Junior Japan Explained

Teamname:Junior Japan
Union:Japan Rugby Football Union
Emblem:Sakura
Captain:Keito Aoki
Coach: Naoya Okubo
Founded:2012
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Junior Japan is a national representative rugby union team of the Japan rugby union. It is a second-tier side to the Japan national rugby union team. Junior Japan competes in the World Rugby Pacific Challenge against teams such as Samoa A, Fiji Warriors, and Argentina's Pampas XV.[1]

The Junior Japan squad was formed in 2012 from players just outside the main Japanese national squad. In the first year, the team played a match in Tokyo against the Tongan national side, before joining the Pacific Rugby Cup in 2013.[2]

Current Squad

Naoya Okubu named a 33 man squad for the World Rugby Pacific Challenge 2024.[3]

!Player!Position!Club/Province
Jinnosuke MoriLoose-head Prop
Mutsuki UradeLoose-head Prop Kindai University
Kenji SatoHooker Waseda University
Haruya KerakawauchiHooker Teikyo University
Kenshin ShimizuHooker Waseda University
Towa NunobikiTight-head Prop Teikyo University
Yuta HattaTight-head Prop Kyoto Sangyo University
Takumi YamaguchiTight-head Prop Meiji University
Chuka IshibashiLock Kyoto Sangyo University
Shuntaro IsobeLock Kyoto Sangyo University
Yotaro MonobeLocks Meiji University
Tomonosuke ShiromaruLock Tsukuba University
Keito AokiLock Teikyo University
Koki KawagoeBack row
Yoshiaki TaianBack row
Shusui KameiBack row Meiji University
Kotaro OkawaBack row Meiji University
Asahi DoeiScrum-half Kyoto Sangyo University
Joji TakagiScrum-half Kyoto Sangyo University
Rieto Ito Scrum-half Meiji University
Takaya MotohashiFly-half Teikyo University
Ryunosuke ItoFly-half Meiji University
Yuta AkihamaCentre Meiji University
Yamato UedaCentre Teikyo University
Kohaku EbisawaWinger Meiji University
Yoshitaka YazakiWinger Waseda University
Jingo TakenoshitaUtility back Meiji University
Tasuku MasuyamaUtility back Tsukuba University
Aoi OmiyaReserve Nihon University
Ryoku MasuoReserveUnattached
Syota GotoReserve Nihon University
Yusuke YoshidaReserve Teikyo University

Record

Season standings

Pacific Rugby Cup

YearPosPldWDLFA+/-TBLBPtsFinalNotes
20133rd6 0 0 6 140 361 -221 3 0 3
20144th3 0 0 3 26 241 -210 0 0 0 Finished 4th in Pool A

World Rugby Pacific Challenge

YearPosPldWDLFA+/-TBLBPtsFinalNotes
20156th3 0 0 3 41 212 -171 1 0 1Finished 3rd in Pool A
20163rd3 1 0 2 58 94 -36 0 0 4Lost to Tonga A in the 3rd place play off.
20172nd320192103-112010
20182nd3201777702010
20192nd32019497-33011
20201st330014325+1182014
20233rd3102100133- 33206

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 19 February 2013 . Junior Japan join expanded PRC in 2013 . ARFU . 27 January 2015 . live . https://archive.today/20150128002036/http://www.arfu.com/news/2013/02/Junior . 28 January 2015.
  2. Web site: 14 August 2012 . Junior Japan Sugadaira Camp . Rugby in Japan Newsletter Volume 9, No.30 . 29 January 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150129022024/http://rugby-international.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/rugby-in-japan-newsletter-volume-9-no30.html . 29 January 2015.
  3. Web site: Hinato . 2024-03-29 . Le groupe Japan XV pour le World Rugby Pacific Challenge 2024 . 2024-04-02 . Asierugby . fr.