Additional Players Join Japan National Team Wider Training Squad 2021
The Japan Rugby Football Union has today announced that an additional two players will join the Japan National Team Wider Training Squad for 2021.
Twice capped scrumhalf, Nakajima Daiki from the NEC Green Rockets and uncapped winger, Semisi Masirewa from the Kintetsu Liners will join an expanded 54 player Wider Training Squad from the original 52 player squad announced on 12 April (Press Release: Japan National Team Wider Training Squad for 2021).
The final squad will be announced on May 24 and will assemble for a team camp in Beppu, Oita, on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu from May 26 to June 8. As previously announced, the Brave Blossoms will play a warm-up match at ECOPA Stadium in Shizuoka on June 12, with the opponent to be announced in due course.
| Position | Name | Club Team | cm | kg | DO.B | Caps |
| SH | Daiki NAKAJIMA | NEC Green Rockets | 171 | 79 | 1996/03/25 | 2 |
| WTB | Semisi MASIREWA | KINTETSU Liners | 184 | 93 | 1992/06/09 | – |