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| Born | 5 September 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb; 231 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Joto High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Fukuoka Institute of Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kyosuke Kajikawa (梶川喬介, Kajikawa Kyōsuke; born 5 September 1987) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a lock or flanker. [1] He currently plays for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and Toshiba Brave Lupus in Japan's domestic Top League. [2] [3]
Kajikawa signed for the Toshiba Brave Lupus ahead of the 2010-11 Top League season, bit didn't make his debut until the following year. By 2012 he had become a regular starter and had made more than 50 Top League appearances by the beginning of the 2016-17 season. [4]
Kajikawa received his first call-up to Japan's senior squad ahead of the 2016 end-of-year rugby union internationals. He debuted in new head coach, Jamie Joseph's first game, a 54-20 loss at home to Argentina. [1]