Full name Akihito Yamada Years Team Weight 90 kg Playing position Height 1.81 m | University Keio University Role Rugby Player Name Akihito Yamada | |
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Born 26 July 1985 (age 38)
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan ( 1985-07-26 ) Current club Panasonic Wild Knights / Force Similar People Shota Horie, Kensuke Hatakeyama, Fumiaki Tanaka, Ayumu Goromaru, Michael Leitch Profiles | ||
School(s) attended Kokura High School | ||
Akihito yamada player reel 2013 2014 season
Akihito Yamada (山田章仁, Yamada Akihito, born 26 July 1985 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a winger. He also plays for Top League side the Panasonic Wild Knights in his home country.
Contents
- Akihito yamada player reel 2013 2014 season
- Akihito yamada player reel 2014 2015 season
- Career
- International career
- References
Akihito yamada player reel 2014 2015 season
Career
Yamada has been a prolific try-scorer for the Wild Knights in Japan's Top 14 competition since making his debut during the 2010-11 season. He enjoyed a stand-out year in 2012-13 scoring 20 tries in 14 games to be the league's top scorer.
Ahead of the admission of a Japanese franchise into Super Rugby, Australian sides were permitted to contract one Japanese player per season to aid their development. And so it was that the Perth-based Western Force signed Yamada to a one-year contract ahead of the 2015 Super Rugby season.
International career
Yamada made his debut for Japan on 15 November 2013 in a 40-13 victory over Russia in Colwyn Bay, Wales. To date he has scored 8 tries in 10 international matches.