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Yuichi Nishimura

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Yuichi Nishimura (西村 雄一, Nishimura Yūichi; born 17 April 1972) is a Japanese football referee. He has refereed in the Japanese J. League Division 1 since 1999 and has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2004. He refereed at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, where he was appointed to several prestigious matches, including as fourth official on the final. He also refereed the opening match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup between hosts Brazil and Croatia, and the second leg of the 2014 AFC Champions League final between Al Hilal and Western Sydney Wanderers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Yuichi Nishimura is the 47th most popular referee (down from 34th in 2024), the 1,598th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,328th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Referee.

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Yuichi Nishimura ranks 47 out of 147. Before him are Pedro Proença, Jorge Larrionda, Peter O'Leary, Pierluigi Pairetto, Urs Meier, and Marco Antonio Rodríguez. After him are Manuel Mejuto González, Felix Brych, Anthony Taylor, Herbert Fandel, Khalil Al Ghamdi, and Carlos Velasco Carballo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Yuichi Nishimura ranks 258. Before him are Alex Kapranos, Cristina Scabbia, Luca Turilli, Seo Taiji, Konstantin Khabensky, and Henrique Capriles. After him are Danny Lloyd, Junko Takeuchi, Romi Park, Lola Pagnani, João Carlos dos Santos, and Stuart Townsend.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yuichi Nishimura ranks 1,598 out of 6,245. Before him are Keiji Fujiwara (1964), Nobuko Imai (1943), Nobuo Kishi (1959), Akitsugu Konno (1944), Takamasa Watanabe (1977), and Ryue Nishizawa (1966). After him are Toshi (1965), Hiroyuki Sawano (1980), Yukiko Okada (1967), Noritake Takahara (1951), Kaoru Kadohara (1970), and Sumi Shimamoto (1954).

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Among REFEREES In Japan

Among referees born in Japan, Yuichi Nishimura ranks 2. Before him are Toru Kamikawa (1963). After him are Ryuji Sato (1977), and Yoshimi Yamashita (1986).

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