Full name | Yusuke Niwai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 22 October 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Hyogo Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb; 225 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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