Masao Amino

Masao Amino
Date of birth	October 7, 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	95 kg (209 lb; 15.0 st)
School	Hikawa High School, Yamanashi
University	Kanto Gakuin University
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Hooker
Youth career
1993-1997	Kanto Gakuin University RFC
Senior career
Years	Team
1997-2010	NEC Green Rockets
International career
Years	Team
2000-2003	Japan
Coaching career
Years	Team
2010-2016	NEC Green Rockets

Masao Amino (網野正大,, Amino Masao) (born in Yamanashi Prefecture, on 14 October 1974) is a Japanese former rugby union player and currently coach.

Career

Amino first played rugby in 1993, for Kanto Gakuin University's rugby union team. In 1997 after his graduation, he would join NEC Green Rockets, playing for the club until the end of his career in 2010.^[2]

International career

Amino debuted for Japan during the test match against South Korea, on 2 July 2000, in Aomori. He was also part of the 2003 Rugby World Cup Japan squad, playing three matches in the tournament, with his last test cap being the pool stage match against United States in Gosford, on 27 October 2003.^[3]

Coaching career

After his retirement from played rugby in 2010,^[4] Amino would coach his former club NEC Green Rockets between 2010 and 2016.^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Masao Amino". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
^ "ヒストリー（キャップ数） | NEC GREEN ROCKETS". rugby.necsports.net. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
^ Guardian Staff (2003-10-06). "Japan". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
^ "引退セレモニー". Archived from the original on 2016-11-22.
^ "TOP LEAGUE OFFICIAL SITE - ニュース". archive.top-league.jp. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
^ "ＮＥＣラグビーフットボール部２０１４年度新体制・新加入選手のお知らせ | NEC GREEN ROCKETS". rugby.necsports.net. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
^ "NECグリーンロケッツ、2015年度勇退選手およびスタッフのお知らせ". ジャパンラグビートップリーグ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-03.

External links

[1] "Masao Amino". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2019-10-03.

[2] "ヒストリー（キャップ数） | NEC GREEN ROCKETS". rugby.necsports.net. Retrieved 2019-10-03.

[3] Guardian Staff (2003-10-06). "Japan". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-03.

[4] "引退セレモニー". Archived from the original on 2016-11-22.

[5] "TOP LEAGUE OFFICIAL SITE - ニュース". archive.top-league.jp. Retrieved 2019-10-03.

[6] "ＮＥＣラグビーフットボール部２０１４年度新体制・新加入選手のお知らせ | NEC GREEN ROCKETS". rugby.necsports.net. Retrieved 2019-10-03.

[7] "NECグリーンロケッツ、2015年度勇退選手およびスタッフのお知らせ". ジャパンラグビートップリーグ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-03.

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