Hiroki Yuhara

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Hiroki Yuhara
Birth nameHiroki Yuhara
Date of birth(1984-01-21)21 January 1984
Place of birth Chiba, Japan
Date of death (aged 36)
Place of death Fuchu, Tokyo
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight224 lb (102 kg; 16 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2006-20 Toshiba Brave Lupus 156 (165)
Correct as of 15 January 2017
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2010−15 Japan 22 (15)
Correct as of 5 September 2015

Hiroki Yuhara (湯原祐希, Yuhara Hiroki) (21 January 1984 - 28 September 2020) was a Japanese rugby union player. Yuhara played 13 international matches for the Japan national rugby union team. [1]

Yuhara was born in Chiba, and a member of the Japan team at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, playing one match against eventual winners the All Blacks. [2]

Yuhara played for Top League team Toshiba Brave Lupus. [3]

Death

He collapsed while working out in the Toshiba Brave Lupus clubhouse and was rushed to hospital where he died. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hiroki Yuhara - Japan". ESPNscrum. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "RWC 2011 - Japan - Hiroki Yuhara". RWC 2011. International Rugby Board. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  3. ↑ プロフィール 湯原 祐希. Toshiba Brave Lupus (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Former Japan international Hiroki Yuhara dies at 36". The Japan Times . 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.


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