(born 24 July 1963 in
Shizuoka Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,555,818 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Pref ...
) is a former Japanese rugby union player. He played as a hooker.
Career
Hirose started his rugby career while attending
Doshisha University
, also referred to as , is a private university in Kyoto, Japan. Established in 1875, it is one of Japan's oldest private institutions of higher learning, and has approximately 30,000 students enrolled on four campuses in Kyoto. It is one of Japa ...
, for whose rugby team he played. After his graduation, he played for
Ricoh
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until his retirement. His first cap for
Japan
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was against
Ireland Students, in
Tokyo
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, on 3 October 1987. He was also among the players called up by the then-national coach
Katsumi Miyaji for the
1987 Rugby World Cup
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squad, although he never played any match in the tournament. His last cap was against the 1988 Asian Rugby Championship against
South Korea
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, in
Hong Kong
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, on 19 November 1988, where Japan arrived second in the championship. Hirose was also part of the Japan squad which defeated
Scotland XV on 28 May 1989, but he never saw action.
Ricoh Black Rams: L'un des trois grands clubs de Tokyo
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1963 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Shizuoka (city)
Rugby union hookers
Japanese rugby union players
Japan international rugby union players
Black Rams Tokyo players
1987 Rugby World Cup players
Doshisha University alumni