Toshikazu Nakamichi
Appearance
Date of birth | July 16, 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Osaka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 224 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Doshisha University[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Toshikazu Nakamichi (中道紀和, Nakamichi Toshikazu) (born Osaka, 16 July 1971) is a Japanese former rugby union player who played usually as hooker or as prop. He earned 16 caps without scoring in his international career.[3]
Career
After his graduation from Doshisha University, Nakamichi joined Kobe Steel. He was part of the Kobe squad which dominated the Japanese rugby scene in the early 1990s.[4] He debuted for the Japan's national team against Hong Kong in Tokyo, on 11 May 1996. He was called up by the then-national coach Seiji Hirao for the 1999 Rugby World Cup squad, playing two matches in the tournament. His last cap for Japan was against Tonga, in Tokyo, on 3 June 2000.