, (real name:Feletiliki Mau) (born 21 August 1977) is a

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

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 ...

ese

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 who played in

for

World Fighting Bull World Fighting Bull were a Japanese rugby union team that played in the county's 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 ...

and also played 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 ...

. In 2005, he obtained Japanese

citizenship Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection". Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...

.Elissalde names first Japanese squad
Scrum.com, 6 October 2005

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Japanese rugby union players Tongan emigrants to Japan Naturalized citizens of Japan 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Nukuʻalofa Rugby union players from Tongatapu Tongan rugby union players Japan international rugby union players Tongan expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Japan Tongan expatriate sportspeople in Japan Rugby union locks {{Japan-rugbyunion-bio-stub