Taichi Yoshizawa

Rugby player

Taichi Yoshizawa

Date of birth

(1991-07-18) 18 July 1991 (age 33)

Height

175 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Weight

80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)

Rugby union career

Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2011–2021	Coca-Cola Red Sparks		()
2021–	NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes		()
National sevens team
Years	Team		Comps
2017–	Japan 7s

Taichi Yoshizawa (born 18 July 1991) is a Japanese rugby sevens player.

Rugby career

Yoshizawa represented Japan at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco where they finished 15th.^[1]

In 2023, He won a bronze medal at the delayed 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.^[2]^[3]

Yoshizawa competed for Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.^[4]^[5] He was originally listed as a traveling reserve but played against Samoa and Uruguay.^[2]

References

^ "「ラグビーワールドカップ・セブンズ2018」男女セブンズ日本代表メンバー、コメントのお知らせ｜日本ラグビーフットボール協会". www.rugby-japan.jp (in Japanese). 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
^ ^a ^b "YOSHIZAWA Taichi – Paris 2024". olympics.com. 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
^ "Rugby Sevens YOSHIZAWA Taichi - The 19th Asian Games". www.ocagames.com. 2023. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
^ "Japan's Olympic Sevens Teams Revealed Alongside New National Sevens Jersey". Japan Rugby Football Union. 2024-07-11. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
^ "Japan - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-27.