Minoru Tōjō


Minoru Tōjō is a Japanese association football referee who currently officiates in the J-League, and Div. 2. Since 2007 he has been an international referee.

Career

Since becoming a professional referee in 2008, Minoru has been refereeing in the J-League and Div. 2. He has also officiated the 2008 AFC President's Cup group stage game between Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn and Nagacorp FC. He has refereed in the 2008 AFC Cup, officiating 3 matches. He has also covered in the 2009 AFC Champions League officiating 3 games, likewise in the 2010 AFC Champions League. He also, as a guest referee, officiated the final game of the Polish Ekstraklasa between Legia Warsaw and Lech Poznan.
International matches
To date, Minoru has officiated four full internationals, as well as being a referee in the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship. He has also refereed three friendlies, and a 2011 Asian Cup qualification game.
He refereed the FIFA World Cup 2014 Third Round Qualifier match between Singapore and Iraq on 6 September 2011, making a controversial decision where he denied Singapore a blatant penalty.
He was the referee for the Southeast Asian Games final match between Malaysia and Indonesia on 21 November 2011 and was widely praised for his calm refereeing of the match between the two great rivals.
DateHomeAwayResultCompetition
August 4, 2008 Syria U16s Indonesia U16s2 - 12008 AFC U-16 Championship
August 6, 2008 Uzbekistan U16s Iran U16s1 - 22008 AFC U-16 Championship
August 8, 2008 Syria U16s South Korea U16s1 - 12008 AFC U-16 Championship
August 12, 2008 Australia U16s UAE U16s2 - 32008 AFC U-16 Championship
May 29, 2009 Belgium Chile1 - 1Kirin Cup
October 10, 2009 Australia Netherlands0 - 0Friendly Match
November 18, 2009 Indonesia Kuwait1 - 12011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
June 5, 2011 Australia New Zealand3 - 0Friendly Match
June 7, 2011 Australia Serbia0 - 0Friendly Match
September 6, 2011 Singapore Iraq0 - 22014 FIFA World Cup qualification
November 21, 20111 - 1
3 – 4 		2011 Southeast Asian Games Football Tournament Final
December 9, 2012 Iran Saudi Arabia0 - 02012 WAFF Championship
December 14, 2012 Oman Palestine2 - 12012 WAFF Championship
February 6, 2013 Iraq Indonesia1 - 02015 AFC Asian Cup qualification