Osamu Koyabu Explained

School:Yodogawa High School
University:Doshisha University
Birth Date:24 October 1947
Birth Place:Kyoto, Japan
Weight:211 lb
Ru Position:Fly-half
Amatteam1:Yodogawa High School
Amatteam2:Doshisha University
Years1:1970-1977
Clubs1:Nippon Steel Kamaishi
Repyears1:1974
Repcaps1:1
Reppoints1:4
Coachteams1:Nippon Steel Kamaishi(player-coach)
Coachyears1:1976-1981
Coachyears2:1992-1995

, (born 24 October 1947 in Osaka) is a Japanese former rugby union player and coach. He played as a fly-half.

Career

Hailing from Osaka Prefecture, Koyabu was educated at Doshisha University, where he was the driving force of the West League consecutive wins as the team captain. In 1970 after graduation, he worked for Mitsubishi Motors Kyoto, but he joined Nippon Steel Kamaishi, with which he would win several times the Kansai League A and the 1977 All Japan Championship, as player-coach. In that year, Koyabu retired as player and he led Nippon Steel Kamaishi between 1976 and 1981, during the club's seven consecutive titles in the All-Japan Championship. In 1974, Koyabu was called up by the then-coach of the Japanese national team Ryo Saito to play for Japan, with which Koyabu only played a test match against Sri Lanka, in Colombo, scoring a try in the match, winning the 4th edition of the Asia Rugby Championship. In 1992, Koyabu returned to the Japan national rugby union team, being appointed as head coach, replacing Hiroaki Shukuzawa. He also led Japan in the 1995 Rugby World Cup campaign, however, after the defeat against the All Blacks at Bloemfontein, known in the Japanese press as, he resigned from his post.[1] Currently, Koyabu works in a company affiliated to Nippon Steel.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Une grande équipe historique japonaise: Kamaishi Sea Waves . 16 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170909052518/http://www.japonrugby.net/une-grande-equipe-historique-japonaise-kamaishi-sea-waves.php . 9 September 2017 . dead .