Yusaku Kuwazuru

Yusaku Kuwazuru (桑水流 裕策, Kuwazuru Yūsaku, born October 23, 1985) is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays for the Japanese club Coca-Cola Red Sparks in the Top League. He was part of the squad that played at the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens and won the World Series Qualifier for the 2014–15 Sevens World Series.[1]

Yusaku Kuwazuru
Yusaku Kuwazuru in 2018
Date of birth (1985-10-23) October 23, 1985
Place of birthKagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb; 15 st 6 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock, Flanker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008-Present Coca-Cola Red Sparks 55 (65)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012 Japan 3 (10)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
Japan 7s

He captained the squad that won the 2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] He has been selected to lead Japan's national rugby sevens team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3][4]

References
  1. "Rugby Sevens: 'Awesome' Japan celebrate core spot on World Series". Sport Asia.com. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  2. "Japan's sevens star seek share of the limelight". worldrugby.org. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  3. "Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  4. "KUWAZURU Yusaku". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
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