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| Date of birth | 21 November 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Osaka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (11 st 11 lb; 165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Gonokawa High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Daito Bunka University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kaito Shigeno (茂野海人, Shigeno Kaito, born 21 November 1990) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays in the scrum-half position. [1] He captains Toyota Verblitz in Japan's domestic Japan Rugby League One. [2]
Shigeno was born in Osaka Prefecture but attended university in Tokyo after which he joined the NEC Green Rockets ahead of the 2013–14 Top League season.[ citation needed ] In 2015, he spent a year in New Zealand playing for Ponsonby in the local Auckland league after which he earned selection for Auckland's squad for the 2015 ITM Cup where he made 6 appearances. [3]
Shigeno was selected as a member of the first ever Sunwolves squad ahead of the 2016 Super Rugby season. He played 11 matches in their debut campaign and scored 1 try. [3] [4]
Shigeno earned his first cap for Japan in a match against Canada in Vancouver during the 2016 mid-year rugby union internationals and followed it up with 2 more appearances in Japan's home series against Scotland which was played in Toyota and Tokyo. His first try for his country came in his third appearance, a 21–16 defeat to Scotland. [1]
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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| 2016 | Sunwolves | 11 | 5 | 6 | 419 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 5 | 6 | 419 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
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