Japan Team Announced for HSBC Los Angeles Sevens


The Japan Rugby Football Union is happy to announce the Japan Men’s Sevens Team to play at the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Los Angeles, from August 27 to 28.

The team will be led by co-captains Kazuma Nakagawa and Yuki Ishii and will see one new debutant in no.13 Yoshiyuki Koga from the Ricoh Black Rams Tokyo. Meanwhile, Japan Sevens veteran Kameli Raravou Latianara Soejima is set to earn his 43rd Sevens cap for Japan.

Japan Men’s Sevens National Team Interim Head Coach, Koichi Umeda commented:

“We have been preparing for two months with the goal of winning our pool matches on day one. From the first kick-off, the team will be play with all their heart, at full effort. We look forward to the support of our fans back in Japan and around the world as we take on the world’s best in Los Angeles.”

Japan are set to take on Australia, Spain and Argentina in Pool A.

TEAM LIST

No. Name Club Team Height Weight D・O・B
1 Timo SUFIA Hokkaido Barbarians 180 102 1996/11/07
2 Kazuma NAKAGAWA (CAP) YOKOHAMA CANON EAGLES 173 81 1995/10/28
3 Taichi YOSHIZAWA NTTdocomo RedHurricanes Osaka 175 80 1991/07/18
4 Yuki ISHII (CAP) Urayasu D-Rocks 184 96 1996/02/27
5 Kameli Raravou Latianara SOEJIMA Japan Rugby Football Union 190 92 1983/06/01
6 Moeki FUKUSHI HINO RED DOLPHINS 184 100 1999/03/11
7 Ryota KANO Meiji Yasuda HOLLY’S 172 72 1992/05/10
8 Yoshihiro NOGUCHI SECOM RUGGUTs 170 77 1994/12/26
9 Shun TOMONAGA HINO RED DOLPHINS 182 98 1997/02/14
10 Yu OKUDAIRA Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Sagamihara Dynaboars 188 95 1999/05/26
11 Shotaro TSUOKA Japan Rugby Football Union/
Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan
181 85 1996/03/22
12 Taiga ISHIDA Urayasu D-Rocks 176 88 1997/10/01
13 Yoshiyuki KOGA RICOH BlackRams Tokyo 175 83 1998/08/28

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