In-form striker Yoshito Okubo scored twice to help fire Kawasaki Frontale back to the top of the J. League first division with a 3-1 come-from-behind win at home against 10-man Vissel Kobe on Saturday.
Okubo, the all-time leading scorer in the Japanese top flight with 165 goals, converted from the penalty spot to cancel out Kazuma Watanabe's opener for Kobe and then scored a well-taken second six minutes later.
Kobe's Masatoshi Mihara got sent off for a second yellow card, and Frontale's Elsinho wrapped up victory with a late third goal.