Kameli Soejima (副島亀里, ''Soejima Kameli'', born June 1, 1983) is a Fijian born

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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. He represents

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in rugby sevens and made his debut at the

2014 Dubai Sevens The 2014 Dubai Sevens was the second tournament within the 2014-2015 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 5–6 December 2014 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Format The teams are drawn into four pools of fou ...

. He is Japan's top try-scorer in the

2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series The 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series, known for sponsorship reasons as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, was the 17th annual series of rugby union sevens tournaments for national men's rugby sevens teams. The Sevens Series has been run by ...

, and was also one of their top try-scorers last season. Soejima was selected for the Japanese sevens squad to the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

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References

External links

Japan RFU Player Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soejima, Kameli Raravou 1983 births Living people Male rugby sevens players Japanese rugby union players Fijian expatriates in Japan Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players of Japan Japanese rugby sevens players Japan international rugby sevens players Rugby union players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in rugby union Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Coca-Cola Red Sparks players Rugby union wings People from Labasa