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