Yoshito Okubo issued Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic a fresh reminder of his goalscoring prowess with a brace on Saturday, his J1 record-extending 160th and 161st career goals helping league-leading Kawasaki Frontale come from behind to win 4-2 at FC Tokyo.
Australian striker Nathan Burns marked his first league outing of the season with an early opener for Tokyo at Ajinomoto Stadium before Okubo got on the scoresheet for the third year in a row in the Tamagawa Classico at this venue to tie it up in the 11th minute.
Ryoichi Maeda put Tokyo back in front after the break but Okubo leveled from the penalty spot, and Yu Kobayashi made it 3-2 with nine minutes left before Elsinho wrapped up the win in stoppage time to preserve Frontale's unbeaten start to the season.