is a former Japanese rugby union player. He played as lock.
Career
Tanuma attended Nippon Sport Science University, for whose club he played and won the Kanto Taikosen league university championship in 1995. In 1996 he graduated and joined
Ricoh
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, where he played 14 consecutive seasons until his retirement as player in 2010. Tanuma was first capped for
Japan
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against
South Korea
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, in
Taipei
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, on 9 November 1996. He also played three matches in the
1999 Rugby World Cup
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and played only one match in the
2003 Rugby World Cup
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, against
France
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, in
Townsville
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, on 18 October, which would be his last cap for Japan. Tanuma also played in the
Japan Sevens team, where he played the
1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens
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. After his retirement in 2010, he coached Ricoh Black Rams and then, Nippon Sport Science University Rugby Football Club.
日体大監督に元代表・田沼氏就任「今年は100%の挑戦を」
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1973 births
Living people
Japanese rugby union players
Japanese rugby sevens players
Japanese rugby union coaches
Rugby union locks
Japan international rugby union players
Japan international rugby sevens players
Black Rams Tokyo players
Rugby union players at the 1998 Asian Games
Rugby union players at the 2002 Asian Games
Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
1999 Rugby World Cup players
2003 Rugby World Cup players
Nippon Sport Science University alumni
Rugby union players from Kanagawa Prefecture
21st-century Japanese sportsmen
Asian Games silver medalists in rugby union
Asian Games silver medalists in rugby sevens