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Established
1932 (94 years old)

Sport
Rugby

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Japan National Stadium
(80,016 Capacity)

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Location
Kitaaoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

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Rugby World Cup
Pacific Nations Cup
Rugby Union International Friendlies
Nations Championship

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The Japan national rugby union team (often known as the Cherry Blossoms and more recently The Brave Blossoms), is traditionally the strongest rugby union power in Asia and has enjoyed and endured mixed results against non-Asian teams over the years. Rugby union in Japan is administered by the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU), which was founded in 1926. They compete annually in the Pacific Nations Cup and the Asia Rugby Championship. They have also participated in every Rugby World Cup since the tournament began in 1987.

Rugby was first played in Japan's treaty ports as early as 1866. Popular participation by local university teams was established in 1899 and Japan's first recorded international was a match against a Canadian team in 1932. Notable games for Japan include a victory over the Junior All Blacks in 1968, and a narrow 6–3 loss to England in 1971. Famous wins by Japan include a 28–24 victory over a Scotland XV in 1989 and a 23–8 victory over Wales in 2013. In the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Japan drew 12–12 against Canada. In 2011, Japan displayed its progress by winning the 2011 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, played against Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. Further progress was displayed in 2014 when Japan completed a string of ten consecutive test wins (a record for a tier 2 team) to rank in the world's top 10 teams. This continued into 2015 where they produced arguably the biggest upset in rugby history in a Rugby World Cup pool match against the Springboks, winning 34–32.


Team Members

Akiyama		Dearns		Fakatava
Fifita		Fujiwara		Gunter
Hamano		Harada		Hatakeyama
Helu		Himeno		Kajimura
Koyama		Lee		Lee
Makisi		Mapusua		Matsunaga
Matsuoka		Matsushima		Mccurran
Mohara		Morikawa		Naikabula
Okabe		Osada		Riley
Saito		Sakate		Shimokawa
Takeuchi		Tamefusa		Tatekawa
Tuitama		Uluiviti		Waqa
Yamada		Yazaki

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