is a Japanese professional

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player who plays as a

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for

Japan Rugby League One Japan Rugby League One (), formerly known as the Top League (), is a rugby union competition in Japan. It is the highest level of professional rugby competition in the country. The Japan Rugby Football Union created the competition in 2003, b ...

club

Tokyo Sungoliath Tokyo Sungoliath (formerly known as Suntory Sungoliath) is owned by the Suntory beverage company and is one of the Japanese rugby union teams in the Top League. The team is based in Fuchū, Tokyo, as is their local rival Toshiba Brave Lupus. The ...

and the Japan national team.

International career

Japan head coach

Jamie Joseph James Whitinui Joseph (born 21 November 1969) is a New Zealand-born Japanese former rugby union player and current rugby union coach. A flanker, Joseph represented Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, ...

has named Shunsuke Asaoka in a 52-man training squad ahead of British and Irish Lions test.

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* 1997 births Living people Rugby union centres Sunwolves players Japanese rugby union players Japan international rugby union players Rugby union wings Tokyo Sungoliath players 21st-century Japanese sportsmen Rugby union players from Fukuoka (city) {{Japan-rugbyunion-bio-stub