Yoshitaka Tokunaga

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

Yoshitaka Tokunaga
Date of birth (1992-04-10) April 10, 1992
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 13 (10)
Correct as of 15 January 2017
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017 Japan 12 (0)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
Japan

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. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  2. "Japan names Olympic 7s squads". Americas Rugby News.com. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  3. "Rio Olympics: Team squads for the 7s". skysports.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. "TOKUNAGA Yoshitaka". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  5. "Rugby: Toshiba No. 8 Tokunaga gets 6-match ban for biting". english.kyodonews.jp. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  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 2016-09-10.
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