Japan Men Sevens Squad-HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019-20 Dubai Sevens-

Dubai

5-7 December 2019

The opening round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019-20 will be held at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates over 5-7 December 2019. This will be the first of ten tournaments for the season.

The fifteen core teams on the 2019-20 season are: Argentina, Australia, Canada, England, Fiji, France, Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand, Samoa, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, USA and Wales. Ireland became a core team for the first time after they won 2019-20 World Series Qualifier in Hong Kong earlier in the year. Japan were relegated as the lowest-placed core team in the 2018-19 season. The core teams compete at every tournament, while one place is available to a non-core team at each tournament. Japan were invited as the non-core team at the 2019 Dubai Sevens.

Pools

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
Fiji USA New Zealand South Africa
France Australia Samoa England
Argentina Scotland Canada Spain
Japan Ireland Wales Kenya

 

Pool A Games for Japan

Thursday, 5 December 2019
Match No.06 – 19:02: Fiji v Japan

Friday, 5 December 2019
Match No.13 – 12:42: France v Japan
Match No.21 – 18:40: Argentina v Japan

 

Japan Sevens Squad for Dubai

Name Club DOB Age Hgt/Wgt
Kohei ISHIGAKI Coca-Cola Red Sparks 25/06/1993 26 183/98
Kippei ISHIDA Meiji University 28/04/2000 19 167/73
Yusaku KUWAZURU Coca-Cola Red Sparks 23/10/1985 34 188/97
Teruya GOTO NEC Green Rockets 18/12/1991 27 177/80
Shotaro TSUOKA Coca-Cola Red Sparks 22/03/1996 23 181/85
Lote TUQIRI Kintetsu Liners 12/11/1987 32 188/98
Kazushi HANO NTT Communications 21/06/1991 27 185/87
Taisei HAYASHI JRFU 27/06/1992 27 176/82
Masakatsu HIKOSAKA Toyota Verblitz 18/01/1991 28 177/92
Yoshikazu FUJITA JRFU/Panasonic Wild Knights 08/09/1993 26 184/90
Toshiki YAMAUCHI JRFU/Ricoh Black Rams 12/06/1993 26 184/98
Taichi YOSHIZAWA Coca-Cola Red Sparks 18/07/1991 28 175/80
Backup        
Rikiya OISHI NEC Green Rockets 29/01/1993 26 190/90

 

Staff

Position Name Club/Affiliation
Head Coach Kensuke Iwabuchi JRFU
Team Coaching Director Koichi Umeda JRFU
Coach Takashi Suzuki JRFU
S & C Coach Takahiro Sakata JRFU
S & C Coach Takumi Nishida System Station Inc.
Physiotherapist Masahiro Furudate Reniart Sports Conditioning Support
Team Doctor Atsushi Tasaki St Luke’s International Hospital
Conditioning Staff Naoyuki Matsuda JRFU
Analyst Shota Nakajima JRFU
Assistant Analyst Saki Watanabe JRFU
Team Manager Sachiko Inada JRFU

 

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