(born April 11, 1971 in Tokyo,

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) is a Japanese rugby union footballer. He plays rugby as blindside flanker or no.8 for Kobelco Steelers in the Japanese Top League and also in the Japan national rugby union team. He played in both the

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and

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World Cups.

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1971 births Living people Japanese rugby union players Kobelco Kobe Steelers players Rugby union players from Tokyo Japan international rugby union 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 Japan international rugby sevens players 1999 Rugby World Cup players 2003 Rugby World Cup players Rugby union forwards {{Japan-rugbyunion-bio-stub