(born

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

, 16 July 1971) is a Japanese former rugby union player who played usually as hooker or as prop. He earned 16 caps without scoring in his international career.

Career

After his graduation from Doshisha University, Nakamichi joined

Kobe Steel Kobe Steel, Ltd. (株式会社神戸製鋼所, ''Kabushiki gaisha Kōbe Seikō-sho''), is a major Japanese steel manufacturer headquartered in Chūō-ku, Kobe. KOBELCO is the unified brand name of the Kobe Steel Group. Kobe Steel has the lowe ...

. He was part of the Kobe squad which dominated the Japanese rugby scene in the early 1990s.Kobelco Steelers: Le mythique club japonais
Japonrugby.net He debuted for the Japan's national team against

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Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

, on 11 May 1996. He was called up by the then-national coach

Seiji Hirao was a Japanese rugby union footballer and coach. He played as a fly-half, and was one of the most popular Japanese players of his time, earning the name of "Mr. Rugby". Biography Hirao first played rugby at Fushimi Kogyo, in Kyoto, who won the n ...

for the

1999 Rugby World Cup The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial international rugby union championship. It was principally hosted by Wales, and was won by Australia. This was the first Rugby World Cup to be held in the sport's professi ...

squad, playing two matches in the tournament. His last cap for Japan was against

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, in Tokyo, on 3 June 2000.

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Toshikazu Nakamichi Top League statistics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nakamichi, Toshikazu 1971 births Living people Japanese rugby union players Japan international rugby union players Doshisha University alumni Kobelco Kobe Steelers players Rugby union hookers Rugby union props 1999 Rugby World Cup players Sportspeople from Osaka