2012 Tokyo Verdy season
| 2012 season | |||
| Manager | Ryoichi Kawakatsu | ||
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| J. League Division 2 | - | ||
| Emperor's Cup | - | ||
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The 2012 Tokyo Verdy season sees Tokyo Verdy compete in J. League Division 2 for the fourth consecutive season and 12th second-tier season overall since 1972. Tokyo Verdy are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
Competitions
J. League
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ventforet Kofu (C) (P) | 42 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 63 | 35 | +28 | 86 | Promotion to 2013 J.League Division 1 | 
| 2 | Shonan Bellmare (P) | 42 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 75 | |
| 3 | Kyoto Sanga | 42 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 61 | 45 | +16 | 74 | Qualification to promotion playoffs | 
| 4 | Yokohama FC | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 73 | |
| 5 | JEF United Chiba | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 72 | |
| 6 | Oita Trinita (O) (P) | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 71 | |
| 7 | Tokyo Verdy | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 66 | |
| 8 | Fagiano Okayama | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 65 | |
| 9 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 64 | |
| 10 | Montedio Yamagata | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 61 | |
| 11 | Tochigi SC | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 60 | |
| 12 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 59 | |
| 13 | Mito HollyHock | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 56 | |
| 14 | Roasso Kumamoto | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 55 | |
| 15 | Tokushima Vortis | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 51 | |
| 16 | Ehime FC | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 50 | |
| 17 | Thespa Kusatsu | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 47 | |
| 18 | Avispa Fukuoka | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 53 | 68 | −15 | 41 | |
| 19 | Kataller Toyama | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 38 | |
| 20 | Gainare Tottori | 42 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 33 | 78 | −45 | 38 | |
| 21 | FC Gifu | 42 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 27 | 55 | −28 | 35 | |
| 22 | Machida Zelvia (R) | 42 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 32 | Relegation to 2013 Japan Football League 1 | 
Updated to games played on 11 November 2012.
Source: J.League Division 2
Rules for classification: 
1st points; 2nd goal differential; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th disciplinary points; 6th draw
If two clubs are tied for first place, both clubs will be declared champions.
1 The promotion and relegation between J2 and JFL will take place only if more than one promotion-eligible (i.e. having a J.League Associate Membership) JFL team finished above second place and playoff will be played only if a eligible JFL team finished in second place(See the corresponding section for further details). As only 2012 Japan Football League Champion V-Varen Nagasaki has the Associate Membership among the top 2 teams. Machida Zelvia was relegated immediately but no relegation/playoff was taken place for FC Gifu which finished 21st.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round. 
Only applicable when the season is not finished: 
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Matches
| 4 March 2012 1 | Tokyo Verdy | 2 – 0 | Matsumoto Yamaga | Tokyo | 
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| 13:05 JST | Kobayashi  51' Josimar  58' | (Report) |  14' Watanabe | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 12,432 Referee:  Koichiro Fukushima | 
| 11 March 2012 2 | Tokyo Verdy | 1 – 3 | Ventforet Kofu | Tokyo | 
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| 16:05 JST | Kobayashi  14' Kobayashi  57' Fukatsu  90+1' | (Report) |  17' Davi  60' Sasaki  80' Katagiri | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 7,020 Referee:  Toshimitsu Yoshida | 
| 17 March 2012 3 | Kataller Toyama | 1 – 4 | Tokyo Verdy | Toyama | 
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| 16:06 JST | Kurobe  5' Kato  58' | (Report) |    3', 50' Mori  10' Abe  24' Kajikawa  55' Iio  78' Koike | Stadium: Toyama Stadium Attendance: 3,470 Referee:  Takuto Okabe | 
| 20 March 2012 4 | Yokohama F.C. | 0 – 0 | Tokyo Verdy | Kanagawa | 
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| 19:03 JST | Park  49' Ōkubo  86' | (Report) |  10' Nishi  29' Fukatsu  75' Kajikawa | Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 3,549 Referee:  Tetsuro Yoshida | 
| 25 March 2012 5 | Tokyo Verdy | 2 – 0 | Thespa Kusatsu | Tokyo | 
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| 16:03 JST | Nishi  23' Abe  64' Abe  90+4' | (Report) |  32' Nakamura | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 3,008 Referee:  Yuichi Nishimura | 
| 1 April 2012 6 | Machida Zelvia | 1 – 2 | Tokyo Verdy | Machida | 
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| 16:04 JST | Kitai  65' Ota  80' | (Report) |  41' Kobayashi  46' Abe  77' Sugimoto  79' Sugimoto | Stadium: Machida Stadium Attendance: 6,288 Referee:  Yuki Noda | 
| 8 April 2012 7 | Tokyo Verdy | 2 – 0 | Tokushima Vortis | Tokyo | 
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| 13:03 JST | Sugimoto  61' Abe  81' Koike  88' | (Report) |  90' Kim | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 3,110 Referee:  Koichiro Fukushima | 
| 15 April 2012 8 | Kyoto Sanga | 1 – 0 | Tokyo Verdy | Kyoto | 
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| 14:05 JST | Nagasawa  24' Jung  35' Hara  81' | (Report) |  23' Nishi | Stadium: Kyoto Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium Attendance: 8,741 Referee:  Kazuyoshi Enomoto | 
| 22 April 2012 9 | Tokyo Verdy | 1 – 2 | Shonan Bellmare | Tokyo | 
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| 14:33 JST | Tsuchiya  17' Wada  24' Takahashi  38' Fukatsu  59' Mori  71' Abe  87' | (Report) |  26' Furuhashi  41' Nagaki  70' Endo  71' Shimamura  90+2' Endo | Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 6,544 Referee:  Hiroyuki Kimura | 
| 27 April 2012 10 | Avispa Fukuoka | 1 – 3 | Tokyo Verdy | Fukuoka | 
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| 19:03 JST | Sakata  64' | (Report) |  22' Abe  53',  85',  90+7' Takahashi  69' Mori  90+1' Maki | Stadium: LEVEL-5 Stadium Attendance: 3,262 Referee:  Nobutsugu Murakami | 
| 30 April 2012 11 | Tokyo Verdy | 0 – 2 | Montedio Yamagata | Tokyo | 
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| 17:04 JST | Kajikawa  23' | (Report) |  18' Miyasaka  19' Yamazaki  41' Bandai  69' Nakashima | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 6,114 Referee:  Hiroyoshi Takayama | 
| 3 May 2012 12 | Roasso Kumamoto | 0 – 2 | Tokyo Verdy | Kumamoto | 
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| 13:04 JST | Katayama    27', 85' Goryo  54' Yoshii  65' Shiratani  90' Choi  90+2' | (Report) |  24' Fukatsu  56' Iio  76' Nakatani  90+4' Kobayashi | Stadium: Kumamoto Athletics Stadium Attendance: 5,775 Referee:  Hiromichi Oka | 
| 6 May 2012 13 | Mito HollyHock | 0 – 2 | Tokyo Verdy | Mito | 
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| 19:04 JST | Suzuki  29' Kim    40', 58' Kanakubo  64' Nishioka  66' Wako  90+5' | (Report) |  36' Iio  85' Nishi  88' Kajikawa | Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito Attendance: 4,170 Referee:  Haruki Hidaka | 
| 13 May 2012 14 | Tokyo Verdy | 0 – 1 | Fagiano Okayama | Tokyo | 
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| 13:03 JST | Tsuchiya  65' | (Report) |  17' Sengoku  81' Sekido | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 3,515 Referee:  Kazuyoshi Enomoto | 
| 20 May 2012 15 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 1 – 5 | Tokyo Verdy | Kitakyushu | 
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| 13:03 JST | Takano  17' Kim  47' Komorida  52',  58' | (Report) |  5' Fukatsu  17',  79' Abe  24' Nishi  50' Fukatsu  60' Takahashi  82' Maki | Stadium: Honjo Stadium Attendance: 3,491 Referee:  Masuya Ueda | 
| 27 May 2012 16 | Tochigi S.C. | 3 - 2 | Tokyo Verdy | Utsunomiya | 
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| 16:00 JST | Hirose  24' Takagi  77'  79' Onodera  84' | Report | Nishi  27' Koike  88' | Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium Attendance: 4,473 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto | 
| 2 June 2012 17 | Tokyo Verdy | 3 - 1 | Oita Trinita | Tokyo | 
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| 17:00 JST | Sugimoto  10' Takahashi  15' Mori  18'  38' Iio  48' | Report | Murai  12' Morishima  16' (pen.)  86' Ishigami  31' | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 3,670 Referee: Takuto Okabe | 
| 9 June 2012 18 | Gainare Tottori | 0 - 2 | Tokyo Verdy | Tottori | 
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| 19:00 JST | Report | Abe  45', 68'  52' Tsuchiya  58' | Stadium: Tottori Bank Bird Stadium Attendance: 3,508 Referee: Yosuke Kubota | 
| 13 June 2012 19 | Tokyo Verdy | 4 - 1 | F.C. Gifu | Tokyo | 
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| 19:00 JST | Nishi  4' Kobayashi  75' (pen.) Takahashi  82' Abe  87' | Report | Hiroko Higuchi  12' Nogaito  85' Kohei Nakajima  90' | Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 3,187 Referee: Akihiro Ikeuchi | 
| 17 June 2012 20 | Tokyo Verdy | 2 - 1 | JEF United Chiba | Tokyo | 
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| 18:00 JST | Sugimoto  12' Kajikawa  23' Tsuchiya  45' Abe  72' | Report | Sato  28' Aarøy  88' | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 6,933 Referee: Antonio Arias | 
| 24 June 2012 21 | Ehime F.C. | 3 - 1 | Tokyo Verdy | Matsuyama | 
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| 19:00 JST | Oyama  37' Alair  51' Urata  65' Azuma  80' | Report | Fukatsu    18', 76' Abe  32' | Stadium: Ningineer Stadium Attendance: 3,653 Referee:  Taku Nagaya | 
| 1 July 2012 22 | Tokyo Verdy | 2 - 0 | Mito HollyHock | Tokyo | 
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| 18:00 JST | Abe  11', 31' | Report | Suzuki  23' | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 3,128 Referee:  Hiroyoshi Takayama | 
| 8 July 2012 23 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 3 - 2 | Tokyo Verdy | Matsumoto | 
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| 19:00 JST | Tsurumaki  38'  42' Mutsumi Tamabayashi  81' Shiozawa  85' | Report | Mori  68' Chugo  90' | Stadium: Matsumoto Stadium Attendance: 10,092 Referee:  Takuto Okabe | 
| 15 July 2012 24 | Tokyo Verdy | 1 - 0 | Gainare Tottori | Tokyo | 
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| 19:00 JST | Mori  26' Sugimoto  66' | Report | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 4,151 Referee:  Tomohiro Tsukada | 
| 22 July 2012 25 | Tokyo Verdy | 2 - 0 | Roasso Kumamoto | Tokyo | 
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| 19:00 JST | Maki  20' Fukatsu  39' Chugo  45' Kobayashi  45+3' Doi  79' Takahashi  90' Kajikawa  90+5' | Report | Kurakawa  53' | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 4,160 Referee:  Akihiko Ikeuchi | 
| 29 July 2012 26 | Ventforet Kofu | 3 - 1 | Tokyo Verdy | Kofu | 
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| 19:00 JST | Nagasato  1' Hosaka    40', 45+1' Tsuda  65' Kashiwa  71' Ishihara  88'  90+2' | Report | Fukatsu    6', 26' Takahashi  52' Tone  58' Abe  72' Koike  90+5' | Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium Attendance: 12,105 Referee:  Darren Deadman | 
| 5 August 2012 27 | Tokyo Verdy | 1 - 0 | Kataller Toyama | Tokyo | 
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| 19:00 JST | Iio  23' | Report | Fukuda  57' | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 3,504 Referee:  Hiroyuki Kimura | 
| 12 August 2012 28 | Tokyo Verdy | 0 - 1 | Kyoto Sanga | Tokyo | 
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| 19:00 JST | Takahashi  16' Tone  63' | Report | Bajalica  10' Fukumura  48' Mizutani  61' Nakamura  65' | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 4,824 Referee:  Toshimitsu Yoshida | 
| 19 August 2012 29 | Shonan Bellmare | 1 - 1 | Tokyo Verdy | Hiratsuka | 
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| 18:30 JST | Kobayashi  39' Macena  56' | Summary | Iio  50' Jymmy  76' | Stadium: Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium Attendance: 9,370 Referee:  Nobutsugu Murakami | 
| 22 August 2012 30 | Oita Trinita | 2 - 1 | Tokyo Verdy | Oita | 
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| 19:00 JST | Mitsuhira  26' Choi Jung-Han  80'  81' | Summary | Abe  57' | Stadium: Ōita Bank Dome Attendance: 7,007 Referee:  Minoru Tojo | 
| 26 August 2012 31 | Tokyo Verdy | 0 - 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Kita | 
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| 19:00 JST | Summary | Tokiwa  40' Tada  58' Hayashi  89' | Stadium: Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,088 Referee:  Hiroyoshi Takayama | 
| 2 September 2012 32 | F.C. Gifu | 1 - 0 | Tokyo Verdy | Gifu | 
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| 19:00 JST | Danilo Pereira  55'  67' Tanaka  62' | Summary | Stadium: Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium Attendance: 4,849 Referee:  Yuki Noda | 
| 14 September 2012 33 | Tokyo Verdy | 1 - 1 | Avispa Fukuoka | Kita | 
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| 20:00 JST | Takahashi  22' Mori  67' Shoya Nakajima  83' | Summary | Kim Min-Je  8' Koga  20' Yamaguchi  29' | Stadium: Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,875 Referee:  Takuto Okabe | 
| 17 September 2012 34 | Tokyo Verdy | 3 - 0 | Ehime F.C. | Tokyo | 
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| 16:00 JST | Abe  26' (pen.) Nishi  38' Tsuchiya  42' Alex Henrique  69' | Summary | Alair  24' Akimoto  31' | Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 3,893 Referee:  Koji Morikawa | 
| 23 September 2012 35 | JEF United Chiba | 2 - 2 | Tokyo Verdy | Chiba | 
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| JST | Yamaguchi  4' Arata  26'  33' Oiwa  60' Ricardo Lobo  70' Yazawa  86' | Summary | Takahashi  11' Chugo  43' Alex  65' Abe  90+3' | Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena Attendance: 8,514 Referee:  Futoshi Nakamura | 
| 30 September 2012 36 | Montedio Yamagata | 1 - 1 | Tokyo Verdy | Yamagata | 
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| 17:00 JST | Akiba  77' Hirose  90+5' | Summary | Tsuchiya  90+5' | Stadium: NDsoft Stadium Yamagata Attendance: 6,945 Referee:  Toshimitsu Yoshida | 
| 7 October 2012 37 | Tokyo Verdy | 1 - 1 | Machida Zelvia | Tokyo | 
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| 17:00 JST | Kajikawa  50' Mori  70' Tsuchiya  83' Chugo  84' | Summary | Dimić  85' (pen.) | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 8,645 Referee:  Nobutsugu Murakami | 
| 14 October 2012 38 | Fagiano Okayama | 2 - 0 | Tokyo Verdy | Okayama | 
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| 14:00 JST | Kim Min-Kyun    3', 48' Kawamata  17' Tadokoro  90+3' | Summary | Alex Henrique  52' Kijima  72' Shibasaki  85' | Stadium: Kanko Stadium Attendance: 8,798 Referee:  Yosuke Kubota | 
| 21 October 2012 39 | Tokyo Verdy | 4 - 1 | Tochigi S.C. | Tokyo | 
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| JST | Shoya Nakajima  16', 58', 62' Kajikawa  40' Nishi  51' Tone  82' Abe  90+1' | Summary | Sabia  46' | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 5,264 Referee:  Hajime Matsuo | 
| 28 October 2012 40 | Tokushima Vortis | 2 - 1 | Tokyo Verdy | Naruto | 
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| JST | Tsuda  38', 90' Nishijima  90' | Summary | Fukatsu  66' Mori  76' | Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium Attendance: 4,152 Referee:  Tomohiro Inoue | 
| 4 November 2012 41 | Tokyo Verdy | 0 - 1 | Yokohama F.C. | Tokyo | 
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| 16:00 JST | Summary | Nozaki  25' Bae Seung-Jin  57' Tahara  78' | Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 13,093 Referee:  Masuya Ueda | 
| 11 November 2012 42 | Thespa Kusatsu | 0 - 1 | Tokyo Verdy | Maebashi | 
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| 13:00 JST | Alex Rafael  90+5' | Summary | Takahashi  1' | Stadium: Shoda Stadium Attendance: 5,765 Referee:  Tetsuro Yoshida | 
Emperor's Cup
| 8 September 2012 Round 2 | Tokyo Verdy | 3 - 0 | Hoyo Oita | Kita, Tokyo | 
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| 13:00 | Kajikawa  18' Iio  32' França  90+4' | Report | Stadium: Nishigaoka Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,093 Referee: Kazuyuki Hayakawa | 
| 10 October 2012 Round 3 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 - 0 | Tokyo Verdy | Shizuoka City | 
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| 19:00 | Shirasaki  54' | Report | Stadium: Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 3,223 Referee: Ryuji Sato | 
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