Date of birth | October 23, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 98 kg (216 lb; 15 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yusaku Kuwazuru (桑水流 裕策, Kuwazuru Yūsaku, born October 23, 1985) is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays for the Japanese club Coca-Cola Red Sparks in the Top League. He was part of the squad that played at the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens and won the World Series Qualifier for the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.[1]
He captained the squad that won the 2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] He has been selected to lead Japan's national rugby sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3][4]
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注目選手 修猷館高校 福島秀法くん(試合時1年生)
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References
- ^ "Rugby Sevens: 'Awesome' Japan celebrate core spot on World Series". Sport Asia.com. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ "Japan's sevens star seek share of the limelight". worldrugby.org. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ "Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ "KUWAZURU Yusaku". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
External links
- Japan Rugby Profile
- Yusaku Kuwazuru at ESPNscrum
- Yusaku Kuwazuru at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Yusaku Kuwazuru at Olympics.com
- Yusaku Kuwazuru at Olympedia