Toru Oniki

Toru Oniki
鬼木達
Personal information
Full name	Toru Oniki
Date of birth	April 20, 1974 (age 47)
Place of birth	Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Kawasaki Frontale
Youth career
1990–1992
Senior career*
Teams managed
2007–2009	Kawasaki Frontale Youth
2010–2016	Kawasaki Frontale (assistant)
2017–	Kawasaki Frontale
Kashima Antlers
Kawasaki Frontale
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Toru Oniki (鬼木達, Oniki Tōru, born April 20, 1974) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is currently manager of Kawasaki Frontale.

Playing career[]

Oniki was born in Funabashi on April 20, 1974. After graduating from high school, he joined Kashima Antlers in 1993. He played as mainly defensive midfielder. However he could not become a regular player behind Jorginho and Yasuto Honda. In 1998, he moved to Japan Football League club Kawasaki Frontale on loan. He played as regular player and the club won the 2nd place. In 1999, although he returned to Antlers, he could not play many matches. In 2000, he moved to newly was promoted to J1 League club, Kawasaki Frontale again. In 2000, he played many matches and the club won the 2nd place 2000 J.League Cup. Although the club finished at bottom place in the league and was relegated to J2 League, he became a regular player from 2001 season. Although his opportunity to play decreased from 2003, the club won the champions in 2004 and was promoted to J1 League. He could hardly play in the match from 2005 and he retired end of 2006 season.

Coaching career[]

After retirement, Oniki started coaching career at Kawasaki Frontale in 2007. He mainly served as coach for top team until 2016. In 2017, he became a manager. Frontale won the champions in 2017 J1 League and the 2nd place in 2017 Emperor's Cup. In 2018, Frontale won the champions in J1 League for 2 years in a row.

Club statistics[]

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Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Total
1993	Kashima Antlers	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995			4	0	0	0	-		4	0
1996			11	0	2	0	3	1	16	1
1997			5	0	0	0	3	0	8	0
1998	Kawasaki Frontale	Football League	27	1	3	1	3	0	33	2
1999	Kashima Antlers	J1 League	7	1	0	0	3	0	10	1
2000	Kawasaki Frontale	J1 League	21	1	0	0	7	0	28	1
2001		J2 League	40	0	5	0	3	0	48	0
2002			39	0	5	0	-		44	0
2003			13	0	2	0	-		15	0
2004			19	0	0	0	-		19	0
2005		J1 League	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2006		J1 League	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Career total			187	3	17	1	23	1	227	5

Managerial statistics[]

Update; September 5,2021^[2]

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Kawasaki Frontale	2017	present	229	141	53	35	061.57
Total			229	141	53	35	061.57

References[]

^ Kawasaki Frontale(in Japanese)
^ Toru Oniki at J.League (in Japanese)

External links[]

Player statistics at J.League (in Japanese)
Manager statistics at J.League (in Japanese)
Profile at Kawasaki Frontale(in Japanese)
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[1] Kawasaki Frontale(in Japanese)

[2] Toru Oniki at J.League (in Japanese)

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