Hiroyuki Tanuma
| Date of birth | May 24, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Shonan Gakuen High School, Fujisawa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Nippon Sport Science University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hiroyuki Tanuma (田沼 広之, Tanuma Hiroyuki, born 24 May 1973 in Kanagawa) is a former Japanese rugby union player. He played as lock.
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Tanuma attended Nippon Sport Science University, for whose club he played and won the Kanto Taikosen league university championship in 1995. In 1996 he graduated and joined Ricoh, where he played 14 consecutive seasons until his retirement as player in 2010.[1] 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[2] and then, Nippon Sport Science University Rugby Football Club.[3]
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- Japanese rugby union players
- Japanese rugby sevens players
- Japanese rugby union coaches
- Rugby union locks
- Japan international rugby union players
- Japan international rugby sevens players
- Black Rams Tokyo players
- Asian Games medalists in rugby union
- Rugby union players at the 1998 Asian Games
- Rugby union players at the 2002 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- 1999 Rugby World Cup players
- 2003 Rugby World Cup players
- Nippon Sport Science University alumni
- Rugby union players from Kanagawa Prefecture