Yoshikazu Fujita

Yoshikazu Fujita

Fujita in 2013
Date of birth	(1993-09-08) 8 September 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth	Fukuoka, Japan
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb)
University	Waseda University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing/Fullback Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) St. Bede's College Waseda University () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2016– Panasonic Wild Knights 20 (32) 2018 Sunwolves 1 (0) Correct as of 21 February 2021 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2012–2017 Japan 31 (130) Correct as of 21 February 2021 National sevens team(s) Years Team Comps 2011– Japan Sevens 22 Correct as of 21 February 2021

Yoshikazu Fujita (藤田 慶和, born 8 September 1993 in Kyoto^[1]) is a Japanese international rugby union player.

After impressing the coaches with his form playing for the Japan sevens team, Fujita was selected for the Japan national rugby union team and became the youngest ever player to play for Japan when he took the field against the UAE in May 2012 at the age of 18 years and 210 days in his hometown of Fukuoka.^[2] On his debut as Japan youngest ever player he scored 6 tries.^[3] However soon after his debut later that month he suffered a serious injury where he tore the ligaments in his left knee and was ruled out of action for 10 months.^[4]

He returned to play in the Pacific Rugby Cup for Junior Japan in March 2013, and then returned to the Japan national team after an injury to Hirotoki Onozawa and scored tries on his return in all three of the matches he played in the Asian 5 Nations. After scoring his 11th try for Japan against Wales in June 2013, Fujita broke the record of George North for most tries scored as a teenager in international rugby.^[5]

References

External links

• Yoshikazu Fujita at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series 
• Yoshikazu Fujita at ESPNscrum 
• Yoshikazu Fujita at ItsRugby.co.uk 
• Yoshikazu Fujita at Olympedia 

This page was last edited on 17 March 2024, at 16:44