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- ↑ "2014–15 Top League Player profile Yoshizumi Takeda". Top League. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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- ↑ "TOYOTA CHEETAH AND TOYOTA VERBLITZ" (Press release). Free State Cheetahs. 23 March 2016. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.