Toru Kamikawa
Football, Athlete
1963 –
Who is Toru Kamikawa?
Toru Kamikawa is a former Japanese football 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.
In the 2006 World Cup, he refereed first round matches between Poland and Ecuador in Group A, and between England and Trinidad and Tobago in Group B. He also refereed the third place playoff match between Germany and Portugal.
He was the AFC Referee of the Year in 2002, and the J. League Referee of the Year in 2003 and 2006.
Kamikawa became the first Asian referee to officiate a Russian Premier League match when he refereed a match between Luch-Energia Vladivostok and Spartak Moscow on August 20, 2006 in Vladivostok.
Before becoming a referee, he played football as a forward. He was educated at and played for Kagoshima National College of Technology and Tokai University. He represented Japan at an underage level in 1981. After the graduation, he joined Japan Soccer League side Fujita S.C. and finished his playing career there in 1991.
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- Born
- Jun 8, 1963
Kagoshima - Also known as
- Toru Tamikawa
- Nationality
- Japan
- Lived in
- Kagoshima Prefecture
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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