Lopeti Oto

Lopeti Oto
Date of birth	November 2, 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Tonga
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	202 lb (92 kg)
School	Tonga College
University	Daito Bunka University
Notable relative(s)	Nataniela Oto (brother), Teruyoshi Joshua Oto (Son)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
1988-1991	Tonga College HS
1991-1996	Daito Bunka University
Senior career
Years	Team
1996-2003	Toyota Motors
International career
Years	Team
1992-1997	Japan

Lopeti Oto (born 2 November 1971) is a Tongan-Japanese former rugby union player. He played as wing. His younger brother Nataniela Oto also had acquired Japanese nationality to play for Japan in the 2007 Rugby World Cup and his other brother, Ofa Topeni, plays for Toyota Industries Shuttles since 2009.

Career

After graduating from Tonga College, Oto went to Daito Bunka University to study abroad and play rugby. While he studied abroad, he contributed to his team's second place in the 1991 All-Japan Rugby University Championship and the victory in the 1994 University Championship. Oto was first capped for Japan in the 1992 ARFU Asian Rugby Championship match against Hong Kong, at Seoul, on 26 September 1992. He was also in the 1995 Rugby World Cup squad, earning 8 caps. In 1996, after graduating, Oto joined Toyota Motors,^[1] with which he won in 1998 the All-Japan Rugby Company Championship. While he is 175 cm high and weights 100 kg, he could run 10 meters in 5 seconds, in a speed similar to the one of a whirlwind. Oto also contributed to Toyota's victory in the Rugby Company Championship in the 1998-99 season. He retired in 2003 season. Currently, Oto teaches at Kasugaoka High School.

Notes

^ Lopeti Oto at Japon Rugby

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[1] Lopeti Oto at Japon Rugby

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