Hiroaki Shukuzawa

Hiroaki Shukuzawa (宿澤広朗, Shukuzawa Hiroaki, September 1, 1950 – June 17, 2006) was a Japanese rugby union player and coach, who coached the Japan national rugby union team between 1989 and 1991. As a player, he was capped three times by Japan as a scrum-half, and he also advised the Japan Rugby Football Union. He also held important posts as a banker.

Hiroaki Shukuzawa
Date of birth(1950-09-01)September 1, 1950
Place of birthHino, Tokyo
Date of deathJune 17, 2006(2006-06-17) (aged 55)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Waseda University Rugby Football Club ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1973–1974 Japan 3 (0)
Coaching career
Years Team
1989–1991 Japan

Shukuzawa died of a heart attack on the way back from a mountain climbing expedition in Gunma prefecture. More than four thousand people, including Seiji Hirao and Katsuyuki Kiyomiya attended the overnight wake on June 22, 2006, at Honganji temple in Tsukiji, Tokyo.

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