His son Shota Kanno in also former footballer and who is the current head coach WE League club of Nojima Stella Kanagawa.
After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Soccer League club Furukawa Electric (later JEF United Ichihara) in 1979.
The club won the champions 1985–86 Japan Soccer League, 1982 and 1986 JSL Cup.
In 1994, he joined Japan Football League club Kyoto Purple Sanga.
After retirement, Kanno started coaching career at Kyoto Purple Sanga in 1995.
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