The JFA Mid-Term Plan for 2023-2026Japan Football Hall of Fame
JFA Hall of Fame Inductee
MURAKATA Shigeaki
Inductees Recommended by the Committee (Special Selection)
- Born in Tokyo on 11 May 1913
Graduates from Waseda University.
Heads the Kolkata branch and the machinery division of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., before becoming executive management director of Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Co., Ltd. Active as an international referee from 1951, and officiates as referee in the final of the 3rd Asian Games (1958, Tokyo). Leads football refereeing in Japan, and inspires many successors.
While working at the company's London branch office in early 1960s, fulfils a local commission as representative of the JFA. Attends FIFA general meetings to pave the way for the 18th Olympic (1964, Tokyo). Holds posts including JFA board member, chair of the referees' committee, Kanto Football Association board member, and president of the Referees' Association of Japan.
