20 January,2022
Japan Men’s Sevens Team Announced for Malaga Sevens
The Japan Rugby Football Union is delighted to announce the Japan Men’s Sevens Team to play at the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Malaga, Spain from January 21 to 23.
Coached by Koichi Umeda, the team will also link up for the first time with Japan Sevens Technical Director, Simon Amor who recently joined the Japan National Sevens Program.
Japan are joined in Pool B by Ireland, Australia and Germany.
Team Members:
| No. | Name | CM | KG | TEAMS |
| 1 | Shotaro TSUOKA | 181 | 85 | Japan Rugby Football Union/ Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan |
| 2 | Kazuma NAKAGAWA (C) | 173 | 81 | YOKOHAMA CANON EAGLES |
| 3 | Ren MIYAGAMI | 178 | 90 | TOSHIBA BRAVE LUPUS TOKYO |
| 4 | Yuki ISHII (C) | 184 | 96 | NTTCommunications ShiningArcs TOKYO-BAY URAYASU |
| 5 | Kameli Raravou Latianara SOEJIMA | 190 | 92 | Japan Rugby Football Union |
| 6 | Moeki FUKUSHI | 184 | 100 | HINO RED DOLPHINS |
| 7 | Ryota KANO | 172 | 72 | Meiji Yasuda HOLLY’S |
| 8 | Yoshihiro NOGUCHI | 170 | 77 | SECOM RUGGUTs |
| 9 | Shun TOMONAGA | 182 | 98 | HINO RED DOLPHINS |
| 10 | Chikara MORITA | 180 | 87 | MUNAKATASANIXBLUES |
| 11 | Taisei HAYASHI | 176 | 82 | Japan Rugby Football Union |
| 12 | Taiga ISHIDA | 176 | 88 | NTTCommunications ShiningArcs TOKYO-BAY URAYASU |
| 13 | Sitaleki Taufa MAKISI | 186 | 102 | Az-MOMOTARO’S Maruwa Unyu |
