Japan Men’s Sevens Team Announced for Seville 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 Seville, Spain from January 28 to 30.

Led by co-captains Kazuma Nakagawa and Yuki Ishii, the team sees two changes from last weekend’s Malaga Sevens with debutants Haruhiko Uemura and Yu Okudaira replacing

Taisei Hayashi and Yoshihiro Noguchi, who both picked up injuries during last week’s competition.

The two debutants, Uemura (21yrs) and Okudaira (22yrs) are both university students and play for their respective university teams in Japan’s university competition.

Japan are joined in Pool C by England, France, and Wales.

Team List

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	Haruhiko UEMURA	177	80	University of Tsukuba
9	Shun TOMONAGA	182	98	HINO RED DOLPHINS
10	Chikara MORITA	180	87	MUNAKATASANIXBLUES
11	Yu OKUDAIRA	188	95	Kwansei Gakuin University
12	Taiga ISHIDA	176	88	NTTCommunications ShiningArcs TOKYO-BAY URAYASU
13	Sitaleki Taufa MAKISI	186	102	Az-MOMOTARO’S Maruwa Unyu