Yoshihiro Sakata
Japanese rugby union player
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Updated 2026-06-20
Yoshihiro Sakata (坂田好弘) is a rugby union official and former player who gained sixteen full international caps with the Japan national rugby union team 1967–1973. He played as wing for Kintetsu and Canterbury RFU and was nicknamed Demi Sakata. He was the first Japanese player to be inducted into the International Rugby Board Hall of Fame.
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- Hanazono Kintetsu Liners
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- Honorary Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- World Rugby Hall of Fame
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- Yoshihiro SakataLow confidencewikipedia · es.wikipedia.org
- Jošihiro SakataLow confidencewikipedia · cs.wikipedia.org
- Yoshihiro SakataLow confidencewikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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