is a former Japanese rugby union player. He played as lock.

Career

Tanuma attended Nippon Sport Science University, for whose club he played and won the Kanto Taikosen league university championship in 1995. In 1996 he graduated and joined

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, where he played 14 consecutive seasons until his retirement as player in 2010. Tanuma was first capped for

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against

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, in Taipei, on 9 November 1996. He also played three matches in the

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and played only one match in the

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, against France, in Townsville, on 18 October, which would be his last cap for Japan. Tanuma also played in the Japan Sevens team, where he played the

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. After his retirement in 2010, he coached Ricoh Black Rams and then, Nippon Sport Science University Rugby Football Club.日体大監督に元代表・田沼氏就任「今年は１００％の挑戦を」
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanuma, Hiroyuki 1973 births Living people Japanese rugby union players Japanese rugby sevens players Japanese rugby union coaches Rugby union locks Japan international rugby union players Japan international rugby sevens players Black Rams Tokyo players Asian Games medalists in rugby union Rugby union players at the 1998 Asian Games Rugby union players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games 1999 Rugby World Cup players 2003 Rugby World Cup players Nippon Sport Science University alumni Sportspeople from Kanagawa Prefecture