Yoshitaka Tokunaga
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| birth_name =
| image = Yoshitaka Tokunaga 2018a.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|4|10}}
| birth_place = Hyōgo, Japan
| height = {{height|m=1.85}}
| weight ={{cvt|100|kg|lb stlb}}
| ru_position = Loose forward
| years1 = 2015–
| clubs1 = Toshiba Brave Lupus
| apps1 = 29
| points1 = 10
| years2 = 2016–2019
| clubs2 = Sunwolves
| apps2 = 19
| points2 = 5
| ru_clubupdate = 21 February 2021
| repyears1 = 2012
| repteam1 = Japan U20
| repcaps1 = 4
| reppoints1 = 5
| repyears2 = 2017–
| repteam2 = Japan
| repcaps2 = 15
| reppoints2 = 0
| ru_sevensnationalyears1 = 2016
| ru_sevensnationalteam1 = Japan Sevens
| ru_sevensnationalcomp1 = 4
|school=Kwansei Gakuin Senior High School|university=Kwansei Gakuin University}}
{{Nihongo|Yoshitaka Tokunaga|德永 祥尭|Tokunaga Yoshitaka|born April 10, 1992}} is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed for {{nrut7|Japan}} at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.{{Cite web|url=http://www.planetrugby.com/news/japan-announce-olympic-sevens-squads/|title=Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads|date=2016-07-18|website=Planetrugby.com|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-10}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2016/07/18/japan-names-olympic-7s-squads/|title=Japan names Olympic 7s squads|date=2016-07-18|website=Americas Rugby News.com|access-date=2016-09-10}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12040/10513254/rio-olympics-team-squads-for-the-7s|title=Rio Olympics: Team squads for the 7s|date=28 July 2016|website=skysports.com|access-date=11 September 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/yoshitaka-tokunaga|title=TOKUNAGA Yoshitaka|website=Rio 2016|access-date=2016-09-10|archive-date=2016-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922201440/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/yoshitaka-tokunaga|url-status=dead}}
In 2015 he was suspended for six games by the Japan Rugby Football Union for biting an opponent.{{Cite web|url=https://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2015/12/389350.html|title=Rugby: Toshiba No. 8 Tokunaga gets 6-match ban for biting|date=18 December 2015|website=english.kyodonews.jp|access-date=2016-09-10}} He graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University.{{Cite web|url=http://global.kwansei.ac.jp/news/2016/news_20160701_012803.html|title=Yoshitaka Tokunaga (School of Business Administration 2015) to play for the Japanese men's rugby sevens team in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics|date=1 July 2016|website=global.kwansei.ac.jp|access-date=2016-09-10}}
References
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External links
- {{SR/Olympics profile|to/yoshitaka-tokunaga-1}}
- [http://en.rugby-japan.jp/sevens/member/detail/220677/ JRFU Player Profile]
{{Toshiba Brave Lupus squad}}
{{Japan 2016 Summer Olympics Squad}}
{{Japan Squad 2019 Rugby World Cup}}
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Category:Rugby union players from Hyōgo Prefecture
Category:Male rugby sevens players
Category:Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic rugby sevens players for Japan
Category:Japanese rugby sevens players
Category:Japanese rugby union players
Category:Japan international rugby union players
Category:Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo players
Category:Japan international rugby sevens players
Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen
Category:Rugby union number eights