Daisuke Ohata

Daisuke Ohata

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Date of birth	11 November 1975 (1975-11-11) (age 36)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Wing

Daisuke Ohata (大畑大介; born on November 11, 1975 in Osaka) is a former Japanese rugby union player. He usually played rugby at wing, and sometimes centre, for Japan national rugby union team. He made his name internationally as a speedy ace in the IRB World Sevens Series, and went on to become a regular member of the national team. He first played for Japan on November 9, 1996 and scored three tries that day. He is the leading rugby union Test try scorer of all time.

Ohata is from the Kansai area and speaks with a strong Kansai (Osaka) accent. He attended rugby nurseries Tokai Dai Gyosei High School with Koji Uehara and Yoshinori Tateyama (current teammates on Texas Rangers as of August 2011), where three were classmates, and Kyoto Sangyo University.

On 10 January 2011, Ohata's retirement was announced due to a knee injury.

World Record Holder

On May 14, 2006 Ohata scored three tries for Japan against Georgia at Hanazono Stadium, in doing so claiming the world record for tries in Rugby test matches.^[1] This gave him 65 tries for his country in 55 tests; he has since extended his record to 69 tries from 58 tests.^[2] The record was previously held by David Campese of Australia, who scored 64 tries from 101 tests.

However, most of the tries he scored are against low ranking nations (outside top 10).

Ohata did not take part in the Rugby World Cup 2007 as he ruptured his left Achilles tendon in an August practice match against Portugal. He had only just returned that month to the national side, having recovered from a right Achilles tendon rupture in January.^[3]

See also

• List of leading Rugby union Test try scorers

References

1. ^ BBC Sport: Ohata breaks Campese try record
2. ^ "Additional Changes to Japan World Cup Squad". Japan Rugby Football Union. 2007-09-11. http://www.rugbyjapan.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=209&Itemid=31. Retrieved 2007-10-08. 
3. ^ Japanese star Ohata to miss World Cup

External links

• Ohata deserves his place in the record books, Daily Yomiuri, May 16, 2006
• Ohata sets new world mark, Daily Yomiuri, May 15, 2006
• Photo of Ohata - JRFU website
• Article on JRFU website

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