Japanese Rugby Team

thumb|right|335 px  The Japan national rugby union team (often known as the Cherry Blossoms or more recently the Brave Blossoms) represent Japan in international rugby union competitions. Japan is traditionally the strongest rugby union power in Asia but has both enjoyed and endured mixed results against non-Asian teams over the years. Rugby union in Japan is administered by the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU), which was founded in 1926. They compete annually in the Pacific Nations Cup and the Asian Five Nations. They have also participated in every Rugby World Cup since the tournament began in 1987. However they have only ever won one game at the tournament, against Zimbabwe in 1991.
Rugby was introduced to Japan in 1899 and Japan's first international was a match against a Canadian team in 1932. Notable games for Japan include a victory over the Junior All Blacks in 1968, and a narrow 6–3 loss to England in 1971. Famous wins by Japan include a 28–24 victory over a Scotland XV in 1989 and a 23-8 victory over Wales in 2013. In the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Japan drew 12–12 against Canada, their second best result in the tournament. In 2011, Japan displayed the extent of its progress in the sport by winning the 2011 IRB Pacific Nations Cup, played against Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.
Representative rugby matches played by a Japan national XV up until 20 June 2011[9]
Team 	Mat	Won	Lost	Draw	 % 	For 	Aga 	Diff
 Arabian Gulf 	3 	3 	0 	0 	100.00	256 	20 	+236
 Argentina 	5 	1 	4 	0 	20.00 	139 	205 	-66
 Australia 	4 	0 	4 	0 	0.00 	58 	220 	-162
 Australia A 	4 	0 	4 	0 	0.00 	51 	242 	-191
Australian Universities 	6 	2 	4 	0 	33.33 	60 	90 	-30
BC Bears 	6 	2 	2 	2 	50.00 	103 	82 	+21
Cambridge University 	4 	1 	3 	0 	25.00 	52 	110 	-58
 Canada 	22 	12 	8 	2 	59.09 	532 	528 	+4
 Chinese Taipei 	4 	4 	0 	0 	100.00	474 	27 	+447
Emerging Wallabies 	2 	1 	0 	1 	75.00 	41 	39 	+2
England Saxons 	2 	0 	2 	0 	0.00 	30 	92 	-62
England Students 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0.00 	0 	42 	-43
England Under-23's 	2 	0 	2 	0 	0.00 	25 	77 	-52
 England 	6 	0 	6 	0 	0.00 	78 	191 	-113
 Fiji 	15 	3 	12 	0 	20.00 	265 	402 	-137
 France 	9 	0 	9 	0 	0.00 	99 	400 	-301
 Georgia 	2 	2 	0 	0 	100.00	57 	29 	+28
 Hong Kong 	22 	18 	4 	0 	81.81 	940 	325 	+615
Ireland Students 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0.00 	12 	24 	-12
 Ireland 	7 	0 	7 	0 	0.00 	111 	332 	-221
 Italy 	5 	0 	5 	0 	0.00 	64 	176 	-112
Junior All Blacks 	8 	1 	7 	0 	12.50 	98 	337 	-239
 Kazakhstan 	5 	5 	0 	0 	100.00	418 	23 	+395
 South Korea 	29 	22 	6 	1 	77.58 	1158	430 	+728
 Netherlands 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0.00 	13 	15 	-2
 Māori 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0.00 	22 	65 	-43
New Zealand Universities	15 	2 	11 	2 	20.00 	221 	417 	-196
 New Zealand 	5 	0 	5 	0 	0.00 	34 	462 	-428
Oxford and Cambridge 	3 	0 	3 	0 	0.00 	30 	113 	-83
Oxford University 	4 	0 	4 	0 	0.00 	28 	130 	-102
 Philippines 	1 	1 	0 	0 	100.00	121 	0 	+121
Queensland Reds 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0.00 	6 	42 	-36
 Romania 	4 	3 	1 	0 	75.00 	101 	85 	+16
 Russia 	4 	3 	1 	0 	75.00 	197 	77 	+120
 Samoa 	13 	2 	11 	0 	15.38 	214 	463 	-249
 Scotland 	7 	1 	6 	0 	14.28 	92 	344 	-252
 Singapore 	1 	1 	0 	0 	100.00	45 	15 	+30
 Spain 	2 	2 	0 	0 	100.00	74 	36 	+38
 Sri Lanka 	2 	2 	0 	0 	100.00	134 	19 	+115
 Thailand 	1 	1 	0 	0 	100.00	42 	11 	+31
 Tonga 	15 	7 	8 	0 	46.66 	359 	409 	-50
 United Arab Emirates 	3 	3 	0 	0 	100.00	310 	6 	+304
 United States 	20 	7 	12 	1 	37.50 	443 	585 	-142
 Uruguay 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0.00 	18 	24 	-6
 Wales 	13 	1 	12 	0 	7.69 	185 	722 	-537
Welsh Clubs 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0.00 	9 	63 	-54
 Zimbabwe 	1 	1 	0 	0 	100.00	52 	8 	+44
Total 	293	114	170 	9 	40.44 	7871	8555	
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