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- ↑ "Mitsugu Yamamoto". ESPN Rugby. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ↑ Japan Rugby Football Union
- ↑ "Scotland 100-8 Japan". BBC Sport. 13 November 2004. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
