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- ↑ "Toyota Verblitz: The Team" (in Japanese). Toyota Verblitz. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ↑ "Kenta Fukuda itsrugby Profile". itsrugby. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ↑ "ヒト・コミュニケーションズ サンウルブズ 新加入選手のお知らせ" (Press release) (in Japanese). Sunwolves. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ↑ "2020Squad". Sunwolves. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
