(born 22 May 1987 in
Hyogo,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
) is a
Japanese rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player. Hiwasa has played 28
international matches for the
Japan national rugby union team
The Japan national rugby union team, often known as the Cherry Blossoms, Sakura, and more recently The Brave Blossoms (''ブレイブ・ブロッサムズ - Bureibu burossamuzu'') is traditionally the strongest rugby union power in Asia and has ...
.
Hiwasa was a member of the Japan team at the
2011 Rugby World Cup
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Af ...
, and played four matches for the Brave Blossoms.
Hiwasa currently plays for
Top League team
Suntory Sungoliath
Tokyo Sungoliath (formerly known as Suntory Sungoliath) is owned by the Suntory beverage company and is one of the Japanese rugby union teams in the Top League. The team is based in Fuchū, Tokyo, as is their local rival Toshiba Brave Lupus. The ...
. He commenced playing for the club in 2010.
References
External links
Top League Profile in
Japanese
Suntory Sungoliath Profile in
Japanese
Player Statistics from itsrugby.co.uk
Living people
1987 births
Japanese rugby union players
Tokyo Sungoliath players
Japan international rugby union players
Rugby union scrum-halves
Sportspeople from Kobe
Sunwolves players
Stade Français Paris players
Kobelco Kobe Steelers players
2011 Rugby World Cup players
2015 Rugby World Cup players
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