Hiroyuki Tanuma

Hiroyuki Tanuma

Date of birth	(1973-05-24) May 24, 1973
Place of birth	Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
School	Shonan Gakuen High School, Fujisawa
University	Nippon Sport Science University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) -1996 Nippon Sport Science University RFC () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1996-2010 Ricoh () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1996-2003 Japan 42 (10) National sevens team Years Team Comps 1996-1997 Japan 7s 1997 Coaching career Years Team 2010 Ricoh Black Rams 2015 Nippon Sport Science University RFC

Hiroyuki Tanuma (田沼 広之, Tanuma Hiroyuki, born 24 May 1973 in Kanagawa) is a former Japanese rugby union player. He played as lock.

Career

Tanuma attended Nippon Sport Science University, for whose club he played and won the Kanto Taikosen league university championship in 1995. In 1996 he graduated and joined Ricoh, where he played 14 consecutive seasons until his retirement as player in 2010. Tanuma was first capped for Japan against South Korea, in Taipei, on 9 November 1996. He also played three matches in the 1999 Rugby World Cup and played only one match in the 2003 Rugby World Cup, against France, in Townsville, on 18 October, which would be his last cap for Japan. Tanuma also played in the Japan Sevens team, where he played the 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens. After his retirement in 2010, he coached Ricoh Black Rams and then, Nippon Sport Science University Rugby Football Club.

External links

• Hiroyuki Tanuma at ESPNscrum