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 it ...

player. He plays for the Japanese club Toyota Industries Shuttles in the

Top League Japan Rugby League One (formerly the Top League) is a rugby union competition in Japan. It is the highest level of professional rugby competition in the country. The Japan Rugby Football Union created the competition in 2003, by absorbing the ...

. He also plays rugby sevens for Japan's national rugby sevens team and was named in their 2016 Summer Olympics squad. He captained the Japanese squad when they played at the

2014 Hong Kong Sevens The 2014 Hong Kong Sevens was the 39th edition of the Hong Kong Sevens and the seventh tournament of the 2013–2014 Sevens World Series. It took place at its long-time home, Hong Kong Stadium. The Cup title was claimed by New Zealand, with ...

and won the World Series Qualifier for the 2014–15 Sevens World Series. He was also a member of the squad that won the 2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sakai, Katsuyuki 1988 births Living people People from Mie Prefecture Sportspeople from Mie Prefecture Japanese rugby union players Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players of Japan Japanese rugby sevens players Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi players Rugby union players at the 2014 Asian Games Rugby union players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in rugby union Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Japan international rugby sevens players Rugby union centres Rugby union wings