Hiroki Yuhara

Hiroki Yuhara

Birth name	Hiroki Yuhara
Date of birth	(1984-01-21)21 January 1984
Place of birth	Chiba, Japan
Date of death	28 September 2020 (aged 36)
Place of death	Fuchu, Tokyo
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	224 lb (102 kg; 16 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2006-20 Toshiba Brave Lupus 156 (165) Correct as of 15 January 2017 International career Years Team Apps (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]

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.