Toshiaki Hirose
| Date of birth | October 17, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Osaka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (12 st 13 lb; 181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Kitano High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Keio University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Senior career | |||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2004–2016 | Toshiba Brave Lupus | 143 | (307) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2007–2015 | Japan | 28 | (55) |
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Toshiaki Hirose (廣瀬俊朗? Hirose Toshiaki, born October 17, 1981 in Osaka) is former Japanese rugby union player who played as a wing or fly half, and captained the national team between 2012 and 2013.
After becoming a regular starter for Toshiba Brave Lupus in the Top League, Hirose made his debut for Japan in 2007 against Hong Kong at fly-half scoring 2 tries, but never featured again under coach John Kirwan. He continued to be a key player at domestic level though, captaining Toshiba Brave Lupus to back to back Top League victories in 2009 and 2010.
In 2012, 5 years on from his debut, he was recalled and named captain of the Japan national rugby union team by new coach Eddie Jones. He by now had converted from fly-half to wing, and later that year led them to their first ever away wins in Europe against Romania and Georgia. He was also infamously on the receiving end of a rant by Jones after a loss to the French Barbarians in June.
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