Harumichi Tatekawa

Rugby player

Harumichi Tatekawa

Harumichi Tatekawa with team mates

Full name| Harumichi Tatekawa
Date of birth|  (1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 33)
Place of birth| Nara, Japan
Height| 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight| 95 kg (14 st 13 lb; 209 lb)
University| Tenri University
Rugby union career
| Position(s)|  Fly-half / inside-centre

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Current team|  Kubota Spears
Senior career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
2012–present|  Kubota Spears|  103|  (284)
2016–2019|  Sunwolves|  24|  (8)
2019|  Otago|  4|  (0)

Correct as of 21 October 2022

International career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
2009|  Japan U20|  5|  (2)
2012–present|  Japan|  55|  (64)

Correct as of 21 February 2021

Harumichi Tatekawa (立川 理道, Tatekawa Harumichi, born 2 December 1989) is a Japanese rugby union player who can play either as a fly-half or centre. He plays for the Kubota Spears in Japan and the Brumbies in the international Super Rugby competition.[1][2]

## Career[edit]

Tatekawa started his professional career in Japan's Top League playing for Kubota Spears in Chiba.[3] His impressive record made the former Australia national coach Eddie Jones recommend him to Brumbies' boss Stephen Larkham. The Brumbies were looking for new talent in the 10/12 area due to an injury to Christian Lealiifano and were happy to take him on as part of their development plan. The former Wallabies and Spears player Toutai Kefu sang Tatekawa's praises on signing for the Brumbies, saying he was the best Japanese player he had ever seen.[2]

## International[edit]

Tatekawa made his international debut for the Brave Blossoms in an away match against Kazakhstan in April 2012. To date[when?] he has made 39 appearances and scored 59 points including seven tries.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Tatekawa signs on as UC Brumbies first Japanese player" (Press release). Brumbies. 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
\- "Brumbies dip into Japan market". Rugby 365. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
2. ^ a b "Brumbies sign Japan star Harumichi Tatekawa". ESPN Scrum. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
3. ^ "Harumichi Tatekawa itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". Its Rugby. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
4. ^ "Harumichi Tatekawa". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

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Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay - current squad

Forwards|

* Yuki Aoki
* Ruan Botha
* David Bulbring
* Yuta Chiba
* Schalk Erasmus
* Rikuto Fukuda
* Opeti Helu
* Uwe Helu
* Naoaki Horibe
* Kota Kaishi
* Yota Kamimori
* Kazuki Kato
* Kengo Kitagawa
* Lappies Labuschagné
* Faulua Makisi
* Malcolm Marx
* Shoya Matsunami
* Takenori Matsui
* Asipeli Moala
* Hisanobu Okayama
* Katsuya Okuma
* Teruyoshi Joshua Oto
* Kentaro Otsuka
* Satoshi Saita
* Kensuke Seki
* Takeo Suenaga
* Hiroaki Sugimoto
* Masaya Tamaki
* Kai Toi
* Shinko Tsuchiya
* Finau Tupa
* David Vanjiland
* Kenshi Yamamoto
* Ogi Yanamoto

Backs|

* Ryan Crotty
* Bernard Foley
* Shinobu Fujiwara
* Kanji Futamura
* Tony Hunt
* Daisuke Inoue
* Kento Iwasa
* Haruto Kida
* Tomoki Kishioka
* Shunta Koga
* Hideto Kondo
* Hiroto Mamada
* Leo Matsushita
* Shintaro Nagatomi
* Shota Nakata
* Koga Nezuka
* Ippei Okada
* Atsushi Oshikawa
* Rikus Pretorius
* Yuhei Shimada
* Kim Su-Ryung
* Kazuhiro Taniguchi
* Harumichi Tatekawa
* Sione Teaupa
* Halatoa Vailea
* Gerhard van den Heever
* Hiroyuki Yamasaki

Coach|

* Frans Ludeke

Squads

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Forwards|

* Broadhurst
* Hatakeyama
* Holani
* Horie
* Inagaki
* Ito
* Ives
* Kizu
* Leitch (c)
* Mafi
* Makabe
* Mikami
* Ono
* Thompson
* Tui
* Yamashita
* Yuhara

Backs|

* Fujita
* Fukuoka
* Goromaru
* Hesketh
* Hirose
* Hiwasa
* Matsushima
* Ono
* Sa'u
* Tamura
* Tanaka
* Tatekawa
* Wing
* Yamada

Coach: Jones

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