Rugby Union | Japan | Youngest appearance

Player	Pos	Age	Opposition	Ground	Date	Match
Y Fujita	W	18y 210d	v UAE	Fukuoka	5 May 2012	Details
C Loamanu	W	18y 338d	v Uruguay	Montevideo	16 Apr 2005	Details
A Goromaru	(FB)	19y 46d	v Uruguay	Montevideo	16 Apr 2005	Details
T Masuho	W	19y 95d	v USA	Chicago	4 May 1991	Details
S Hirao	C	19y 129d	v NZ Unis	Pukekohe	30 May 1982	Details
K Shomen	(FH)	19y 165d	v Korea	Ulsan	13 Oct 2002	Details
Y Yoshida	W	19y 226d	v Oxford Uni	Tokyo	1 Oct 1988	Details
Y Motoki	(C)	19y 243d	v USA	Blaine	27 Apr 1991	Details
T Fujita	H	19y 251d	v Netherlands	Hilversum	4 Oct 1980	Details
K Fujii	(L)	19y 306d	v Samoa	Apia	10 Jun 2000	Details
M Horikoshi	SH	19y 309d	v Oxford Uni	Tokyo	1 Oct 1988	Details
R Yamamura	(P)	19y 312d	v Wales	Tokyo	17 Jun 2001	Details
Y Sakuraba	L	20y 5d	v Scotland XV	Murrayfield	27 Sep 1986	Details
K Ono	(C)	20y 5d	v Korea	Tokyo	22 Apr 2007	Details
M Leitch	(F)	20y 40d	v USA	Nagoya	16 Nov 2008	Details
K Uchida	(SH)	20y 66d	v Kazakhstan	Almaty	28 Apr 2012	Details
K Morita	FH	20y 114d	v Canada	Tokyo	30 May 2004	Details
Y Uryu	(C)	20y 155d	v Samoa	Apia	10 Jun 2000	Details
K Miyamoto	(F)	20y 192d	v Scotland XV	Murrayfield	27 Sep 1986	Details
K Fukuoka	(W)	20y 225d	v Philippines	Fukuoka	20 Apr 2013	Details
T Akatsuka	L	20y 242d	v Fiji	Ehime	8 May 1994	Details
T Hayashi	L	20y 254d	v France XV	Toulouse	19 Oct 1980	Details
Y Kitagawa	(L)	20y 254d	v Korea	Tokyo	22 Apr 2007	Details
Y Matsuo	SH	20y 307d	v Sri Lanka	Colombo	23 Nov 1974	Details
L Oto	W	20y 329d	v Hong Kong	Seoul	26 Sep 1992	Details
N Oto	C	20y 362d	v Korea	Tokyo	13 May 2001	Details
D Ohata	W	20y 364d	v Korea	Taipei	9 Nov 1996	Details
T Nozawa	(F)	21y 40d	v Tonga	Tokyo	3 Jun 2000	Details
S Natsui	P	21y 46d	v Oxford Uni	Tokyo	5 Oct 1952	Details
J Hiratsuka	(L)	21y 66d	v USA	Honolulu	12 Jun 1999	Details
Y Yatomi	(SH)	21y 66d	v Korea	Tokyo	23 Apr 2006	Details
K Imaizumi	(W)	21y 67d	v Korea	Hong Kong	19 Nov 1988	Details
O Ota	P	21y 69d	v USA	Torrance	31 May 1986	Details
S Aoki	FH	21y 122d	v Scotland XV	Tokyo	28 May 1989	Details
K Iwabuchi	FH	21y 124d	v Hong Kong	Hong Kong	3 May 1997	Details
T Kizu	(H)	21y 129d	v Canada	Tokyo	21 Nov 2009	Details
R Miki	(W)	21y 149d	v Spain	Tokyo	20 Aug 1999	Details
Y Imamura	C	21y 167d	v Arabian Gulf	Tokyo	16 Apr 2006	Details
S Onishi	(C)	21y 184d	v Fiji	Tokyo	20 May 2000	Details
K Hirose	FH	21y 196d	v Korea	Kuala Lumpur	29 Oct 1994	Details
ST Latu Mailangi	N8	21y 216d	v Hong Kong	Seoul	26 Sep 1992	Details
S Nakamura	(P)	21y 250d	v Kazakhstan	Osaka	25 Apr 2009	Details
E Yamamoto	(N8)	21y 263d	v Wales	Osaka	10 Jun 2001	Details
ST Latu	F	21y 275d	v USA	Brisbane	24 May 1987	Details
T Kurihara	(W)	21y 282d	v Fiji	Tokyo	20 May 2000	Details
R Yamanaka	(FH)	21y 320d	v Arabian Gulf	Tokyo	8 May 2010	Details
E Shiga	H	21y 329d	v British Col	Osaka	15 Mar 1959	Details
R Nakamura	(C)	21y 341d	v UAE	Dubai	10 May 2013	Details
Y Watanabe	(L)	21y 344d	v Hong Kong	Tokyo	11 May 1996	Details
H Nishida	SH	22y 7d	v Fiji	Ehime	8 May 1994	Details

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Records include the following current or recent matches:

Japan v Korea at Tokyo, Asian 5 Nations - Top 5, May 4, 2013 [64-5 FT]

Japan v Philippines at Fukuoka, Asian 5 Nations - Top 5, Apr 20, 2013 [121-0 FT]

Japan v Samoa at Tokyo, IRB Pacific Nations Cup, Jun 17, 2012 [26-27 FT]