Japan Football Association


The Japan Football Association or Japan FA is the governing body responsible for the administration of football in Japan. It is responsible for the national team as well as club competitions.

History

The organisation was founded in 1921 as the Greater Japan Football Association, and became affiliated with FIFA in 1921. In 1945, the name of the organisation was changed to the Japan Football Association; its Japanese name was changed to the current title in 1975. This reflected common use of the word sakkā, derived from "soccer", rather than the older Japanese word shūkyū. The word sakkā gained popularity during the post-World War II occupation of Japan by the Allied powers. The association generally translates its name to "Japan Football Association" in English, though "Japan Soccer Association" is also used.

Symbol

The symbol of the JFA is the Yatagarasu, a mythical three-legged raven that guided Emperor Jimmu to Mount Kumano. Yatagarasu is also the messenger of the supreme Shinto sun goddess Amaterasu.

List of Presidents of JFA

The following is a list of presidents of Japan Football Association . The Honorary President is Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado.
PresidencyPresidentTook officeLeft office
1Jikichi Imamura19211933
2Ryutaro Fukao19351945
3Ryutaro Takahashi19471954
4Yuzuru Nozu19551976
5Tomisaburo Hirai19761987
6Shizuo Fujita19871992
7Hideo Shimada19921994
8Ken Naganuma19941998
9Shunichiro Okano19982002
10Saburo Kawabuchi20022008
11Motoaki Inukai20082010
12Junji Ogura20102012
13Kuniya Daini20122016
14Kozo Tashima2016Present

NamePositionSource
Kohzo TashimaPresident
Mitsuru MuraiVice President
Kazumichi Iwagami2nd Vice President
Kiyotaka SuharaGeneral Secretary
Masashi FukudaTreasurer
Tsuyoshi Nishimoto2nd Treasurer
Takashi SekizukaTechnical Director
Hajime MoriyasuTeam Coach
Asako TakauraTeam Coach
Hideki KatoMedia/Communications Manager
Tsuyoshi KitazawaFutsal Coordinator
Yoshimi OgawaReferee Coordinator

Sponsorship

Japan has one of the highest sponsorship incomes for a national squad. In 2010 their sponsorship income amounted to over 12.5 million pounds.
Primary sponsors include Kirin, Adidas, Panasonic, Saison Card International, FamilyMart, Fujifilm, ANA, Bank of Yokohama, NTT Docomo and Nissan.

Competitions run by the JFA