Ryohei Miki
| Born | March 24, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 209 lb (95 kg; 14.9 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Kyoto Gakuen High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Ryukoku University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryohei Miki (三木亮平, Miki Ryōhei) (born Tokyo,[2] 24 March 1978) is a former Japanese rugby union player. He played as wing and as centre.
Career
In 1996, after graduating from Kyoto Gakuen High School, Miki entered Ryukoku University, where he would play the All-Japan University Rugby Championship. He debuted for Japan on 20 August 1999, against Spain. He also took part at the 1999 Rugby World Cup,[3] but did not play any match in the tournament. In 2000, Miki graduated from Ryukoku University and joined the Toyota Motors club.[4] A year later, he played for Japan Sevens in the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens. In 2004, he moved to World Fighting Bull in the Top League and ended his international career after a disastrous European tour in 2004,[5] in the match against Wales, at the Millennium Stadium, on 26 November. In 2005, Miki was called up to play for Japan Sevens in the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens[6] and moved to Honda Heat.[7] In 2008, he moved to Sanyo Wild Knights.[8] Miki retired as player in 2011 after playing the season for Panasonic Wild Knights.[9]
Notes
External links
- Ryohei Miki at ESPNscrum (archived)
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Japanese rugby union players
- Rugby union wings
- Rugby union centres
- Japan international rugby union players
- Saitama Wild Knights players
- Toyota Verblitz players
- Tochigi Honda Heat players
- Japan international rugby sevens players
- Rugby union players at the 2002 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- 1999 Rugby World Cup players
- Rugby union players from Tokyo
- Ryukoku University alumni
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
- Asian Games silver medalists in rugby union
- Japanese rugby union biography stubs