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Japan News

Dates and venue announced for Men's World Cup Final Qualification Tournament

'I don’t think it is our job as coaches to look at the big picture'

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Wales raid Harlequins to assemble coaching team for Japan tour

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Japan Matches

Sun 24 Nov, 2024

Internationals

FT
Allianz Stadium
England England
-
Japan Japan
8:10am
LIVE
59
14

Fri 4 Jul, 2025

Internationals

10:00pm PDT
Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
Japan Japan
-
Wales Wales
10:00pm
LIVE
0
0
Who will win?
Japan 57%
43% Wales

Fri 11 Jul, 2025

Internationals

10:50pm PDT
Kobe Misaki Stadium
Japan Japan
-
Wales Wales
10:50pm
LIVE
0
0
Who will win?
Japan 71%
29% Wales

Japan Forwards

Name
Position
Shogo Miura
Prop
Yukio Morikawa
Prop
Takato Okabe
Prop
Takayoshi Mohara
Prop
Keijiro Tamefusa
Prop
Atsushi Sakate
Hooker
Kenta Matsuoka
Hooker
Seunghyok Lee
Hooker
Mamoru Harada
Hooker
Opeti Helu
Prop
Shuhei Takeuchi
Prop
Sena Kimura
Prop
Eishin Kuwano
Lock
Warner Dearns
Lock
Isaiah Mapusua
Lock
Sanaila Waqa
Lock
Daichi Akiyama
Lock
Epineri Uluiviti
Lock
Ben Gunter
Back Row
Lua Makisi
Back Row
Amanaki Saumaki
Back Row
Kanji Shimokawa
Back Row
Kai Yamamoto
Back Row
Kazuki Himeno
Back Row
Michael Leitch
Back Row
Tevita Tatafu
Back Row
Amato Fakatava
Back Row
Tiennan Costley
Back Row

Japan Backs

Name
Position
Naoto Saito
Scrum Half
Taiki Koyama
Scrum Half
Shinobu Fujiwara
Scrum Half
Ren Iinuma
Scrum Half
Rikiya Matsuda
Fly Half
Seungsin Lee
Fly Half
Ichigo Nakakusu
Fly Half
Malo Tuitama
Outside Back
Koga Nezuka
Outside Back
Harumichi Tatekawa
Centre
Yuki Ikeda
Centre
Yusuke Kajimura
Centre
Dylan Riley
Centre
Siosaia Fifita
Centre
Samisoni Tua
Centre
Junta Hamano
Centre
Nik McCurran
Centre
Tomoki Osada
Centre
Jone Naikabula
Outside Back
Takuya Yamasawa
Outside Back
Takuro Matsunaga
Outside Back
Yoshitaka Yazaki
Outside Back

Japan Tournaments

Japan National Rugby Union Team

The Japan national rugby union team are one of Asia's finest sides. Known by their fans as the Cherry Blossoms (and occasionally the Brave Blossoms), the team competes in the Asia Rugby Championship. In addition, the side also represents Japan in the Rugby World Cup and they've featured in every edition of the tournament, claiming some big scalps in the process.Read on to discover everything there is to know about the Japan Rugby team. On this page, you can learn more about the history of the team and see their latest fixtures and results.

Although rugby was first played in Japan in 1866, the Japan national rugby union team did not play their first international game until 1932. Ever since, the Japan Rugby team have slowly progressed and have begun to become a force on the world stage. For example, they beat the Junior All Blacks in 1968 and were only narrowly beaten 6-3 by England in 1971.Over the years since, the Japan Rugby team have become a respected international side who are capable of beating the top sides. They beat a Scotland XV in 1989 and comprehensively beat Wales 23-8 in 2013. In 2011, they also won the Pacific Nations Cup for the first time and in 2014 they entered the world's top 10 after they won 10 tests in a row.However, the Japan national rugby union team's greatest achievement arguably came in the 2015 Rugby World Cup. During the tournament, they produced a shock for the ages when they defeated South Africa in one of the competition's finest ever matches. Following this, Japan hosted the 2019 edition of the tournament and they reached the quarter-final stage for the first time in their history.

Although the Japan Rugby team haven't been as successful as some of the powerhouses of rugby, several international stars have played for the Japan Rugby team, including Toshiyuki Hayashi, Yoshihito Yoshida and Ayumu Goromaru.The current Japan Rugby squad remains strong and the team are currently looking to build on the successes of the past decade with the help of Shota Horie, Fumiaki Tanaka and captain Michael Leitch.

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