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Yu Tamura

Tamura during a meeting with Shinzo Abe, December 2019

Date of birth

9 January 1989 (age 35)

Place of birth

Okazaki, Aichi, Japan

Height

181 cm (5 ft 11 in)

Weight

92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb)

School

Kokugakuin Tochigi Junior College

Rugby union career

Senior career
Position(s)	Fly-half, Centre
Current team	Canon Eagles
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2011–2017	NEC Green Rockets	76	(445)
2016–2019	Sunwolves	31	(81)
2017–	Canon Eagles	27	(118)
Correct as of 20 February 2021
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2012–	Japan	63	(273)
Correct as of 20 February 2021

Yu Tamura (田村優, Tamura Yū, born 9 January 1989) is a Japanese rugby union player.^[1] Tamura currently plays for the Canon Eagles rugby team. His regular playing positions are fly-half and Centre.

Education[edit]

Tamura studied at Meiji University.^[2]

Playing career[edit]

Tamura plays for the Sunwolves and the Canon Eagles.^[3] He was named in Japan's squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup^[4] and the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.

References[edit]

^ "Yu Tamura". ESPN. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
^ "田村優選手プロフィール".
^ "田村優選手プロフィール".
^ "Jones opts for versatility in naming RWC 2015 squad". Rugby World Cup. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

External links[edit]

v t e Yokohama Canon Eagles – current squad
Forwards	Chang Ho Ahn Mitchell Brown Max Douglas Sione Halasili Kanta Higashionna Cory Hill Shin Kawamura Katsuto Kubo Amanaki Mafi Shota Matsuoka Yusaku Miyoshi Liaki Moli Yusuke Niwai Takato Okabe Naoto Shimada Park Song Ho Tatsuro Sugimoto Ryouta Suginaga Rento Tsukayama Sioeli Vakalahi Kobus van Dyk Ryuta Yasui Daisuke Yoshida
Backs	Toshiki Amano Kouki Arai Faf de Klerk Ryo Eto Sosefo Fakatava Ryu Fukuhara Richie Havili Burua Inoke Yoshihira Ishida Yusuke Kajimura Kohei Kire Jesse Kriel Luteru Laulala SP Marais Chihito Matsui Yuto Matsuki Naoya Minamihashi Kentaro Nagatomi Kazuma Nakagawa Jumpei Ogura Yu Saruta Ryo Tabata Kazunari Takagi Viliame Takayawa Masayoshi Takezawa Yu Tamura Koki Yakushiji Seiya Yamada Yuki Yamamoto Kazufumi Yamasuga
Coach	Keisuke Sawaki

Squads

v t e Japan squad – 2019 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Ai Valu Helu Himeno Horie Inagaki Kitade Kizu Koo Labuschagné Leitch (c) Mafi Moore Nakajima Sakate Thompson Tokunaga Tui Van der Walt
Backs	Fukuoka Lafaele Lemeki Matsuda Matsushima Moeakiola Nagare Nakamura Shigeno Tamura Tanaka Tupou Yamanaka
Head coach: Joseph

v t e Japan squad – 2015 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Broadhurst Hatakeyama Holani Horie Inagaki Ito Ives Kizu Leitch (c) Mafi Makabe Mikami Ono Thompson Tui Yamashita Yuhara
Backs	Fujita Fukuoka Goromaru Hesketh Hirose Hiwasa Matsushima Ono Sa'u Tamura Tanaka Tatekawa Wing Yamada
Coach: Jones

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