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Toru Kamikawa

1963 - Today

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Toru Kamikawa (上川徹, Kamikawa Tōru; born June 8, 1963) is a former Japanese football (soccer) referee, debuting in Japan's professional J. League in 1996. Kamikawa was born in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture. An international referee since 1998, he refereed one match at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and three matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In the 2002 World Cup, he refereed a first round match between Ireland and Cameroon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Toru Kamikawa is the 25th most popular referee (up from 43rd in 2024), the 1,328th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,488th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Referee.

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Toru Kamikawa ranks 25 out of 147. Before him are István Kovács, Maurice Guigue, Viktor Kassai, Gamal Al-Ghandour, Massimo Busacca, and Damir Skomina. After him are Clément Turpin, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho, Tom Henning Øvrebø, Wolfgang Stark, Frank De Bleeckere, and Daniele Orsato.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Toru Kamikawa ranks 269. Before him are Vegard Ulvang, Peter Scully, Shin Kyung-sook, Brian Greene, Pia Cramling, and Alex Proyas. After him are Slobodan Dubajić, Michael Chiklis, Greg Nicotero, Jørn Andersen, Clint Mansell, and Olha Bryzhina.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Toru Kamikawa ranks 1,328 out of 6,245. Before him are Tetsuo Hara (1961), Ōten Shimokawa (1892), Yasushi Akashi (1931), Kenjirō Tokutomi (1868), Atsushi Yamaguchi (1980), and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (1962). After him are Keiko Takemiya (1950), Akio Ōtsuka (1959), Shōhei Ōoka (1909), Mana (1969), Akina Nakamori (1965), and Tetsuya Komuro (1958).

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Among REFEREES In Japan

Among referees born in Japan, Toru Kamikawa ranks 1. After him are Yuichi Nishimura (1972), Ryuji Sato (1977), and Yoshimi Yamashita (1986).

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