Ryohei Yamanaka
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Date of birth | (1988-06-22) 22 June 1988 (age 36) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Osaka Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb; 209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Tokai High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Waseda University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryohei Yamanaka (山中 亮平, Yamanaka Ryohei, born 22 June 1988 in Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a fly-half or centre.He currently plays for Japanese club Kobelco Steelers. [1][2]
In 2011, Yamanaka received a 2 year ban from the IRB for rubbing a cream on his upper lip - in an attempt to promote moustache growth - which contained a banned steroid, either methyltestosterone or methandriol.[3]
In his home country he plays for the Kobelco Steelers whom he joined in 2013.[4][5] He was also named in the first ever Sunwolves squad which will compete in Super Rugby from the 2016 season.[6] Yamanaka is a Japanese international who debuted against the Arabian Gulf in 2010, but did not make the squad for either the 2011 or 2015 Rugby World Cups.[1]
On 19 September 2023, Yamanaka was called up to Japan's Rugby World Cup squad as an injury replacement for Semisi Masirewa.[7][8]
References
- ^ a b "Ryohei Yamanaka ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Ryohei Yamanaka Top League Player Profile". Top League (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Japan's Ryohei Yamanaka banned for two years over drug use despite moustache claims". The Telegraph. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- ^ "Ryohei Yamanaka Kobelco Steelers Player Profile". Kobelco Steelers (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Ryohei Yamanaka itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Sunwolves reveal squad, Hammett to coach". Sanzar Rugby. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "UPDATED: Yamanaka replaces injured Masirewa In Japan squad". Rugby World Cup. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Ryohei Yamanaka Called into World Cup Squad as Injury Replacement". Japan Rugby Football Union. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
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