Naohiro Kotaki (小瀧尚弘, Kotaki Naohiro; born 13 June 1992) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays in…Naohiro Kotaki (小瀧尚弘, Kotaki Naohiro; born 13 June 1992) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays in the lock position. He currently plays for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and the Toshiba Brave Lupus in Japan's domestic Top League.
Seina Saito (born 30 May 1992) is a Japanese rugby union and rugby sevens player. She plays flanker for the Japan…Seina Saito (born 30 May 1992) is a Japanese rugby union and rugby sevens player. She plays flanker for the Japan women's national rugby union team. She competed at the 2017, 2021 and the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cups.
Chisato Yokoo (横尾 千里, Yokoo Chisato; born May 22, 1992) is a female Japanese rugby sevens player. She was part of…Chisato Yokoo (横尾 千里, Yokoo Chisato; born May 22, 1992) is a female Japanese rugby sevens player. She was part of Japan's sevens team that won silver at the 2014 Asian Games. She played at the 2016 Summer Olympics as a member of the Japan women's national rugby sevens team. Yokoo was part of the Sakura sevens team that played in a curtain raiser match against Australia ahead of the 2015 Rugby Championship match between the Wallabies and the All Blacks in Sydney.
Ryota Kano (Japanese: 加納 遼大, romanized: Kanō Ryōta, born 10 May 1992) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed in…Ryota Kano (Japanese: 加納 遼大, romanized: Kanō Ryōta, born 10 May 1992) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Eriko Hirano (born 26 April 1992) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby…Eriko Hirano (born 26 April 1992) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Yoshitaka Tokunaga (德永 祥尭, Tokunaga Yoshitaka; born April 10, 1992) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed for…Yoshitaka Tokunaga (德永 祥尭, Tokunaga Yoshitaka; born April 10, 1992) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed for Japan 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. In 2015 he was suspended for six games by the Japan Rugby Football Union for biting an opponent. He graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University.
Misaki Suzuki (born 9 April 1992) is a Japanese rugby union player. She plays for Japan internationally and at club…Misaki Suzuki (born 9 April 1992) is a Japanese rugby union player. She plays for Japan internationally and at club level for Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix. She has competed for Japan at the 2017 and 2021 Rugby World Cups.
Kazuhiko Usami (宇佐美和彦, Usami Kazuhiko; born 17 March 1992) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays in…Kazuhiko Usami (宇佐美和彦, Usami Kazuhiko; born 17 March 1992) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays in the lock position. He currently plays for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and Canon Eagles in Japan's domestic Top League.
Kentaro Kodama (児玉 健太郎, Kodama Kentarō; born 28 January 1992) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays…Kentaro Kodama (児玉 健太郎, Kodama Kentarō; born 28 January 1992) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays in the wing position. He currently plays for the Panasonic Wild Knights in Japan's domestic Top League.
Shinnosuke Kakinaga (垣永 真之介, Kakinaga Shinnosuke; born 19 December 1991) is a Japanese professional rugby union player…Shinnosuke Kakinaga (垣永 真之介, Kakinaga Shinnosuke; born 19 December 1991) is a Japanese professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Japan Rugby League One club Tokyo Sungoliath and the Japan national team.
Teruya Goto (後藤 輝也, Gotō Teruya; born December 18, 1991) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed for Japan 7s at…Teruya Goto (後藤 輝也, Gotō Teruya; born December 18, 1991) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed for Japan 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. He scored the first try in their upset against New Zealand at the Olympics.
Shota Emi (翔太江見, Shōta Emi; born 8 December 1991) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a wing. He currently…Shota Emi (翔太江見, Shōta Emi; born 8 December 1991) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a wing. He currently plays for Suntory Sungoliath in Japan's domestic Top League. He represented the Sunwolves in the 2017 Super Rugby season, scoring a try after just 24 seconds in a match against the Cheetahs, the fastest try recorded in an 18-team Super Rugby competition. Emi also represented Japan at rugby sevens, playing for them at the 2013 World Cup.
Maiko Fujimoto (born 4 December 1991) is a former Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2017…Maiko Fujimoto (born 4 December 1991) is a former Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Yusuke Niwai (庭井 祐輔, Niwai Yūsuke; born 22 October 1991) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a…Yusuke Niwai (庭井 祐輔, Niwai Yūsuke; born 22 October 1991) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a Hooker. He currently plays for Sunwolves in Super Rugby and Canon Eagles in Japan's domestic Top League.
Shokei Kin (金正奎, Kim Jung-gyu; born 3 October 1991) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays in the…Shokei Kin (金正奎, Kim Jung-gyu; born 3 October 1991) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays in the flanker position. He currently plays for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and the NTT Communications Shining Arcs in Japan's domestic Top League.
Timothy Lafaele (Japanese: ティモシー・ラファエレ; born 19 August 1991) is an American Samoan-born, Japanese international rugby…Timothy Lafaele (Japanese: ティモシー・ラファエレ; born 19 August 1991) is an American Samoan-born, Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a fly-half or centre. He currently plays for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and the Kobelco Steelers in Japan's domestic Top League. He received Japanese citizenship in 2017.
Yōsuke Takahashi (高橋 洋丞, born 6 August 1991 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese rugby union player, currently…Yōsuke Takahashi (高橋 洋丞, born 6 August 1991 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese rugby union player, currently playing with Top League side Toyota Verblitz. He usually plays as a tighthead prop.
Kazushi Hano (羽野 一志, Hano Kazushi; born June 21, 1991) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed for Japan 7s at…Kazushi Hano (羽野 一志, Hano Kazushi; born June 21, 1991) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed for Japan 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He was in Japan 7s's team for the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea; he scored one of two tries to help Japan win gold.
Ai Tasaka (born 11 June 1991) is a Japanese rugby union and sevens player. She competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's…Ai Tasaka (born 11 June 1991) is a Japanese rugby union and sevens player. She competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Takahiro Ogawa (小川 高廣, Ogawa Takahiro; born 18 March 1991) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as…Takahiro Ogawa (小川 高廣, Ogawa Takahiro; born 18 March 1991) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half. He currently plays for the Toshiba Brave Lupus in Japan's domestic Top League.
Masakatsu Hikosaka (彦坂 匡克, Hikosaka Masakatsu; born January 18, 1991) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed at…Masakatsu Hikosaka (彦坂 匡克, Hikosaka Masakatsu; born January 18, 1991) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics for Japan 7s's rugby sevens team. He also won a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea as a member of the Japan 7sese squad. He plays in the Top League for Toyota Verblitz.
Hikosaka Yoshikatsu (彦坂 圭克, Yoshikatsu Hikosaka; born 18 Jan 1991) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a…Hikosaka Yoshikatsu (彦坂 圭克, Yoshikatsu Hikosaka; born 18 Jan 1991) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a Hooker. He currently plays for Toyota Verblitz in Japan's domestic Top League.
Kaito Shigeno (茂野海人, Shigeno Kaito; born 21 November 1990) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays in…Kaito Shigeno (茂野海人, Shigeno Kaito; born 21 November 1990) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays in the scrum-half position. He captains Toyota Verblitz in Japan's domestic Japan Rugby League One.
Koki Yamamoto (山本 幸輝, Yamamoto Kōki; born 29 October 1990 in Shiga Prefecture) is a Japanese rugby union player who…Koki Yamamoto (山本 幸輝, Yamamoto Kōki; born 29 October 1990 in Shiga Prefecture) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a prop. In his home country he plays for Yamaha Júbilo whom he joined in 2013. He was also named in the first ever Sunwolves squad which will compete in Super Rugby from the 2016 season.
Takaaki Nakazuru (中鶴隆明, Nakadzuru Takaaki; born 24 October 1990) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a wing.…Takaaki Nakazuru (中鶴隆明, Nakadzuru Takaaki; born 24 October 1990) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a wing. He currently plays for Suntory Sungoliath in Japan's domestic Top League. He represented the Sunwolves in the 2017 Super Rugby season.
Heiichiro Ito (伊藤 平一郎, Itō Heiichirō; born 5 October 1990) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as…Heiichiro Ito (伊藤 平一郎, Itō Heiichirō; born 5 October 1990) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a prop. He currently plays for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and Yamaha Júbilo in Japan's domestic Top League.
Kyosuke Horie (堀江 恭佑, Horie Kyōsuke; born 11 July 1990) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a…Kyosuke Horie (堀江 恭佑, Horie Kyōsuke; born 11 July 1990) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a loose forward. He currently plays for the Canon Eagles in Japan's domestic Top League.
Keita Inagaki (稲垣 啓太, Inagaki Keita; born 2 June 1990) is a Japanese professional rugby union player who plays as a…Keita Inagaki (稲垣 啓太, Inagaki Keita; born 2 June 1990) is a Japanese professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Japan Rugby League One club Saitama Wild Knights and the Japan national team.
Yuya Odo (大戸 裕矢, Ōdo Yūya; born 9 March 1990) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a Lock. He currently plays…Yuya Odo (大戸 裕矢, Ōdo Yūya; born 9 March 1990) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a Lock. He currently plays for Sunwolves in Super Rugby and Yamaha Júbilo in Japan's domestic Top League.
Amanaki Lelei Mafi (born 11 January 1990) is a Tongan-born, Japanese international rugby union player who currently…Amanaki Lelei Mafi (born 11 January 1990) is a Tongan-born, Japanese international rugby union player who currently plays as a number 8 for the Newcastle Red Bulls.
Harumichi Tatekawa (立川 理道, Tatekawa Harumichi; born 2 December 1989) is a Japanese rugby union player who can play…Harumichi Tatekawa (立川 理道, Tatekawa Harumichi; born 2 December 1989) is a Japanese rugby union player who can play either as a fly-half or centre. He plays for the Kubota Spears in Japan and the Brumbies in the international Super Rugby competition.
Daisuke Inoue (井上 大介, Inoue Daisuke; born 16 November 1989 in Nara Prefecture) is a Japanese rugby union player who…Daisuke Inoue (井上 大介, Inoue Daisuke; born 16 November 1989 in Nara Prefecture) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a scrumhalf. In his home country he plays for the Kubota Spears whom he joined in 2013. He was also named in the first ever Sunwolves squad which will compete in Super Rugby from the 2016 season.
Aoi Mimura (born 24 August 1989) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby…Aoi Mimura (born 24 August 1989) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Salesi Halaleva Lapota Fifita (born 29 July 1989) is a Tongan professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for…Salesi Halaleva Lapota Fifita (born 29 July 1989) is a Tongan professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Top 14 club Oyonnax Rugby and the Tonga national team.
Nakajima Isileli (中島 イシレリ) (born 9 July 1989) is a Tongan-born Japanese rugby union player who generally plays as a…Nakajima Isileli (中島 イシレリ) (born 9 July 1989) is a Tongan-born Japanese rugby union player who generally plays as a prop represents Japan internationally and plays for Kobelco Steelers in the Japanese Top League. Nakajima made his international debut for Japan against New Zealand on 3 November 2018. He was included in the Japanese squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup which is currently held in Japan for the first time and for the first time in Asia. Nakajima was a teenager when he moved to Japan after he was scouted by a Japanese university coach. Nakajima chose to take his wife's surname partly in defiance of the patriarchal norms of his home country but also out of respect and love for his wife and his adopted home.
Asaeli Ai Valu (ヴァル アサエリ愛, Baru Asaeri Ai; born 7 May 1989) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a prop…Asaeli Ai Valu (ヴァル アサエリ愛, Baru Asaeri Ai; born 7 May 1989) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Japan Rugby League One club Saitama Wild Knights. Born in Tonga, he represents Japan at international level after qualifying on residency grounds.
Ryuhei Arita (有田 隆平, Arita Ryūhei; born 21 March 1989 in Fukuoka) is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays as a…Ryuhei Arita (有田 隆平, Arita Ryūhei; born 21 March 1989 in Fukuoka) is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays as a hooker. In his home country he plays for the Coca-Cola Red Sparks whom he joined in 2011. He was also named in the first ever Sunwolves squad which competes in Super Rugby from the 2016 season. Arita is a Japanese international who debuted against Kazakhstan in 2012, but did not make the squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Yuhimaru Mimura (三村勇飛丸, Mimura Yuhimaru; born 27 February 1989) is a Japanese international rugby union player who…Yuhimaru Mimura (三村勇飛丸, Mimura Yuhimaru; born 27 February 1989) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a loose forward. He currently plays for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and Yamaha Júbilo in Japan's domestic Top League.
Yu Tamura (田村 優, Tamura Yū; born 9 January 1989) is a Japanese rugby union player. Tamura currently plays for the Canon…Yu Tamura (田村 優, Tamura Yū; born 9 January 1989) is a Japanese rugby union player. Tamura currently plays for the Canon Eagles rugby team. His regular playing positions are fly-half and Centre.
Tsuyoshi Murata (村田毅, Murata Tsuyoshi; born 15 December 1988 in Tokyo) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a…Tsuyoshi Murata (村田毅, Murata Tsuyoshi; born 15 December 1988 in Tokyo) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a back row forward. In his home country he plays for the NEC Green Rockets whom he joined in 2011. He was also named in the first ever Sunwolves squad which will compete in Super Rugby from the 2016 season. Murata is a Japanese international who debuted against South Korea in 2015, but did not make the squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Naoki Ozawa (小沢直樹, Ozawa Naoki; born 8 October 1988) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a Flanker. He…Naoki Ozawa (小沢直樹, Ozawa Naoki; born 8 October 1988) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a Flanker. He currently plays for Suntory Sungoliath in Japan's domestic Top League.
Michael Geoffrey Leitch (リーチ マイケル, Rīchi Maikeru; born 7 October 1988) is a New Zealand-born Japanese professional…Michael Geoffrey Leitch (リーチ マイケル, Rīchi Maikeru; born 7 October 1988) is a New Zealand-born Japanese professional rugby union player who plays as a number eight for Japan Rugby League One club Toshiba Brave Lupus. Born in New Zealand, he represents Japan at international level after qualifying on residency grounds.
Katsuyuki Sakai (坂井 克行, Sakai Katsuyuki; born September 7, 1988) is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays for the…Katsuyuki Sakai (坂井 克行, Sakai Katsuyuki; born September 7, 1988) is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays for the Japanese club Toyota Industries Shuttles in the Top League. He also plays rugby sevens for Japan's national rugby sevens team and was named in their 2016 Summer Olympics squad. He captained the Japanese squad when they played at the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens and won the World Series Qualifier for the 2014–15 Sevens World Series. He was also a member of the squad that won the 2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Keiko Kato (born 7 August 1988) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby…Keiko Kato (born 7 August 1988) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Yasutaka Sasakura (笹倉康誉, Sasakura Yasutaka; born 4 August 1988, in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese rugby union…Yasutaka Sasakura (笹倉康誉, Sasakura Yasutaka; born 4 August 1988, in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a fullback or centre. In his home country he plays for the Panasonic Wild Knights whom he joined in 2011. He was also named in the first ever Sunwolves squad which will compete in Super Rugby from the 2016 season.
Takeshi Kizu (木津 武士, Kizu Takeshi; born 15 July 1988) is a Japanese rugby union player. He was named in Japan's squad…Takeshi Kizu (木津 武士, Kizu Takeshi; born 15 July 1988) is a Japanese rugby union player. He was named in Japan's squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
