Full name | Shunsuke Asaoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 24 June 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kyoto Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 121 kg (19 st 1 lb; 267 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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