Tomoaki Kuno

Kuno was born in Shizuoka on September 25, 1973. After graduating from Tokyo University of Agriculture, he joined Japan Football League club Fujitsu (later Kawasaki Frontale) in 1996. He became a regular player as a left side midfielder in 1998 and the club was promoted to the new J2 League in 1999. The club won the championship that year and was promoted to the J1 League in 2000. The club won second place in the J.League Cup that year. However the club results were poor in league competition and it was relegated to the J2 league. In 2002, he did not play left side midfielder as often as defensive midfielder. In 2004, he played as a regular defensive midfielder. The club won the championship and was promoted to J1 in 2005. However he did not play as much in 2005 and he retired at the end of the season.