Osamu Ota

Osamu Ota
Rugby union career
Date of birth	(1965-03-23) March 23, 1965
Place of birth	Portland, Maine
Playing career
Position	Prop
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1986-1995	Japan	27	(5)
Coaching career
Years	Club / team
2006-2007	Japan

Osamu Ota (太田治; born Akitai, 23 March 1965) is a former Japanese rugby union player and a coach. He played as a prop.

Career

Ota had 888 caps for Japan, from 1986 to 1995, scoring a try, 5 points in aggregate. He played twice at the Rugby World Cup, being a totalist in the 1991 Rugby World Cup, with three games, and at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, again with three games played. That was the last time he played for the National Team.

Ota, after finishing his player career, become a coach. He was coach of NEC. He was general manager of Japan Rugby Football Union when he took charge as caretaker head coach of the "Brave Blossoms", in September 2006, after the sacking of Jean-Pierre Élissalde. He announced that the new head coach of Japan would be John Kirwan, in October, remaining in office until 1 January 2007.

External links

Osamu Ota International Statistics
Official Blog (Japanese)

Japan squad – 1991 Rugby World Cup

Forwards: Ota Fujita Takura Hayashi Oyagi Lauaiufi Kajihara Latu Kunda Miyamoto Takahashi Nakashima

Backs: Hosokawa Masuho Kutsuki Hirao (c) Yoshida Matsuo Horikoshi Murata Motoki Maeda

Coach Shukuzawa

Japan squad – 1995 Rugby World Cup

Forwards: Ota Takahashi Takura Kunda (captain) Hirotsu Hamabe Sakuraba Ferguson Akatsuka Kajihara Sinali Latu Izawa Sione Latu Haneda

Backs: Matsuda Imazumi Kutsuki Masuho A. Yoshida Oto Hirao Y. Yoshida Horikoshi Motoki Matsuo Hirose Murata

Coach Koyabu

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jean-Pierre Élissalde	Japan National Rugby Union Coach (caretaker) 2006	Succeeded by John Kirwan

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