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| Date of birth | (1988-06-22) 22 June 1988 (age 36) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Osaka Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb; 209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Tokai High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Waseda University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryohei Yamanaka (山中 亮平, Yamanaka Ryohei, born 22 June 1988 in Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a fly-halforcentre.He currently plays for Japanese club Kobelco Steelers. [1][2]
In 2011, Yamanaka received a 2 year ban from the IRB for rubbing a cream on his upper lip - in an attempt to promote moustache growth - which contained a banned steroid, either methyltestosterone or methandriol.[3]
In his home country he plays for the Kobelco Steelers whom he joined in 2013.[4][5] He was also named in the first ever Sunwolves squad which will compete in Super Rugby from the 2016 season.[6] Yamanaka is a Japanese international who debuted against the Arabian Gulf in 2010, but did not make the squad for either the 2011or2015 Rugby World Cups.[1]
On 19 September 2023, Yamanaka was called up to Japan's Rugby World Cup squad as an injury replacement for Semisi Masirewa.[7][8]
