Japan 31 Fiji 35 (Group B) Stadium Municipal, Toulouse (12.09)
Japan: 15 Go Aruga; 14 Christian Loamanu, 13 Yuta Imamura, 12 Shotaro Onishi, 11 Kosuke Endo; 10 Bryce Robins, 9 Tomoki Yoshida; 8 Takuro Miuchi (c), 7 Philip O'Reilly, 6 Hare Makiri, 5 Luke Thompson, 4 Hitoshi Ono, 3 Tomokazu Soma, 2 Yuji Matsubara, 1 Tatsukichi Nishiura
Replacements: 20 Yuki Yatomi for Yoshida (58), 22 Hirotoki Onozawa for Aruga (59), 21 Koji Taira for Yatomi (66)
Tries: Thompson (2), Nishiura Conversions: Onishi (2) Penalty Goals: Onishi (4)
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
. Japan 18 Wales 72 (Group B) Millenium Stadium, Cardiff (20.09)
Japan: 15 Christian Loamanu; 14 Kosuke Endo, 13 Yuta Imamura, 12 Shotaro Onishi, 11 Hirotoki Onozawa; 10 Bryce Robins, 9 Tomoki Yoshida; 8 Takuro Miuchi (c), 7 Hare Makiri, 6 Yasunori Watanabe, 5 Luke Thompson, 4 Hitoshi Ono, 3 Tomokazu Soma, 2 Yuji Matsubara, 1 Tatsukishi Nishiura
Replacements: 21 Koji Taira for Imamura (51), 22 Tatsuya Kusumi for Onishi (52), 19 Ryota
| Asano for Makiri (52), 17 Ryo Yamamura for Nishiura (54), 18 Hajme Kiso for Thompson (66), 1 Tatsukishi Nishiura for Soma (71)
Tries: Endo, Onozawa Conversions: Robins Penalty Goals: Onishi (2)
Referee: Joel Jutge (France)
. Japan 12 Canada 12 (Group B) Chaban Delmas Stadium, Bordeaux (25.09)
Japan: 15 Go Aruga; 14 Kosuke Endo, 13 Yuta Imamura, 12 Shotaro Onishi, 11 Christian L'manu; 10 Bryce Robins, 9 Tomoki Yoshida; 8 Takuro Miuchi (c), 7 Philip O'Reilly, 6 Hare Makiri, 5 Luke Thompson, 4 Hitoshi Ono, 3 Tomokazu Soma, 2 Yuji Matsubara, 1 Tatsukichi Nishiura
Replacements: 17 Ryo Yamamura for Nishiura, 18 Luatangi Samurai Vatuvei for Ono, 19 Hajime Kiso for Miuchi, 20 Chulwon Kim for Yoshida, 21 Koji Taira for Imamura, 22 Hirotoki Onozawa for Endo
Tries: Endo, Taira Conversions: Onishi
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
(Shotaro is pictured above during the match against Wales at the 2007 Rugby World Cup.) |