Japan Sevens National Team for Toulouse 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 Toulouse, from May 20 to 22.

Co-Captained by Kazuma Nakagawa and Yuki Ishii, the team features veteran sevens player, Kameli Raravou Latianara Soejima who recently featured in World Rugby’s ‘Remarkables’ series. ‘Remarkables’ highlights the inspirational life stories of players who triumph over adversity, in and through rugby. Timo Fiti Sufia also comes into the team for the first time since the Vancouver Sevens in March 2020.

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

“First and foremost, we’re looking forward to play against the great teams in our pool when we face Argentina, England, and Canada. We have been preparing well and are looking to play fast, expressive and running rugby in Toulouse this weekend.”

Japan are set to take on Argentina, the recent Vancouver Sevens Champions, as well as England and Canada in Pool A.

TEAM LIST

No.	Name	Club Team	cm	kg	D・O・B
1	Timo SUFIA	Hokkaido Barbarians	180	102	1996/11/07
2	Kazuma NAKAGAWA	YOKOHAMA CANON EAGLES	173	81	1995/10/28
3	Ren MIYAGAMI	TOSHIBA BRAVE LUPUS TOKYO	178	90	1997/05/15
4	Yuki ISHII	NTTCommunications ShiningArcs TOKYO-BAY URAYASU	184	96	1996/02/27
5	Kameli Raravou Latianara SOEJIMA	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	Chikara MORITA	MUNAKATA SANIX BLUES	180	87	1995/10/05
11	Shotaro TSUOKA	Japan Rugby Football Union/ Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan	181	85	1996/03/22
12	Taiga ISHIDA	NTTCommunications ShiningArcs TOKYO-BAY URAYASU	176	88	1997/10/01
13	Sitaleki Taufa MAKISI	Az-MOMOTARO’S Maruwa Unyu	186	102	1996/06/26