Naoto Nakamura (rugby union)
| Date of birth | January 18, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Kyoto Prefecture,[1] Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Naoto Nakamura (中村直人, Nakamura Naoto) (born 18 January 1969) is a Japanese former rugby union player who played as prop. He played 20 tests for the Japan national rugby union team including two matches in 1999 Rugby World Cup.[4] Currently he is the scrum coach for Canon Eagles.
Career
[edit]After his graduation from Doshisha University, Nakamura started to play for Suntory throughout all of his career, with which he won the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship in 1996.[5] He was first capped for Japan on 3 May 1998, against Canada, in Tokyo. He was also present at the 1999 Rugby World Cup, where he played two matches in the tournament. Nakamura's last cap for Japan was against Ireland, at Lansdowne Road, on 11 November 2000.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "【ラグリパWest】 酒とラグビーと番長とブログ。中村直人（株式会社なおかつ代表取締役） - ラグビーリパブリック" (in Japanese). 26 November 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ サントリーラグビー部
- ^ Staff Profiles - Canon Eagles
- ^ "Naoto Nakamura - Japan". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ "Suntory Sungoliath: Le grand rival des Brave Lupus". Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
External links
[edit]- Naoto Nakamura international stats
- Naoto Nakamura profile at JRFU website
- Naoto Nakamura Top League stats
- Official Blog
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- 1969 births
- Japanese rugby union players
- Japanese rugby union coaches
- Rugby union props
- Japan international rugby union players
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Kyoto Prefecture
- Asian Games medalists in rugby union
- Rugby union players at the 1998 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
- 1999 Rugby World Cup players
- Doshisha University alumni
- Tokyo Sungoliath players
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