Takuma Asahara (浅原拓真, Asahara Takuma, born 7 September 1987) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays in the prop position.[1] He currently plays for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and the Toshiba Brave Lupus in Japan's domestic Top League.[2][3][4]
Date of birth | 7 September 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Yamanashi, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 113 kg (17 st 11 lb; 249 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Kofu Kogyo High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Hosei University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early / Provincial Career edit
Born and raised in Yamanashi, Asahara played rugby all the way through school and university. He signed up with the Toshiba Brave Lupus in 2010 and has been a regular with them ever since.[2][4]
Super Rugby Career edit
Asahara was selected as a member of the first ever Sunwolves squad ahead of the 2016 Super Rugby season. He played 14 matches in their debut campaign.[2][5]
International edit
Asahara played 5 matches for Japan in 2013, making his debut for the Brave Blossoms on 20 April in a match against the Philippines. He hasn't played for his country since June 2013.[1]
Super Rugby Statistics edit
- As of 18 August 2016[5]
Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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2016 | Sunwolves | 14 | 5 | 9 | 518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 14 | 5 | 9 | 518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References edit
- ^ a b "Takuma Asahara ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Takuma Asahara Sunwolves Player Profile". Super Japan Rugby. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ "Takuma Asahara Top League Player Profile" (in Japanese). Top League. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Takuma Asahara Toshiba Brave Lupus Player Profile" (in Japanese). Toshiba. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Takuma Asahara itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 18 August 2016.