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
editBorn 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
editAsahara 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
editAsahara 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.