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| University | Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hideo Kaneshiro (金城秀雄, Kaneshiro Hideo) (born Osaka, Japan) is a former rugby union footballer who played for Japan. Playing at flanker [7] and as hooker, [8] Kaneshiro played for Toyota Verblitz and had a cap for Japan against Argentina in Buenos Aires on 22 May 1993, being his only international test cap. [9] He mostly played for Toyota Verblitz from 1991 - since he graduated from university [10] - until his retirement in 2000. [11]