Japan

Squad

Coach: John Kirwan

Player	Age	Caps	Points
Go Aruga	23	7	32
Kosuke Endo	26	13	10
Yuta Imamura	22	11	5
Takuro Inokuchi	24	0	0
Hajime Kiso	28	28	5
Tomoki Kitagawa	24	2	10
Takanori Kumagae	29	25	5
Tatsuya Kusumi	26	0	0
Christian Loamanu	21	7	20
Hare Makiri	29	16	15
Yuji Matsubara	28	19	10
Takuro Miuchi	31	36	20
Tatsukichi Nishiura	31	7	0
Philip O'Reilly	27	5	35
Shotaro Onishi	28	24	42
Hitoshi Ono	29	20	10
Kosei Ono	20	3	7
Hirotoki Onozawa	29	35	115
Nataniela Oto	29	11	20
Bryce Barney Robins	26	6	5
Luatangi Samurai Vatuvei	29	20	45
Takamichi Sasaki	23	5	0
Tomokazu Soma	30	13	0
Koji Taira	24	3	0
Luke Thompson	26	5	10
Yasunori Watanabe	33	30	40
Masahito Yamamoto	29	25	5
Ryo Yamamura	26	34	10
Yuki Yatomi	22	7	5
Tomoki Yoshida	25	4	5

Ages, caps and points are correct as at the 5th of September 2007

Matches

1. 3. Saturday 8th September, Lyon 14:45 BST
   Pool B Match

   Australia 91 - 3 Japan

   Australia stats:

   • 13 tries
   • Try: Sharpe, Elsom (3), Ashley-Cooper, Latham (2), Barnes (2), Mitchell (2), Smith, Freier
   • Conv: Mortlock (7), Giteau (3)
   • Pen: Mortlock (2)

   Japan stats:

   • 0 tries
   • Pen: K Ono
   Coverage: ITV1
2. 11. Wednesday 12th September, Toulouse 17:00 BST
   Pool B Match

   Japan 31 - 35 Fiji

   Japan stats:

   • 3 tries
   • Try: Thompson (2), Soma
   • Conv: Onishi (2)
   • Pen: Onishi (4)

   Fiji stats:

   • 4 tries
   • Try: Qera (2), Rabeni, Leawere
   • Conv: Little (3)
   • Pen: Little (3)
   Coverage: ITV4
3. 22. Thursday 20th September, Cardiff 20:00 BST
   Pool B Match

   Wales 72 - 18 Japan

   Wales stats:

   • 11 tries
   • Try: Alun Jones, Hook, R. Thomas, Morgan, Phillips, S. Williams (2), James, Cooper, M. Williams (2)
   • Conv: S. Jones (5), Sweeney (2)
   • Pen: S. Jones

   Japan stats:

   • 2 tries
   • Try: Endo, Onozawa
   • Conv: Robins
   • Pen: Onishi (2)
   Coverage: ITV3
4. 29. Tuesday 25th September, Bordeaux 17:00 BST
   Pool B Match

   Canada 12 - 12 Japan

   Canada stats:

   • 2 tries
   • Try: Riordan, Van der Merwe
   • Conv: Pritchard

   Japan stats:

   • 2 tries
   • Try: Endo, Taira
   • Conv: Onishi
   Coverage: ITV4

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