Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
. The Hall aims to celebrate the achievements of the all-time top Japanese football players, managers, and other persons who have been significant figures in the history of the game in Japan.
Taro Kagawa
was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan's national team. His brother is journalist and former footballer Hiroshi Kagawa.
Club career
Kagawa was born in Kobe on August 9, 1922. After graduating from Kobe University of Economics, he ...
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Hideo Shinojima
was a Japanese football player.
National team career
Shinojima was born in Nikko on January 21, 1910. In May 1930, when he was a Tokyo Imperial University student, he was selected Japan national team for 1930 Far Eastern Championship Games in ...
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Teizo Takeuchi
was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Lighting designer Motoko Ishii is his daughter.
Club career
Takeuchi was born in Tokyo on 6 November 1908. He played for Tokyo Imperial University LB was consisted of his alm ...
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Misao Tamai
was a Japanese football player.
Club career
Tamai was born in Hyogo Prefecture on December 16, 1903. He played for Waseda WMW was consisted of his alma mater Waseda University players and graduates. At the club, he played with many Japan nati ...
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Masanori Tokita
was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Tokita was born in Kobe on June 24, 1925. After graduating from Kwansei Gakuin University, he joined Tanabe Pharmaceutical in 1950. He retired in 1959. He also pla ...
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Hirokazu Ninomiya
was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He also managed Japan national team.
Club career
Ninomiya was born in Hyogo Prefecture on 22 November 1917. He played for Keio BRB was consisted of his alma mate ...
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Kenzo Yokoyama
is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for, and then managed, the Japanese national team.
Club career
Yokoyama was born in Saitama on January 21, 1943. After graduating from Kawaguchi High School and Rikkyo University, he ...
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Takaji Mori
was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Mori was born in Fukuyama on November 24, 1943. He played for Waseda University. He won 1963 and 1966 Emperor's Cup at university. After graduating from ...
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Teruki Miyamoto
was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Miyamoto was born in Hiroshima on December 26, 1940. After graduating from high school, he joined Yawata Steel (later ''Nippon Steel'') in 1959. The clu ...
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Masashi Watanabe
was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He also managed Japan national team.
Club career
Watanabe was born in Hiroshima on January 11, 1936. After graduating from high school, he joined Yawata Steel (la ...
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Aritatsu Ogi
is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Ogi was born in Hiroshima on December 10, 1942. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined his local club Toyo Industries in 1965. The club won the cham ...
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Mitsuo Kamata
is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.
Club career
Kamata was born in Ibaraki Prefecture on December 16, 1937. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined Furukawa Electric in 1960. He won ...
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Yoshitada Yamaguchi
is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Yamaguchi was born in Fujieda on September 28, 1944. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined Hitachi (later ''Kashiwa Reysol'') in 1967. In 1972, the ...
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Hiroshi Katayama
is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. His father Yutaka Katayama was the former president of Nissan USA.
Club career
Katayama was born in Meguro, Tokyo on May 28, 1940. After graduating from Keio University, ...
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Shigeyoshi Suzuki
was a Japanese football player who played for and later managed the Japan national team.
Club career
Suzuki was born in Fukushima Prefecture on October 13, 1902. He was a founding member of the football team at Waseda University High School in ...
Shiro Teshima
was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Teshima was born in Hiroshima Prefecture on February 26, 1907. He played for Tokyo OB Club and won 1933 Emperor's Cup with Shigemaru Takenokoshi and Teiichi Mats ...
2009
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Ikuo Matsumoto
is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Matsumoto was born in Utsunomiya on November 3, 1941. After graduating from high school, he joined Toyo Industries in 1964. In 1965, Toyo Indust ...
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Hidetoki Takahashi
was a Japanese Association football, football player and manager. He managed Japan national football team, Japan national team.
Playing career
Takahashi was born in Fukushima (city), Fukushima on April 11, 1916. He played for Waseda University. ...
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2010
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Daishiro Yoshimura
(former name; Nelson Yoshimura, ネルソン 吉村) was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team, having naturalized in 1970.
Club career
Yoshimura was born in São Paulo, Brazil on August 16, 1947. He moved ...
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Hiroshi Ochiai
is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Ochiai was born in Saitama on 28 February 1946. After graduating from high school, he joined Toshiba in 1964. He played at offensive position. In 1966, he mo ...
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Hiroshi Kagawa
is Japanese former football player and journalist. His brother Taro Kagawa was also footballer.
Playing career
Hiroshi Kagawa was born in Kobe in 1924. After graduating from Kobe University of Commerce, he played for Osaka SC. He and his te ...
Yasuhiko Okudera
is a Japanese former football player and manager. He is the president of J2 League club Yokohama FC and was formerly the president of English club Plymouth Argyle. Okudera was the first Japanese footballer to play professionally in Europe, as we ...
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Yoshikazu Nagai
is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. His son Shunta Nagai is also a former footballer.
Club career
Nagai was born in Saitama on April 16, 1952. After graduating from high school, he joined Furukawa Electr ...
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Hans Ooft
Marius Johan ("Hans") Ooft (born 1947) is a Dutch former football player and manager who became the first foreigner to head the Japanese football team. Under Ooft, Japan won the Asian Championship for the first time in 1992 but was fired a yea ...
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Shizuo Takada
is a former Japanese football referee. He refereed a first round match between Spain and Algeria in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He also officiated a first round match between Yugoslavia and UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْ ...
2014
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Michihiro Ozawa
is a former Japanese Association football, football player. He played for Japan national football team, Japan national team.
Club career
Ozawa was born in Utsunomiya on December 25, 1932. After graduating from University of Tsukuba, Tokyo Univer ...
Teiichi Matsumaru
was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Matsumaru was born in Bunkyo, Tokyo on February 28, 1909. He played for Keio BRB was consisted of his alma mater Keio University players and graduates. At Keio BRB ...
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Yukio Shimomura
is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He also managed Japan national team.
Club career
Shimomura was born in Hiroshima on January 25, 1932. After graduating from Shudo High School, he joined his l ...
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Hiroshi Ninomiya
is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He also managed Japan national team.
Club career
Ninomiya was born in Tokyo on February 13, 1937. After graduating from Keio University, he joined Mitsubishi ...
Shu Kamo
is a former Japanese football player and manager. He managed the Japan national team.
Playing career
Kamo was born in Ashiya on October 29, 1939. After graduation from Kwansei Gakuin University, he played for Yanmar Diesel from 1965 to 1967.
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Hisashi Kato
Hisashi is a masculine Japanese given name. Its meaning differs depending on the kanji used to write it.
Kanji
Single kanji used to write the name Hisashi include:
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*: "eternal"
*: "still"
*: "standard"
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Ruy Ramos
is a former football player and manager, originally from Brazil, who spent his career in Japan and played for the Japan national team. Ramos is currently active as a television personality and ''tarento'', represented with Irving.
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Takeshi Okada
is a Japanese former football player and manager. He played for and managed the Japan national team.
Club career
Okada was born in Osaka on August 25, 1956. After graduating from Waseda University, he joined Japan Soccer League (JSL) club Fu ...
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Norio Sasaki
is a Japanese football coach and former player who is currently the general manager of Omiya Ardija Ventus. He is best known for leading the Japan women's national team to their first and only FIFA Women's World Cup win in 2011 over the Uni ...
2020
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Kazushi Kimura
is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Kimura was born in Hiroshima on July 19, 1958. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Nissan Motors (later ''Yokohama Marinos'') in 198 ...
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