Yoshikazu Fujita

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Rugby player

Yoshikazu Fujita

Fujita in 2013

Date of birth|  (1993-09-08) 8 September 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth| Fukuoka, Japan
Height| 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight| 90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb)
University| Waseda University
Rugby union career
| Position(s)|  Wing/Fullback

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Amateur team(s)
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)

St. Bede's College

Waseda University|  |  ()
Senior career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
2016–2022|  Panasonic Wild Knights|  20|  (32)
2018|  Sunwolves|  1|  (0)
2022–|  Honda Heat|  |  ()

Correct as of 21 February 2021

International career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
2012–2017|  Japan|  31|  (130)

Correct as of 21 February 2021

National sevens team
Years|  Team|  |  Comps
2011–|  Japan Sevens|  |  28

Correct as of 21 February 2021

Yoshikazu Fujita (藤田 慶和, born 8 September 1993 in Kyoto[1]) is a Japanese international rugby union player.

After impressing the coaches with his form playing for the Japan sevens team, Fujita was selected for the Japan national rugby union team and became the youngest ever player to play for Japan when he took the field against the UAE in May 2012 at the age of 18 years and 210 days in his hometown of Fukuoka.[2] On his debut as Japan youngest ever player he scored 6 tries.[3] However soon after his debut later that month he suffered a serious injury where he tore the ligaments in his left knee and was ruled out of action for 10 months.[4]

He returned to play in the Pacific Rugby Cup for Junior Japan in March 2013, and then returned to the Japan national team after an injury to Hirotoki Onozawa and scored tries on his return in all three of the matches he played in the Asian 5 Nations. After scoring his 11th try for Japan against Wales in June 2013, Fujita broke the record of George North for most tries scored as a teenager in international rugby.[5]

## References

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1. ^ 藤田 慶和 | 選手・スタッフ紹介 | ラグビー | パナソニック スポーツ | Panasonic
2. ^ "Japan / Youngest appearance".
3. ^ "Yoshikazu Fujita 6 tries on debut" - via YouTube.
4. ^ "Yoshikazu Fujita blessé".
5. ^ "Statsguru / Test matches / Player records".

## External links

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* Yoshikazu Fujita at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
* Yoshikazu Fujita at ESPNscrum
* Yoshikazu Fujita at ItsRugby.co.uk
* Yoshikazu Fujita at Olympedia

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Mie Honda Heat - current squad

Forwards|

* Hayato Akahira
* Yoji Akiyama
* Paddy Butler
* Akihito Doi
* Justin Downey
* Takumi Fuji
* Ryo Furuta
* Kosuke Hattori
* Masahiro Hibino
* Kouki Hida
* Kanato Hirano
* Shun Hizume
* Katsuyuki Hoshino
* Viliami Kaipouli
* Tateo Kanai
* Hiroto Kawasaki
* Ryota Kobayashi
* Masaki Kondo
* Pablo Matera
* Franco Mostert
* Shota Nishizawa
* Tetuhi Roberts
* Lee Seung Hyok
* Hiroaki Shirahama
* Kei Touma
* Atsurou Tsuji
* Tatsuhiko Tsurukawa
* Viliami Vuli
* Taiki Yoshioka

Backs|

* Tom Banks
* FC du Plessis
* Yoshikazu Fujita
* Kengo Gunji
* Oh Gwang Tee
* Hisayoshi Ito
* Kaito Kawai
* Dawid Kellerman
* Clynton Knox
* Kotaro Kono
* Yuta Matsura
* Kaito Morikawa
* Naoki Motomura
* Yuta Nakarai
* Shogo Nezuka
* Takuya Obata
* Fraser Quirk
* Issei Shige
* Park Song Gi
* Taichi Takenaka
* Haruhiko Uemura
* Kanta Watanabe
* Soki Watanabe
* Kenta Yamaji
* Yuzo Yamamoto
* Yuto Yohena

Coach|

* Taihei Ueda

Squads

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Japan squad – 2020 Summer Olympics

Forwards|

* Jose Seru
* Lote Tuqiri
* Colin Bourke
* Kameli Soejima
* Masakatsu Hikosaka

Backs|

* Kazushi Hano
* Brackin Karauria-Henry
* Chihito Matsui (c)
* Ryota Kano
* Yoshikazu Fujita
* Kippei Ishida
* Naoki Motomura
* Kazuhiro Goya

Coach|

Kensuke Iwabuchi

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Japan squad – 2015 Rugby World Cup

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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