Rugby World Cup 2003 Squad

Coach

Shogo Mukai

Captain: Takuro Miuchi (Flanker, NEC)

Team Name: Cherry Blossoms
Playing Strip: Red and white hooped jersey, white shorts

THE TEAM

Name	Club	Position
Masao Amino	NEC	Hooker
Ryota Asano	NEC	Hooker
Shin Hasegawa	Suntory	Prop
Keiji Hirose	Toyota Motor	Flyhalf
Junichi Hovjo	Suntory	Flyhalf
Takeomi Ito	Suntory	Flanker/No 8
Hajime Kiso	Yamaha Motor	Flanker
George Konia	NEC	Centre
Kouichi Kubo	Yamaha Motor	Flanker
Toru Kurihara	Suntory	Wing/Fullback
Tsutomu Matsuda	Toshiba Fuchu	Fullback
Andrew Miller	Kobe	Flyhalf
Takuro Miuchi (c)	NEC	No 8
Yukio Motoki	Kobe	Centre
Hideki Namba	Toyota Motor	Centre
Daisuke Ohata	Kobe	Winger
Naoya Okubo	Suntory	Flanker
Hirotoki Onozowa	Suntory	Wing/Fullback
Adam Parker	Toshiba Fuchu	Flanker/Lock
Ruben Parkinson	Sanix	Centre
Yuya Saito	Suntory	No 8
Masaaki Sakata	Suntory	Hooker
Yuji Sonoda	Kobe	Scrumhalf
Hiroyuki Tanuma	Ricoh	Lock/Flanker
Takashi Tsuji	NEC	Scrumhalf
Masahiko Toyoyama	Toyota Motor	Prop
Yasunori Watanabe	Toshiba Fuchu	Flanker
Masahito Yamamoto	Toyota Motor	Prop
Ryo Yamamura	Kanto-Gakuin University	Prop
Takashi Yoshida	Suntory	Wing