The Japan national under-20 rugby union team is Japan's junior national team in rugby union.
Japan won the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy in 2014, beating Tonga in the final 35–10. This qualified them for the 2015 IRB Junior World Championship in Italy. The team also competed at the Oceania U20 Championship in 2015.
Players Recent squad This is the squad for the 2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy. Forwards Daigo Hashimoto Jiwon Koo Shogo Miura Takumi Tsukahara Takayuki Watanabe Kosuke Horikoshi Shunta Nakamura Ryeongji Kim Eishin Kuwano Shoma Makinouchi Yuto Ueda Ryoi Kamei Sota Oketani Takeo Suenaga Backs Ippei Okada Genki Okoshi Rikiya Matsuda Keisuke Moriya Yoshiki Hamagishi Kanta Ishida Yuki Okada Kenichiro Kuwae Chihito Matsui Shuhei Narita Seiya Ozaki Ryuji Noguchi
Award winners The following Japan U20s players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2008:
+ World Rugby Junior Player of the Year Year Nominees Winners 2016 Ataata Moeakiola —
Management Keisuke Sawaki - Head Coach Shingo Mishima - Team Manager Saturo Endo - Assistant Coach Takayuki Kawasaki - Team Doctor Satoshi Tashiro - Trainer Yusuke Sakai - Strength & Conditioning Hideaki Noguchi - Performance Analyst
Tournament record 2012 Junior World Rugby Trophy Pool 39 - 36 38 - 35 36 - 29
Final 37 - 33
2026 World Rugby Junior World Championship
See also Japan national rugby union team Japan national rugby sevens team
References
External links Japan RFU Official Site (English)