Kazunari Ono

Ōno was born in Jōetsu, Niigata and began his career playing for his local club Takashi FC before moving to a higher level joining Albirex Niigata in 2005. He turned professional in 2008 season. He made his professional debut on 7 June 2009 against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the J. League Cup match. In 2011, Ōno was loaned out to J2 League club Ehime FC to gain first-team experience. He played 17 games for Ehime. Later in the season, Ōno again went on a season-long loan, that time to J2 League side Shonan Bellmare. He scored the first professional goal of his career for Bellmare against FC Gifu on 20 March 2012. After two and half years loan spell, he had come back to Niigata in 2014.