Akihito Yamada
| Date of birth | 26 July 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Kitakyushu,Fukuoka Prefecture,Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Kokura High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Keio University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Akihito Yamada(Sơn điền chương nhân,Yamada Akihito,born 26 July 1985 inKitakyushu,Fukuoka Prefecture)is aJapaneserugby unionplayer who plays as awinger.[1][2]He also plays forTop Leagueside thePanasonic Wild Knightsin his home country.[3][4]
Career[edit]
Yamada has been a prolific try-scorer for the Wild Knights in Japan's Top 14 competition since making his debut during the2010-11season. He enjoyed a stand-out year in2012-13scoring 20 tries in 14 games to be the league's top scorer.[4]
Ahead of the admission of a Japanese franchise into Super Rugby, Australian sides were permitted to contract one Japanese player per season to aid their development. And so it was that thePerth-based Western Force signed Yamada to a one-year contract ahead of the2015 Super Rugby season.[1]
International career[edit]
Yamada made his debut for Japan on 15 November 2013 in a 40-13 victory overRussiainColwyn Bay,Wales.[5]To date he has scored 8 tries in 10 international matches.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ab"Akihito Yamada Western Force Player Profile".Western Force Rugby.Archived fromthe originalon 21 December 2014.Retrieved21 December2014.
- ^"Force bring in Japan flyer Yamada".ESPN.18 December 2014.Retrieved21 December2014.
- ^ab"Akihito Yamada ESPN Scrum Player Profile".ESPN.Retrieved21 December2014.
- ^ab"Akihito Yamada itsrugby Player Statistics".itsrugby.co.uk.Retrieved21 December2014.
- ^"Japan vs Russia 15 November 2014".ESPN.Retrieved21 December2014.
External links[edit]
- Akihito Yamadaat theWorld Rugby Men's Sevens Series(archived)
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Japanese rugby union players
- Japan international rugby union players
- Japanese expatriate rugby union players in Australia
- Rugby union wings
- Saitama Wild Knights players
- Sportspeople from Kitakyushu
- Rugby union players from Fukuoka Prefecture
- Sunwolves players
- Asian Games medalists in rugby union
- Rugby union players at the 2006 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Urayasu D-Rocks players
- Seattle Seawolves players
- Kyuden Voltex players
- 2015 Rugby World Cup players
- Japanese expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate rugby union players in the United States
- Keio University alumni