Atsushi Koga

Japanese rugby union player

Rugby player

Atsushi Koga

Date of birth

(1975-02-25) February 25, 1975 (age 49)

Place of birth

Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan^[1]

Height

174 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Weight

88 kg (194 lb)

School

Fujisawa Nichidai High School

University

Yamanashi Gakuin University^[2]

Rugby union career

Senior career
Position(s)	Centre
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1996-2008	Sanyo Wild Knights	5	(0)
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1999	Japan	0	(0)

Atsushi Koga (古賀淳, Koga Atsushi), sometimes translated erroneously as Jun Koga,^[3] (born Kanagawa Prefecture, 25 February 1975) is a Japanese former rugby union player who played as Centre.

Career

After his graduation from Yamanashi Gakuin University,^[4] for whose rugby club he played, Koga joined Sanyo Wild Knights,^[5] where he played throughout all of his career until his retirement in 2008.^[6] He was also part of the 1999 Rugby World Cup squad, but he never had a cap for Japan.

Notes

^ JRFU. "古賀淳｜選手プロフィール｜日本ラグビーフットボール協会｜RUGBY：FOR ALL「ノーサイドの精神」を、日本へ、世界へ。". www.rugby-japan.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 November 2022.
^ Atsushi Koga Top League profile
^ Jun Koga international stats ESPN Scrum
^ http://www.yguppr.net/140427act_main.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "東日本社会人リーグチームの特色". archive.rugby.or.jp. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
^ "TOP LEAGUE OFFICIAL SITE - ニュース". archive.top-league.jp. Retrieved 28 November 2022.