Taihei Ueda

{{short description|Japanese rugby union player (born 1982)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Taihei Ueda

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|3|3}}

| birth_place = Fukuoka, Japan

| height = {{convert|180|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|86|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

| ru_position = Fullback, Wing

| clubs1 = Honda Heat

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Japan}}

| repcaps1 = 6

}}

{{nihongo|Taihei Ueda|上田泰平|Ueda Taihei}} (born 3 March 1982 in Fukuoka, Japan) is a Japanese rugby union player. Ueda has played six international matches for the Japan national rugby union team.{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/player/139115.html|title=Taihei Ueda - Japan|work=ESPNscrum|publisher=ESPN Inc.|accessdate=26 January 2014}}

Ueda was a member of the Japan team at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, playing one match against eventual winners the All Blacks.{{cite web|url=http://www.rwc2011.irb.com/home/teams/team=49/player=24890/index.html|title=RWC 2011 - Japan - Taihei Ueda|work=RWC 2011|publisher=International Rugby Board|accessdate=26 January 2014}}

{{As of|2014}} Ueda plays for Top League team Honda Heat.{{cite web|url=http://www.honda-heat.jp/member/2013/All%20member/13_ueda.html|title=Honda Heat メンバー上田 泰平|publisher=Honda Heat|language=Japanese|accessdate=26 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219050637/http://www.honda-heat.jp/member/2013/All%20member/13_ueda.html|archivedate=19 February 2014}}