Birth Name: | Hiroki Yuhara |
Birth Date: | 21 January 1984 |
Birth Place: | Chiba, Japan |
Death Place: | Fuchu, Tokyo |
Ru Position: | Hooker |
Years1: | 2006-20 |
Apps1: | 156 |
Points1: | 165 |
Ru Clubupdate: | 15 January 2017 |
Repyears1: | 2010−15 |
Repcaps1: | 22 |
Reppoints1: | 15 |
Ru Ntupdate: | 5 September 2015 |
(21 January 1984 - 28 September 2020) was a Japanese rugby union player. Yuhara played 13 international matches for the Japan national rugby union team.[1]
Yuhara was born in Chiba, and a member of the Japan team at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, playing one match against eventual winners the All Blacks.[2]
Yuhara played for Top League team Toshiba Brave Lupus.[3]
He collapsed while working out in the Toshiba Brave Lupus clubhouse and was rushed to hospital where he died.[4]