Atsushi Sakate - Wikipedia

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Atsushi Sakate

Sakate representing Saitama Wild Knights during the Top League

Date of birth

21 June 1993 (age 30)

Place of birth

Kyoto, Japan

Height

1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Weight

104 kg (229 lb; 16 st 5 lb)

Rugby union career

Senior career
Position(s)	Hooker
Current team	Saitama Wild Knights
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2016–	Saitama Wild Knights	79	(90)
2017–2019	Sunwolves	17	(5)
Correct as of 28 August 2023
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2012	Japan U20	4	(0)
2016–	Japan	37	(20)
2023	Japan XV	1	(0)
Correct as of 28 August 2023

Atsushi Sakate (坂手淳史, Sakate Atsushi, born 21 June 1993) is a Japanese professional rugby union player who plays as a hooker for Japan Rugby League One club Saitama Wild Knights and the Japan national team.^[1]^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Atsushi Sakate ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Atsushi Sakate itsrugby Profile". itsrugby. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

External links[edit]

Atsushi Sakate at ESPNscrum
Atsushi Sakate at ItsRugby.co.uk

v t e Saitama Wild Knights – current squad
Forwards	Mark Abbott Asaeli Ai Valu Jura Asanuma Lachlan Boshier Jack Cornelsen Lood de Jager Taiki Fujii Shota Fukui Sho Furuhata Ben Gunter Esei Ha'angana Ryota Hasegawa Goro Hashimoto Shohei Hirano Shōta Horie Keita Inagaki Ryusei Kawasaki Yusaku Kihara Craig Millar Liam Mitchell Tomohito Miyakawa Taichi Niiduma Shunsuke Nunomaki Itsuki Onishi Daniel Perez Atsushi Sakate Hyuga Shimada Kazuma Shimane Yuji Shimogama Masaki Tani Yusuke Tokota Suliasi Tolu Takumi Yoshizawa
Backs	Tsubasa Arai Vince Aso Damian de Allende Atora Hondo Iori Kaji Eiji Kaneda Seijun Kawasaki Marika Koroibete Taiki Koyama Manoa Latu Rikiya Matsuda Ryuji Noguchi Tomoki Osada Dylan Riley Takaya Saito Yasutaka Sasakura Yuta Takagi Koki Takeyama Tatsuhiro Tanji Semisi Tupou Keisuke Uchida Kyohei Yamasawa Takuya Yamasawa
Coach	Tomokazu Soma

v t e Japan squad – 2019 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Ai Valu Helu Himeno Horie Inagaki Kitade Kizu Koo Labuschagné Leitch (c) Mafi Moore Nakajima Sakate Thompson Tokunaga Tui Van der Walt
Backs	Fukuoka Lafaele Lemeki Matsuda Matsushima Moeakiola Nagare Nakamura Shigeno Tamura Tanaka Tupou Yamanaka
Head coach: Joseph

v t e Japan squad – 2023 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Ai Valu Cornelsen Dearns Fakatava Fukui Gunter Halasili Himeno (c) Horie Horikoshi Inagaki Kakinaga Koo Ji-won Labuschagné Leitch Millar Sakate Saumaki Shimokawa
Backs	Fifita Fukuda Lee Seung-sin Lemeki Masirewa Matsuda Matsushima Nagare Naikabula Nakamura Ogura Osada Riley Saitō Yamanaka (replaced Masirewa)
Head coach: Joseph

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