Daisuke Ohata

Daisuke Ohata
大畑大介
Ohata in 2015
Date of birth (1975-11-11) 11 November 1975 (age 49)
Place of birthOsaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
UniversityKyoto Sangyo University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing, Centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1998–2002 Kobe Steel ()
2003 Clermont Montferrand[1] 2 (20)
2003–2011 Kobelco Steelers 67 (210)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1996–2006 Japan 58 (345)
Correct as of 25 November 2006
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
–1996 Japan 13

Daisuke Ohata (大畑大介, Ōhata Daisuke, born November 11, 1975) is a former Japanese rugby union player. He usually played on the wing, and sometimes at centre, for the Japanese national team. He made his name internationally as a speedy ace in the World Rugby Sevens Series (then known as the IRB World Sevens Series), and went on to become a regular member of the national team. He first played for Japan on November 9, 1996, and scored three tries that day. He is the leading rugby union test try scorer of all time. In November 2016, Ohata was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame at the opening ceremony for the Hall's first physical location in Rugby, Warwickshire.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Japan's Ohata to test for French club". The Japan Times. 27 October 2002.
  2. ^ "Daisuke Ohata: My Rugby World Cup mission". World Rugby. 2007-03-07. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  3. ^ "World Rugby Hall of Fame: Jonny Wilkinson attends launch". BBC News Coventry & Warwickshire. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2017.