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Professional Referees

Japan Football Association (JFA) has implemented “Professional Referee System” in order for the top-level referees to fully concentrate on refereeing. Professional Referees (PR) will strive to improve their level of refereeing at the same time contribute to the refereeing in Japan as a whole by giving lectures and participating in other instructional activities across the nation. Currently, 14 referees and 4 assistant referees have contract as Professional Referees (PR) with the JFA.

Referees
  • NISHIMURA Yuichi

    NISHIMURA Yuichi

    Affiliation:Tokyo
    Contracted: 2004

  • IMAMURA Yoshiro

    IMAMURA Yoshiro

    Affiliation:Shiga
    Contracted: 2020

  • NAKAMURA Futoshi

    NAKAMURA Futoshi

    Affiliation:Saitama
    Contracted: 2022

  • IIDA Jumpei

    IIDA Jumpei

    Affiliation:Tokyo
    Contracted: 2011

  • KIMURA Hiroyuki

    KIMURA Hiroyuki

    Affiliation:Hokkaido
    Contracted: 2012

  • YAMAMOTO Yudai

    YAMAMOTO Yudai

    Affiliation:Kyoto
    Contracted: 2015

  • IKEUCHI Akihiko

    IKEUCHI Akihiko

    Affiliation:Hiroshima
    Contracted: 2021

  • SHIMIZU Hayato

    SHIMIZU Hayato

    Affiliation:Chiba
    Contracted: 2022

  • FUKUSHIMA Koichiro

    FUKUSHIMA Koichiro

    Affiliation:Kagoshima
    Contracted: 2020

  • MIKURIYA Takafumi

    MIKURIYA Takafumi

    Affiliation:Tokyo
    Contracted: 2024

  • YAMASHITA Yoshimi

    YAMASHITA Yoshimi

    Affiliation:Tokyo
    Contracted: 2022

  • ARAKI Yusuke

    ARAKI Yusuke

    Affiliation:Tokyo
    Contracted: 2018

  • TANIMOTO Ryo

    TANIMOTO Ryo

    Affiliation:Osaka
    Contracted: 2023

  • KASAHARA Hiroki

    KASAHARA Hiroki

    Affiliation:Fukuoka
    Contracted: 2021

Assistant referees
  • TAKAGI Takumi

    TAKAGI Takumi

    Affiliation:Kanagawa
    Contracted: 2018

  • NISHIHASHI Isao

    NISHIHASHI Isao

    Affiliation:Osaka
    Contracted: 2020

  • ASADA Takeshi

    ASADA Takeshi

    Affiliation:Chiba
    Contracted: 2024

  • WATANABE Kota

    WATANABE Kota

    Affiliation:Osaka
    Contracted: 2023

Referees
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