Team Japan
Japan
Pool B
World Ranking : 18
Team Name: The Cherry Blossoms / Brave Blossoms
Coach: John Kirwan
Captain: Daisuke Ohata
Playing Kit: Red and white hooped jersey, white shorts
World Cup Winners: Never
Japan squad for the Rugby World Cup (RWC) France 2007:
Backs: Go Aruga (Suntory), Hirotoki Onozawa (Suntory), Kosuke Endo (Toyota Motor), Christian Loamanu (Saitama Institute of Technology), Daisuke Ohata (Kobe Steel), Bryce Robins (Ricoh), Shotaro Onishi (Yamaha Motor), Nataniela Oto (Toshiba), Yuta Imamura (Kobe Steel), Koji Taira (Suntory), Eiji Ando (NEC), Kosei Ono (Fukuoka Sanix), Yuki Yatomi (Yamaha Motor), Tomoki Yoshida (Toshiba)
Forwards: Ryo Yamamura (Yamaha Motor), Masahito Yamamoto (Toyota Motor), Tomokazu Soma (Sanyo), Tatsukichi Nishiura (Coca-Cola), Yuji Matsubara (Kobe Steel), Mitsugu Yamamoto (Sanyo), Hitoshi Ono (Toshiba), Takanori Kumagae (NEC), Luatangi Samurai Vatuvei (Kintetsu), Luke Thompson (Kintetsu), Takuro Miuchi (NEC), Yasunori Watanabe (Toshiba), Hajime Kiso (Yamaha Motor), Hare Makiri (Fukuoka Sanix), Philip O’Reily (Sanyo), Takamichi Sasaki (Suntory)
Japan’s Road To The World Cup France 2007:
| Date | Time | Match - Result | W/D/L | Type |
| 08 Sep | 15:45 | Japan 3-91 Australia | L | Pool Game |
| 12 Sep | 18:00 | Japan 31-35 Fiji | L | Pool Game |
| 20 Sep | 20:00 | Japan 18-72 Wales | L | Pool Game |
| 25 Sep | 18:00 | Japan 12-12 Canada | D | Pool Game |
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