Date of birth | 15 December 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb; 231 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Keio Gijuku | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Keio University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tsuyoshi Murata (村田毅, Murata Tsuyoshi, born 15 December 1988 in Tokyo) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a back row forward. [1] [2]
In his home country he plays for the NEC Green Rockets whom he joined in 2011. [3] [4] He was also named in the first ever Sunwolves squad which will compete in Super Rugby from the 2016 season. [5] Murata is a Japanese international who debuted against South Korea in 2015, but did not make the squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. [1]
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