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The current (2007) captain of Japan's Rugby team is Daisuke Ohata.
The first recorded instance of rugby being played in Japan was in 1874 but it was formally introduced in 1899
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There are 122,598 registered rugby union players in japan.
Japan Rugby Football Union was created in 1926.
15 players in a rugby team
The Scotland rugby team has no nickname.
A rugby union team has 15 players. A rugby league team (a slightly different sport) has 13.
There are 13 players on a Rugby league team compared to 15 on a rugby union team.