FIFA executive committee member Kozo Tashima was elected as the next Japan Football Association president on Sunday.

Tashima, the current vice president, won 40 of the 75 eligible votes in the JFA council while his opponent, general secretary Hiromi Hara, had 34. There was one blank vote in the JFA's first-ever presidential election.

The 58-year-old Tashima will formally take office on March 27, when he replaces Kuniya Daini on a two-year term.