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| Date of birth | 29 July 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Gunma, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 107 kg (16 st 12 lb; 236 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Tatsukilsao High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Kokushikan University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kotaro Yatabe (谷田部 洸太郎, Yatabe Kōtarō, born 29 July 1986) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a lock or loose forward. [1] He currently[ when? ] plays for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and Panasonic Wild Knights in Japan's domestic Top League. [2] [3]
Yatabe has played all of his senior club rugby in Japan with the Panasonic Wild Knights who he joined in 2014. He won the Top League in both 2015 and 2016. [2] [3] [4]
Yatabe made his senior international debut in a match against South Korea on April 30, 2016 and featured in 3 more tests against Asian opposition in the spring of 2016 before making substitute appearances against Canada and Scotland during the 2016 mid-year rugby union internationals series. [1]
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