Toru Oniki

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.

Toru Oniki
鬼木 達
Personal information
Full name Toru Oniki
Date of birth (1974-04-20) April 20, 1974
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 Funabashi High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1999 Kashima Antlers 27 (1)
1998 → Kawasaki Frontale (loan) 27 (1)
2000–2006 Kawasaki Frontale 133 (1)
Total 187 (3)
Teams managed
2007–2009 Kawasaki Frontale Youth
2010–2016 Kawasaki Frontale (assistant)
2017– Kawasaki Frontale
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

[1]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Total
1993Kashima AntlersJ1 League00000000
199400000000
19954000-40
19961102031161
199750003080
1998Kawasaki FrontaleFootball League2713130332
1999Kashima AntlersJ1 League710030101
2000Kawasaki FrontaleJ1 League2110070281
2001J2 League4005030480
200239050-440
200313020-150
200419000-190
2005J1 League10000010
200600001010
Career total 18731712312275

Managerial statistics

Update; December 31, 2020[2]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Kawasaki Frontale 2017 present 136 84 32 20 061.76
Total 136 84 32 20 061.76

References
  1. Kawasaki Frontale(in Japanese)
  2. Toru Oniki at J.League (in Japanese)


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