Yasunori Watanabe
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Rugby player
| Date of birth | (1974年07月02日)July 2, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Tokyo [1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | April 3, 2010(2010年04月03日) (aged 35) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Kamakura Kanagawa Prefecture | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (229 lb; 16.4 st) | ||||||||||||||||
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Yasunori Watanabe (渡辺泰憲, Watanabe Yasunori) (2 July 1974 – 3 April 2010) was a Japanese rugby player, who played for Japan in three Rugby World Cups from 1999 to 2007.
Career
[edit ]Watanabe was born in Hokkaido, and joined the team Toshiba Brave Lupus in Tokyo in 1997 after graduating from Nippon Sport Science University. He played 32 times for the national team and in Brave Lupus's hat-trick of Japanese domestic league titles between 2004 and 2006.
Death
[edit ]On 3 April 2010, Yasunori died at the age of 35, when he fell off a train station platform and was hit by a train at Kamakura Station in Kanagawa Prefecture. An employee at the station saw Watanabe fall at about 9:30 p.m.[2]
References
[edit ]- Yasunori Watanabe at ESPNscrum
- The Guardian: "Japan rugby player Yasunori Watanabe killed after being hit by train" (5 April 2010) Retrieved 16 April 2010. (in English)
- ^ Un destin tragique: Yasunori Watanabe Japon Rugby
- ^ "ラグビー元日本代表が転落死 鎌倉駅で渡辺泰憲さん" (5 April 2010) Retrieved 16 April 2010 (in Japanese)
Categories:
- 1974 births
- 2010 deaths
- Japanese rugby union players
- Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo players
- Railway accident deaths in Japan
- Japan international rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- Rugby union flankers
- 1999 Rugby World Cup players
- 2003 Rugby World Cup players
- 2007 Rugby World Cup players
- Nippon Sport Science University alumni
- Rugby union players from Tokyo
- Sportspeople from Hokkaido
- 21st-century Japanese sportsmen