Hiroyuki Tanuma

Hiroyuki Tanuma

Date of birth	(1973-05-24) May 24, 1973
Place of birth	Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Height	193cm
Weight	90kg
School	Shonan Gakuen High School, Fujisawa
University	Nippon Sport Science University
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Lock
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
-1996	Nippon Sport Science University RFC
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1996-2010	Ricoh
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1996-2003	Japan	42	(10)
Coaching career
Years	Club / team
2010 2015	Ricoh Black Rams Nippon Sport Science University RFC

Hiroyuki Tanuma (田沼広之, Tanuma Hiroyuki) (born Kanagawa, 24 May 1973) 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 universitary championship in 1995. In 1996 he graduated and joined Ricoh, where he played 14 consecutive seasons until his retirement as player in 2010. Tanuma was first capped for Japan against South Korea, in Taipei, on 9 November 1996. He also played three matches in the 1999 Rugby World Cup and played only one match in the 2003 Rugby World Cup, against France, in Townsville, 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. After his retirement in 2010, he coached Ricoh Black Rams and then, Nippon Sport Science University Rugby Football Club .

External links

• Hiroyuki Tanuma international statistics