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Kentaro Kodama (児玉 健太郎, Kodama Kentarō, born 28 January 1992) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays in the wing position.[1] He currently plays for the Panasonic Wild Knights in Japan's domestic Top League.[2][3]
| Date of birth | 28 January 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb; 187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Kokura High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Keio University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early / provincial career
editKodama has played all of his senior club rugby in Japan with the Panasonic Wild Knights who he joined in 2015.[2][3]
Super rugby career
editKodama was selected as a member of the first ever Sunwolves squad ahead of the 2016 Super Rugby season. He played once during their debut campaign.[4]
International
editKodama made his first senior international appearance for Japan in a match against South Korea on April 30, 2016 and marked his debut with an impressive 5 try haul.[1]
Super Rugby statistics
edit- As of 6 November 2017[4]
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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| 2016 | Sunwolves | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Rebels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
References
edit- ^ a b "Kentaro Kodama ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Kentaro Kodama Top League Player Profile" (in Japanese). Top League. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Kentaro Kodama Panasonic Wild Knights Player Profile" (in Japanese). Panasonic Sports. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Kentaro Kodama itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 18 August 2016.