Yoshitaka Tokunaga
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| Date of birth | 10 April 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Hyōgo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Kwansei Gakuin Senior High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Kwansei Gakuin University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yoshitaka Tokunaga (德永 祥尭, Tokunaga Yoshitaka, born April 10, 1992) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed for Japan 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.[1][2][3][4]
In 2015 he was suspended for six games by the Japan Rugby Football Union for biting an opponent.[5] He graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Japan names Olympic 7s squads". Americas Rugby News.com. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Rio Olympics: Team squads for the 7s". skysports.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "TOKUNAGA Yoshitaka". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Rugby: Toshiba No. 8 Tokunaga gets 6-match ban for biting". english.kyodonews.jp. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Yoshitaka Tokunaga (School of Business Administration 2015) to play for the Japanese men's rugby sevens team in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics". global.kwansei.ac.jp. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
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[edit]Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Hyōgo Prefecture
- Male rugby sevens players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Japan
- Japanese rugby sevens players
- Japanese rugby union players
- Japan international rugby union players
- Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo players
- Japan international rugby sevens players
- Sunwolves players
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union number eights
- 2019 Rugby World Cup players
- Kwansei Gakuin University alumni