Introducing Referees
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, 13 referees and 4 assistant referees have contract as Professional Referees (PR) with the JFA.
Referees
MURAKAMI Nobutsugu
Date of birth: 1969/5/11
Affiliation:Gifu
Registered: 2008
NISHIMURA Yuichi
Date of birth: 1972/4/17
Affiliation:Tokyo
Registered: 2004
MATSUO Hajime
Date of birth: 1972/9/26
Affiliation:Osaka Prefecture
Registered: 2008
IEMOTO Masaaki
Date of birth: 1973/6/2
Affiliation:Kanagawa
Registered: 2005
IMAMURA Yoshiro
Date of birth: 1977/3/5
Affiliation:Shiga
Registered: 2020
SATO Ryuji
Date of birth: 1977/4/16
Affiliation:Aichi
Registered: 2009
IIDA Jumpei
Date of birth: 1981/8/14
Affiliation:Tokyo
Registered: 2011
KIMURA Hiroyuki
Date of birth: 1982/1/30
Affiliation:Hokkaido
Registered: 2012
YAMAMOTO Yudai
Date of birth: 1983/3/4
Affiliation:Kyoto
Registered: 2015
IKEUCHI Akihiko
Date of birth: 1983/8/5
Affiliation:Hiroshima
Registered: 2021
FUKUSHIMA Koichiro
Date of birth: 1983/12/20
Affiliation:Kagoshima
Registered: 2020
ARAKI Yusuke
Date of birth: 1986/5/2
Affiliation:Tokyo
Registered: 2018
KASAHARA Hiroki
Date of birth: 1989/4/8
Affiliation:Fukuoka
Registered: 2021
Assistant referees
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YAMAUCHI Hiroshi
Date of birth: 1979/1/20
Affiliation:Tokyo
Registered: 2018 -
TAKAGI Takumi
Date of birth: 1982/1/9
Affiliation:Kanagawa
Registered: 2018 -
NISHIHASHI Isao
Date of birth: 1986/8/27
Affiliation:Osaka Prefecture
Registered: 2020 -
NOMURA Osamu
Date of birth: 1989/6/26
Affiliation:Hyogo
Registered: 2020
