is a
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
player who plays as a
Hooker. He currently plays for
Toyota Verblitz
Toyota Verblitz is a Japanese rugby union team in the Japan Rugby League One. Verblitz is a portmanteau of ''verde'' (Italian, Spanish and Portuguese for 'green') and ''blitz'' (German for 'lightning'). The team is owned by Toyota Motor Corporat ...
in Japan's domestic
Top League
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, by ...
.
International
Hikosaka Yoshikatsu received his first call-up to his country, Japan head coach Jamie Joseph has named Hikosaka Yoshikatsu in a 52-man training squad ahead of British and Irish Lions test.
References
External links
itsrugby.co.uk Profile
1991 births
Living people
Japanese rugby union players
Rugby union hookers
Toyota Verblitz players
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Japanese sportsmen
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