Japan Football Hall of Fame

The Nippon Soccer Dendō ( Japanese 日本 サ ッ カ ー 殿堂 , Nippon sakkā dendō , English Japan Football Hall of Fame ) is the hall of fame of Japanese football . The institution, which opened on May 27, 2007, welcomes exceptional players, coaches and officials who have made a contribution to the development of Japanese football. Since the summer of 2009, 49 people who have been admitted into six groups have been part of the Hall of Fame.

group	year	Recordings
1st group	2005	20th
2nd group	2006	10
3rd group	2006	7th
4th group	2007	5
5th group	2008	3
6th group	2009	4th

Members

Dettmar Cramer , 1st group, 2005 Kyaw Din , 4th group, 2007 Shizuo Fujita , 1st group, 2005 Ryūtarō Fukao , 1st group, 2005 Gen'ichi Fukushima , 2nd group, 2006 William Haigh , 5th group, 2008 Tomisaburō Hirai , 1st group, 2005 Ryūzō Hiraki , 1st group, 2005 Jikichi Imamura , 1st group, 2005 Toshio Iwatani , 2nd group, 2006

Tarō Kagawa , 2nd group, 2006 Kunishige Kamamoto , 1st group, 2005 Mitsuo Kamata , 4th group, 2007 Hiroshi Katayama , 4th group, 2007 Saburō Kawabuchi , 5th group, 2008 Taizō Kawamoto , 1st group, 2005 Yoshiyuki Maruyama , 6th group, 2009 Ikuo Matsumoto , 6th group, 2009 Masakatsu Miyamoto , 1st group, 2005 Teruki Miyamoto , 3rd group, 2006

Takaji Mori , 3rd group, 2006 Shigeaki Murakata , 1st group, 2005 Ken Naganuma , 1st group, 2005 Hirokazu Ninomiya , 2nd group, 2006 Sumioki Nitta , 2nd group, 2006 Yuzuru Nozu , 1st group, 2005 Aritatsu Ogi , 3rd group, 2006 Shun'ichirō Okano , 1st group, 2005 Takuji Ono , 2nd group, 2006 Shirō Ōtani , 6th group, 2009

Hideo Shimada , 1st group, 2005 Hideo Shinojima , 2nd group, 2006 Ryūichi Sugiyama , 1st group, 2005 Shigeyoshi Suzuki , 4th group, 2007 Hidetoki Takahashi , 6th group, 2009 Ryūtarō Takahashi , 1st group, 2005 Shigemaru Takenokoshi , 1st group, 2005 Teizō Takeuchi , 2nd group, 2006 Misao Tamai , 2nd group, 2006 Jitarō Tanabe (Gohei Tanabe, the 14th), 1st group, 2005

Shirō Teshima , 5th group, 2008 Masanori Tokita , 2nd group, 2006 Gendō Tsuboi , 3rd group, 2006 Tairei Uchino , 3rd group, 2006 Masashi Watanabe , 3rd group, 2006 Shigeo Yaegashi , 1st group, 2005 Gorō Yamada , 1st group, 2005 Yoshitada Yamaguchi , 4th group, 2007 Kenzō Yokoyama , 3rd group, 2006

Web links

• Nihon Soccer Kyōkai / Japan Football Association website (Japanese)
• Nippon Soccer Museum / Japan Football Museum (Japanese)
• Japan Soccer Archive (English)