Hirotoki Onozawa
| Date of birth | March 29, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Shimada, Shizuoka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Chuo University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Wing, Fullback | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2000–2014 2014–2017 |
Suntory Sungoliath Canon Eagles |
13 |
(10) |
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Correct as of 15 January 2017
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2001–2013 | Japan | 81 | (275) |
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Hirotoki Onozawa (小野澤宏時) (born March 29, 1978 in Shimada, Shizuoka, Japan) is a rugby union player who plays at wing or occasionally full back for Canon Eagles. He previously played for Suntory Sungoliath and the Japan national rugby union team. Nicknamed "the eel" for his sharp sidestepping ability, Onozawa is the second most capped Japanese rugby player of all time, and fifth highest try scorer in international rugby. Despite spending much of his career in the shadow of Daisuke Ohata he is considered an all-time great of Japanese rugby in his own right.
Onozawa made his debut for Japan against Wales in June 2001 and immediately impressed troubling the Welsh defence throughout and scored a try from 75 metres out from a move that he started himself. From there onwards he became a fixture in the Japan side.
He scored 8 tries in his first 7 caps playing at full back, but in 2003 moved to a spot on the wing. He played all of Japan's matches at the 2003 Rugby World Cup, scoring in his first match against Scotland and his wing partnership with Daisuke Ohata at the tournament was noted as one of the most positive aspects of Japan's tournament.
In the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Onozawa again played in all Japan's matches and notably scored a 70-metre individual try against Wales. Over the next few years, Onozawa gradually kept increasing his try scoring record and by 2011 he entered the top 10 on the all time international try scoring list.
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