Daisuke Ohata

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Daisuke Ohata (大畑大介) was born on November 11, 1975 in Osaka. He usually plays rugby at wing, and sometimes centre, for Japan national rugby union team. He made his name internationally as a speedy ace in the IRB World Sevens Series, and is now a regular member of the Japan national rugby union team. He first played for Japan on November 9, 1996 and scored three tries that day.

Ohata is from the Kansai area and speaks with a strong Kansai (Osaka) accent. He attended rugby nurseries Tokai Dai Gyosei High School and Kyoto Sangyo University.

1 World Record Holder
2 See also
3 References
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[edit] World Record Holder

On May 14, 2006 Ohata scored three tries for Japan against Georgia at Hanazono stadium, in doing so claiming the world record for tries in Rugby test matches.^[1] This gave him 65 tries for his country in 55 tests; he has since extended his record to 69 tries from 58 tests.^[2] The record was previously held by David Campese of Australia, who scored 64 tries from 101 tests.

Ohata did not take part in the Rugby World Cup 2007 as he ruptured his left Achilles tendon in an August practice match against Portugal. Sadly he had only just returned that month to the national side, having recovering from a right Achilles tendon rupture in January just after joining Munster ^[3]