Oh Se-hun (27), a former South Korean national team striker now playing for Shimizu S-Pulse, has set a new record for the fastest goal in the history of Japan's J1 League, the country's top professional football division.
Oh started in an away match against V-Varen Nagasaki in the ninth round of the 2026 season J1 Centenary Vision League, held at Peace Stadium Connected by SoftBank in Nagasaki on the afternoon of May 5. He scored the opening goal just seven seconds after the kickoff whistle.
Immediately after Nagasaki's kickoff, Oh pressed goalkeeper Goto Masa-aki the moment he received the ball, blocking his kick with his right foot. The ball deflected off Oh and rolled directly into the net for the opening goal.
By finding the net seven seconds into the match, Oh rewrote the J1 League's fastest goal record. According to Japanese outlet Sponichi Annex, the previous record was eight seconds, set in April 2006 by Sanfrecce Hiroshima's former Japan international striker Sato Hisato against Cerezo Osaka — one second slower than Oh's new mark.
"That kind of goal is one you can only score if you're always looking for it," Oh said in a post-match interview published on the club's official website.
Oh also converted a penalty kick in first-half stoppage time to complete a brace, leading Shimizu to a commanding 3-0 victory.
Oh, who previously played for Machida Zelvia, joined Shimizu on a short-term loan from February 1 to June 30 this year.
Starting this year, the J-League has shifted to an autumn-spring calendar similar to major European leagues, launching the 2026-2027 season. To fill the resulting gap in the first half of 2025, a special tournament called the "J-League Centenary Vision League" is being held from February through June.