Takahiro Ogawa

Takahiro Ogawa

Date of birth	(1991-03-18) 18 March 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth	Fukuoka, Japan
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	73 kg (11 st 7 lb; 161 lb)
School	Higashi Fukuoka High School
University	Nihon University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half Current team Toshiba Brave Lupus Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2013–present Toshiba Brave Lupus 74 (527) 2017 Sunwolves 0 (0) Correct as of 21 February 2021 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2016–2017 Japan 3 (0) Correct as of 21 February 2021 National sevens team Years Team Comps 2014 Japan Sevens 2 Correct as of 21 February 2021

Takahiro Ogawa (小川 高廣, Ogawa Takahiro; born 18 March 1991) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half. ^[1] He currently plays for the Toshiba Brave Lupus in Japan's domestic Top League. ^{[2] [3]}

Club career

Ogawa has played all of his senior club rugby in Japan with the Toshiba Brave Lupus who he joined in 2013. He is the regular goalkicker for his side and has amassed over 350 career points. ^[4]

He played for the Sunwolves in the Super Rugby competition.

International

Ogawa was a Japan Sevens representative during the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series playing in 2 events. ^[4]

Also in 2013, Ogawa was a member of the Japan A team which played the Otago Highlanders development squad in Dunedin, New Zealand. ^[5] He finally 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]

References

1. "Takahiro Ogawa ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
2. "Takahiro Ogawa Top League Player Profile" (in Japanese). Top League. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
3. "Takahiro Ogawa Toshiba Brave Lupus Player Profile" (in Japanese). Toshiba. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
4. "Takahiro Ogawa itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
5. "Rugby: Rutledge key in Development victory". Otago Daily Times Online News. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2025.