He made his international debut for Japan in 2004 against Korea.[3] He became a regular member of the national team from there onwards and represented his country at both the 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cup. Since Eddie Jones took over as Japan coach in 2012, he has not missed an international match, and has become the most capped player for Japan of all time.[4]
hitoshi, 大野均, Ōno, hitoshi, born, 1978, kōriyama, fukushima, japanese, rugby, player, plays, lock, japan, national, rugby, union, team, nicknamed, iron, 大野均birth, namedate, birth, 1978, 1978, place, birthkōriyama, fukushima, japan, height1, weight106, schoolse. Hitoshi Ono 大野均 Ōno Hitoshi born May 6 1978 in Kōriyama Fukushima is a Japanese rugby player He plays at lock for the Japan national rugby union team He is nicknamed the Iron Man Hitoshi Ono大野均Birth nameHitoshi OnoDate of birth 1978 05 06 May 6 1978 age 45 Place of birthKōriyama Fukushima Japan 1 Height1 96 m 6 ft 5 in Weight106 kg 16 st 9 lb 233 lb 2 SchoolSeiryo High SchoolUniversityNihon UniversityRugby union careerPosition s LockSenior careerYearsTeamApps Points 2001 2020 2015 2020Toshiba Brave Lupus Sunwolves85 12 30 0 Correct as of 15 January 2017International careerYearsTeamApps Points 2004 2016 Japan98 65 Correct as of 25 June 2016National sevens team s YearsTeamComps Japan 7s Ono started playing rugby after converting from baseball at Nihon University where he was studying to become a firefighter However he changed careers and joined Toshiba Brave Lupus in 2001 with whom he has gone on to win the Top League four times He made his international debut for Japan in 2004 against Korea 3 He became a regular member of the national team from there onwards and represented his country at both the 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cup Since Eddie Jones took over as Japan coach in 2012 he has not missed an international match and has become the most capped player for Japan of all time 4 After the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 Ono s family dairy farm suffered greatly and alongside prop Kensuke Hatakeyama who lost his home he was named honorary captain for the Asian 5 Nations match with the UAE by coach John Kirwan to mark the team s solidarity for the cause 5 Ono is one of the Frontier Ambassadors of his hometown Koriyama City 6 He retired from professional rugby in 2020 7 See also editKosei OnoReferences edit ラグビー日本代表の大野 古里郡山で講演 Ｗ杯への思い語る Fukushima Mimpo in Japanese 27 June 2014 Archived from the original on 8 August 2014 Retrieved 1 August 2014 Rugby World Cup Hitoshi Ono Rugby World Cup Archived from the original on 2015 10 07 Retrieved 2015 10 06 Japan v Korea at Tokyo May 16 2004 Ono set to be Japan s most capped player Japan Rugby Football Union JRFU Retrieved January 28 2015 One year on Rugby remembers in Japan Archived from the original on February 3 2014 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link フロンティア大使のプロフィール等 郡山市公式ウェブサイト www city koriyama lg jp in Japanese Retrieved 2020 02 25 https www japantimes co jp sports 2020 05 19 rugby iron man hitoshi ono retires 98 caps XskkuhMzai4 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help External links editHitoshi Ono at ESPNscrum Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hitoshi Ono amp oldid 1215826010, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
