Date of birth | 6 July 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Tonga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Shochi Fukaya High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Saitama Institute of Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mifiposeti Paea (born 6 July 1988) is a Tongan-born Japanese rugby union footballer who plays as a centre. [1]
Paea currently plays for the Osaka-based NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes having joined them in 2011. [2] [3] He was named in the first ever Sunwolves squad which will compete in Super Rugby from the 2016 season. [4] He moved to Fukaya in 2004 and enjoyed the game through Shochi Fukaya High School and Saitama Institute of Technology. After that he acquired Japanese citizenship.[ citation needed ]
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