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Comparison with last year
（Unit ： person）
　 Number of football referees
2024 2025 Increase/ decrease Increase/ decrease ratio
Class 1General272266-6-2.2%
WomenClass 1General0000.0%
Class 2General3,8063,9211153.0%
Class 3General35,97036,8088382.3%
U-18613607-6-1.0%
U-1551772651.0%
Class 4General135,241136,3421,1010.8%
U-1873,31175,7302,4193.3%
U-1528,83630,8181,9826.9%
Total278,100284,5696,4692.3%
Number of registrations in prefectures
（Unit：person） Hokkaido
Hokkaido 
10,312

Tohoku
AomoriIwateMiyagiAkitaYamagataFukushima
2,4302,7003,6111,2702,5074,017

Kanto
IbarakiTochigiGunmaSaitamaChibaTokyo
6,8595,4845,97620,87913,35632,254
KanagawaYamanashi 
24,2271,799

Hokushin-etsu
NaganoNiigataToyamaIshikawaFukui 
8,6173,6302,1634,3721,914

Tokai
ShizuokaAichiMieGifu 
10,92313,4383,4194,915

Kansai
ShigaKyotoOsakaHyogoNaraWakayama
2,4084,80914,11311,8982,2311,830

Chugoku
TottoriShimaneOkayamaHiroshimaYamaguchi 
1,8492,2164,1008,0073,047

Shikoku
KagawaTokushimaEhimeKochi 
1,9771,2823,3752,045

Kyushu
FukuokaSagaNagasakiKumamotoOitaMiyazaki
6,4081,5402,7325,7023,2111,748
KagoshimaOkinawa 
2,8914,078
Number of registrations per year
（Unit ： person）
Year Class 1 WomenClass 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Total
General General General General U-18 U-15 General U-18 U-15
2006 128 25 3,171 28,423 224 － 129,645 17,554 7,913 187,083
2007 134 29 3,124 28,638 231 － 131,146 19,658 9,247 192,207
2008 141 32 3,136 29,064 248 － 133,301 23,261 10,619 199,802
2009 154 33 3,164 29,834 283 － 133,993 24,669 11,597 203,727
2010 162 34 3,212 30,549 280 － 135,176 27,689 12,511 209,613
2011 173 34 3,287 31,095 343 1 137,412 32,896 15,218 220,459
2012 176 38 3,321 31,798 371 21 140,034 40,141 18,137 234,037
2013 184 38 3,339 32,539 485 40 141,696 46,623 21,725 246,669
2014 185 41 3,400 32,865 554 34 139,319 50,305 24,199 250,902
2015 197 46 3,423 33,059 699 55 138,040 53,227 25,995 254,741
2016212543,49533,67075555139,30858,00228,655264,206
2017218563,54934,23684357140,31960,95231,432271,662
2018227523,61734,74786570138,01564,21832,733274,544
2919224503,70534,93283566139,09569,15633,062281,125
2020215463,66833,82976937129,75865,96026,867261,149
2021212533,74234,19262733131,19070,94426,579267,572
2022215553,77734,73259149130,97870,87626,772268,045
2023211603,78835,03756952132,15170,07227,598271,809
2024272ｰ3,80635,97061351135,24173,31128,836278,100
2025266ｰ3,92136,80860777136,34275,73030,818284,569
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