka Manager
01/1998 - 12/2001 Kashiwa Reysol Manager

National teams managed

Season team Position
World Cup 2018 Russia Japan Japan Manager
WC Qualifiers Asia 2019-2022 Thailand Thailand Manager
Friendlies 2021 Thailand Thailand Manager
Friendlies 2020 Thailand Thailand Manager
Friendlies 2019 Thailand Thailand Manager
Friendlies 2018 Japan Japan Manager
Olympic Games 1996 Japan Japan Manager
Championship 2020 Thailand Thailand [U23] Manager

Club career

01/1978 - 12/1990 Kashiwa Reysol Midfielder

Akira Nishino

Akira Nishino
Born: 07.04.1955
Place of birth: Saitama, Japan Japan
Nationality: Japan Japan
Height: 182 cm

Player News

Japan have the spirit and mentality to reach the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time in their history, coach Akira Nishino said on Sunday ahead of his side's last-16 clash against Belgium....
Japan coach Akira Nishino called on his players to play smart football against Poland in the heat of Volgograd on Thursday and be wary of the "world-class" Robert Lewandowksi if they want to reach the World Cup last 16....
Japan coach Akira Nishino is set to come under the sort of intense scrutiny normally reserved for teams with genuine hopes of lifting the World Cup in Russia....
Japan's new football coach said Thursday he was aiming to get the Blue Samurai out of a tricky World Cup group, days after being parachuted in as an "emergency measure"....
Japan's newly appointed national football manager Akira Nishino said Tuesday the Blue Samurai have world-class technique and vowed to build on their organised playing style ahead of the World Cup....
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