Kojiro Yoshinaga Explained

Kojiro Yoshinaga
Birth Date:8 July 1961
Birth Place:Tokyo, Japan
University:Nippon Sport Science University
Ru Position:Centre
Youthyears1: 
Years1:198?-1990
Clubs1:Mazda Motor Corporation
Repyears1:1986-1990
Repcaps1:6
Reppoints1:11
Ru Sevensnationalyears1: 
Coachyears1:2003-2007
Coachteams1:Toyota Verblitz
born 8 June 1961, in Tokyo) is a former Japanese rugby union player and coach. He played as a centre.

Career

Yoshinaga started his rugby career when he played for the team of Nippon Sports Sciences University, the university he attended.After his graduation, Yoshinaga started to play for Mazda Motors Corporation in the All-Japan Rugby Company Championship, in all of his career. Yoshinaga was first capped for Japan in the match against Korea, at Bangkok, on 29 November 1986. He also was capped for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing 2 matches in the tournament, making him the only player in Mazda Motor Company's history to take part in a Rugby World Cup.[1] Yoshinaga was also present in the Japanese squad who defeated Scotland in 1989. His last international cap was against Samoa, at Tokyo, on 15 April 1990.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.japonrugby.net/mazda-blue-zoomers-le-grand-club-de-la-prefecture-d-hiroshi.php Mazda Blue Zoomers: Le grand club de la préfecture d'Hiroshima