Junior Japan

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Junior Japan
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Union Japan Rugby Football Union
Emblem(s) Sakura
Founded2012
Coach(es) Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Okubo
Captain(s)Keito Aoki
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Junior Japan is a national representative rugby union team of the Japan rugby union. It is a second-tier side to the Japan national rugby union team. Junior Japan competes in the World Rugby Pacific Challenge against teams such as Samoa A, Fiji Warriors, and Argentina's Pampas XV. [1]

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The Junior Japan squad was formed in 2012 from players just outside the main Japanese national squad. In the first year, the team played a match in Tokyo against the Tongan national side, before joining the Pacific Rugby Cup in 2013. [2]

Current Squad

Naoya Okubu named a 33 man squad for the World Rugby Pacific Challenge 2024. [3]

PlayerPositionClub/Province
Jinnosuke MoriLoose-head Prop Flag of Japan.svg Tenri University
Mutsuki UradeLoose-head Prop Flag of Japan.svg Kindai University
Kenji SatoHooker Flag of Japan.svg Waseda University
Haruya KerakawauchiHooker Flag of Japan.svg Teikyo University
Kenshin ShimizuHooker Flag of Japan.svg Waseda University
Towa NunobikiTight-head Prop Flag of Japan.svg Teikyo University
Yuta HattaTight-head Prop Flag of Japan.svg Kyoto Sangyo University
Takumi YamaguchiTight-head Prop Flag of Japan.svg Meiji University
Chuka IshibashiLock Flag of Japan.svg Kyoto Sangyo University
Shuntaro IsobeLock Flag of Japan.svg Kyoto Sangyo University
Yotaro MonobeLocks Flag of Japan.svg Meiji University
Tomonosuke ShiromaruLock Flag of Japan.svg Tsukuba University
Keito AokiLock Flag of Japan.svg Teikyo University
Koki KawagoeBack row Flag of Japan.svg Tenri University
Yoshiaki TaianBack row Flag of Japan.svg Tenri University
Shusui KameiBack row Flag of Japan.svg Meiji University
Kotaro OkawaBack row Flag of Japan.svg Meiji University
Asahi DoeiScrum-half Flag of Japan.svg Kyoto Sangyo University
Joji TakagiScrum-half Flag of Japan.svg Kyoto Sangyo University
Rieto ItoScrum-half Flag of Japan.svg Meiji University
Takaya MotohashiFly-half Flag of Japan.svg Teikyo University
Ryunosuke ItoFly-half Flag of Japan.svg Meiji University
Yuta AkihamaCentre Flag of Japan.svg Meiji University
Yamato UedaCentre Flag of Japan.svg Teikyo University
Kohaku EbisawaWinger Flag of Japan.svg Meiji University
Yoshitaka YazakiWinger Flag of Japan.svg Waseda University
Jingo TakenoshitaUtility back Flag of Japan.svg Meiji University
Tasuku MasuyamaUtility back Flag of Japan.svg Tsukuba University
Aoi OmiyaReserve Flag of Japan.svg Nihon University
Ryoku MasuoReserveUnattached
Syota GotoReserve Flag of Japan.svg Nihon University
Yusuke YoshidaReserve Flag of Japan.svg Teikyo University

Record

Season standings

Pacific Rugby Cup

YearPosPldWDLFA+/-TBLBPtsFinal Notes  
2013 3rd6006140361-221303– 
2014 4th300326241-210000–  Finished 4th in Pool A

World Rugby Pacific Challenge

YearPosPldWDLFA+/-TBLBPtsFinal Notes  
2015 6th300341212-171101–Finished 3rd in Pool A
2016 3rd31025894-36004–Lost to Tonga A in the 3rd place play off.
2017 2nd320192103-112010–
2018 2nd3201777702010–
2019 2nd32019497-33011–
2020 1st330014325+1182014–
2023 3rd3102100133- 33206–

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Junior Japan join expanded PRC in 2013". ARFU. 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Junior Japan Sugadaira Camp". Rugby in Japan Newsletter Volume 9, No.30. 14 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Hinato (29 March 2024). "Le groupe Japan XV pour le World Rugby Pacific Challenge 2024". Asierugby (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2024.
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