Yoshitaka Tokunaga

Yoshitaka Tokunaga
Date of birth (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birthHyōgo, Japan
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb)
SchoolKwansei Gakuin Senior High School
UniversityKwansei Gakuin University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose forward
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015– Toshiba Brave Lupus 29 (10)
2016–2019 Sunwolves 19 (5)
Correct as of 21 February 2021
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012 Japan U20 4 (5)
2017– Japan 12 (0)
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2016 Japan Sevens 4

Yoshitaka Tokunaga (德永 祥尭, Tokunaga Yoshitaka, born April 10, 1992) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed for Japan 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.[1][2][3][4]

In 2015 he was suspended for six games by the Japan Rugby Football Union for biting an opponent.[5] He graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Japan names Olympic 7s squads". Americas Rugby News.com. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Rio Olympics: Team squads for the 7s". skysports.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. ^ "TOKUNAGA Yoshitaka". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Rugby: Toshiba No. 8 Tokunaga gets 6-match ban for biting". english.kyodonews.jp. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Yoshitaka Tokunaga (School of Business Administration 2015) to play for the Japanese men's rugby sevens team in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics". global.kwansei.ac.jp. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.