Ryota Asano
| Birth name | Ryota Asano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 25 September 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chiba Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 224 lb (102 kg; 16.0 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Hongō High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Hosei University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryota Asano (浅野良太, Asano Ryōta) (born Chiba Prefecture, 25 September 1979) is a Japanese rugby union player with 22 caps and 0 points in aggregate. He played as flanker, lock and number eight. His nickname is Popi (ぽぴ～, Popi~).
Career
[edit]Asano started to play rugby when he attended Hongō High School. Later, he went to play for the Hosei University rugby union team until his graduation in 2002, when he joined NEC, where he would play for his entire club career until his retirement in 2014.[1] At international level he debuted for a non-test Japan national team in 2002, although his first test cap would be on 5 June 2003, during a match against Australia A, at Hanazono, Osaka. He was also part of the 2003 and 2007 Japan World Cup squads. His last international cap was on 20 September 2007, during a match against Wales, at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.[2] As of September 2012, Asano played 100 games in Top League.[3] After his retirement, Asano became coach of the Kokugakuin High School rugby team in Tochigi.[4]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "NECキャプテンの浅野良太が引退！ SH藤戸恭平らもブーツ脱ぐ".
- ^ "Ryota Asano Inose". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
- ^ "TOP LEAGUE OFFICIAL SITE - 個人表彰". archive.top-league.jp. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
- ^ "【ゆく人くる人】元日本代表の浅野、国学院栃木高で先生に". サンスポ (in Japanese). 2014-04-15. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
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