Masakatsu Hikosaka

Masakatsu Hikosaka
Date of birth (1991-01-18) January 18, 1991
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Wing
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
Toyota Verblitz
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team Comps
 Japan

Masakatsu Hikosaka (b. January 18, 1991) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics for Japan's rugby sevens team.[1][2][3][4] He also won a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea as a member of the Japanese squad.[5] He plays in the Top League for Toyota Verblitz.[6]

References

  1. "Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  2. "Japan names Olympic 7s squads". Americas Rugby News.com. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  3. "Rio Olympics: Team squads for the 7s". skysports.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  4. "HIKOSAKA Masakatsu". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  5. "Japan call up Top League stars for Asian Games medal defence". ARFU Asian 5 Nations.com. 2014. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  6. "選手紹介 | トヨタ自動車ヴェルブリッツ". sports.gazoo.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2016-09-10.

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