J1 League referees
Japan
J1 League referees 2026/2027
Every referee's cards, penalties and fouls per game this season, strictest first. Cards count both teams, second yellows included. The league averages 3.18 cards and 0.12 penalties a match over 130 matches.
Strictest
Florian Exner
4.67 cards a game
Most lenient
Yusuke Ohashi
2.00 cards a game
Appointed
0
referees named for the next two weeks
| Referee | Next match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Florian Exner | 3 | 4.67 | 14 | 0 | 0.00 | 23.3 | – |
| Akihiko Ikeuchi | 9 | 4.56 | 39 | 2 | 0.00 | 23.4 | – |
| Koji Takasaki | 5 | 4.40 | 20 | 2 | 0.00 | 22.6 | – |
| Koki Nagamine | 7 | 3.86 | 26 | 1 | 0.00 | 24.3 | – |
| Atsushi Uemura | 9 | 3.56 | 31 | 1 | 0.22 | 22.7 | – |
| Hiroki Kasahara | 7 | 3.43 | 23 | 1 | 0.43 | 21.9 | – |
| Keigo Sendachi | 3 | 3.33 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 25.0 | – |
| Ryo Tanimoto | 4 | 3.25 | 13 | 0 | 0.00 | 19.8 | – |
| Futoshi Nakamura | 8 | 3.13 | 25 | 0 | 0.25 | 23.3 | – |
| Koei Koya | 8 | 3.13 | 24 | 1 | 0.00 | 21.8 | – |
| Yoshimi Yamashita | 4 | 3.00 | 11 | 1 | 0.00 | 23.0 | – |
| Koichiro Fukushima | 6 | 2.83 | 16 | 1 | 0.00 | 23.7 | – |
| Yuzo Sutani | 6 | 2.83 | 15 | 2 | 0.17 | 20.8 | – |
| Masuya Ueda | 9 | 2.78 | 24 | 1 | 0.11 | 22.6 | – |
| Takafumi Mikuriya | 7 | 2.71 | 16 | 3 | 0.14 | 21.7 | – |
| Jumpei Iida | 7 | 2.57 | 17 | 1 | 0.29 | 25.1 | – |
| Hayato Shimizu | 6 | 2.50 | 13 | 2 | 0.17 | 16.0 | – |
| Hiroyuki Kimura | 8 | 2.25 | 16 | 2 | 0.25 | 23.0 | – |
| Yusuke Ohashi | 5 | 2.00 | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 19.2 | – |
| César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos | 1 | 6.00 | 5 | 1 | 0.00 | 31.0 | – |
| Yusuke Araki | 2 | 4.00 | 7 | 1 | 0.00 | 20.5 | – |
| Harm Osmers | 2 | 3.50 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.5 | – |
| Daichi Shiino | 2 | 2.50 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 25.0 | – |
| Ming Fu | 2 | 1.50 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 25.0 | – |
| League average | 130 | 3.18 | 3.00 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 22.5 |
Bars compare cards per game with the league average (the middle tick): red is stricter, green more lenient. Tap a referee for their card-line form, recent matches and the card odds on their next match. Callouts need 3+ matches.