Depth Chart – Japan

This chart is 100% unofficial but attempts to reflect recent selection history as closely as possible. Check back for periodic updates that will be made as official squads are announced.

*last updated January 18, 2015

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1st choice

2nd choice

3rd choice

4th choice

 

1

Masataka
Mikami
(Toshiba)

Hisateru
Hirashima
(Kobe Steel)

Keita
Inagaki
(Panasonic)

Yusuke
Nagae
(Toyota Shokki)

 

2

Shota
Horie
(Panasonic)

Takeshi
Kizu
(Kobe Steel)

Hiroki
Yuhara
(Toshiba)

Ryuhei
Arita
(Coca Cola West)

 

3

Kensuke
Hatakeyama
(Suntory)

Hiroshi
Yamashita
(Kobe Steel)

Shinnosuke
Kakinaga
(Suntory)

Siope
Holani
(Panasonic)

 

4

Shinya
Makabe
(Suntory)

Hitoshi
Ono
(Toshiba)

Kazuhiko
Usami
(Canon)

Toshizumi
Kitagawa
(Toyota Verblitz)

 

5

Luke
Thompson
(Kintetsu)

Justin
Ives
(Canon)

Shoji
Ito
(Kobe Steel)

Kyosuke
Kajikawa
(Toshiba)

 

6

Hendrik
Tui
(Reds)

Hayden
Hopgood
(Kamaishi)

Tsuyoshi
Murata
(NEC)

Ryuta
Yasui
(Kobe Steel)

 

7

Michael
Leitch
(Chiefs)

Michael
Broadhurst
(Ricoh)

Kyosuke
Horie
(Yamaha)

Takamichi
Sasaki
(Suntory)

 

8

Amanaki
Mafi
(NTT Comm)

Koliniasi
Holani
(Panasonic)

Takashi
Kikutani
(Canon)

Itaru
Taniguchi
(Kobe Steel)

 

9

Fumiaki
Tanaka
(Highlanders)

Atsushi
Hiwasa
(Suntory)

Keisuke
Uchida
(Panasonic)

Yuki
Yatomi
(Yamaha)

 

10

Yu
Tamura
(NEC)

Kosei
Ono
(Suntory)

Takuya
Yamasawa
(Tsukuba)

Ryoto
Nakamura
(Suntory)

 

11

Akihito
Yamada
(Force)

Kenki
Fukuoka
(Tsukuba)

Kai
Ishii
(Tokai)

Yasunori
Nagatomo
(Suntory)

 

12

Harumichi
Tatekawa
(Kubota)

Craig
Wing
(Kobe Steel)

Ryohei
Yamanaka
(Kobe Steel)

Christian
Loamanu
(Leicester)

 

13

Male
Sa’u
(Yamaha)

Kotaru
Matsushima
(Suntory)

Tim
Bennetts
(Canon)

Yuta
Imamura
(Kobe Steel)

 

14

Karne
Hesketh
(Sanix)

Yoshikazu
Fujita
(Waseda)

Toshiaki
Hirose
(Toshiba)

Sho
Takenaka
(Tsukuba)

 

15

Ayumu
Goromaru
(Yamaha)

Go
Aruga
(Suntory)

Yasutaka
Sasakura
(Panasonic)

Shohei
Toyoshima
(Toshiba)