Rugby Union | Japan | Youngest appearance as a captain

Player	Pos	Age	Opposition	Ground	Date	Match
T Sasaki	F	23y 222d	v Australia A	Townsville	9 Jun 2007	Details
Y Motoki	C	24y 258d	v Hong Kong	Tokyo	11 May 1996	Details
K Hatakeyama	P	25y 278d	v Kazakhstan	Bangkok	7 May 2011	Details
H Nanba	C	25y 322d	v Tonga	Kumagaya	26 May 2002	Details
T Hayashi	L	26y 112d	v USA	Torrance	31 May 1986	Details
S Hirao	C	26y 127d	v Scotland XV	Tokyo	28 May 1989	Details
T Miuchi	F	26y 159d	v Russia	Tokyo	19 May 2002	Details
R Asano Inose	F	26y 210d	v Korea	Tokyo	23 Apr 2006	Details
M Kunda	H	26y 228d	v Argentina	Tucuman	15 May 1993	Details
D Ohata	W	27y 206d	v Australia A	Osaka	5 Jun 2003	Details
T Ito	N8	27y 251d	v Korea	Bangkok	18 Dec 1998	Details
H Tanuma	L	27y 354d	v Korea	Tokyo	13 May 2001	Details
H Ono	L	28y 42d	v Samoa	New Plymouth	17 Jun 2006	Details
T Masuho	W	28y 112d	v Fiji	Tokyo	20 May 2000	Details
M Sakata	H	28y 197d	v Wales	Osaka	10 Jun 2001	Details
T Kikutani	F	28y 266d	v USA	Nagoya	16 Nov 2008	Details
T Fujita	H	29y 78d	v Samoa	Tokyo	15 Apr 1990	Details
K Ohara	SH	29y 129d	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	11 Nov 2000	Details
Y Matsuo	FH	29y 248d	v Ox & Camb	Tokyo	25 Sep 1983	Details
A Oyagi	L	29y 262d	v USA	Chicago	4 May 1991	Details
E Kutsuki	C	29y 276d	v Hong Kong	Seoul	26 Sep 1992	Details
W Ikeda	SH	29y 353d	v Spain	Tokyo	5 Nov 2005	Details
T Hirose	W	30y 194d	v Kazakhstan	Almaty	28 Apr 2012	Details
T Soma	P	30y 340d	v Kazakhstan	Almaty	10 May 2008	Details
K Matsuo	FH	31y 36d	v Tonga	Nagoya	11 Feb 1995	Details
AF McCormick	C	31y 87d	v Canada	Tokyo	3 May 1998	Details
T Horaguchi	P	31y 169d	v USA	Tokyo	21 Apr 1985	Details

Only the player's first appearance listed

Records include the following current or recent matches:

Japan v Canada at Nagoya, IRB Pacific Nations Cup, Jun 19, 2013 [16-13 FT]

Japan v Wales at Tokyo, 2nd Test, Jun 15, 2013 [23-8 FT]

Japan v Wales at Osaka, 1st Test, Jun 8, 2013 [18-22 FT]