Seiji Kurihara

Seiji Kurihara

Date of birth	(1964-11-16) November 16, 1964
Place of birth	Ehime Prefecture, Japan
School	Nitta High School
University	Waseda University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points)   198?-1986 Waseda University RFC () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1986-1996 Suntory () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1986-1987 Japan 3 (0)

Seiji Kurihara (栗原誠治, Kurihara Seiji), (born Ehime Prefecture, 16 November 1964), is a former Japanese rugby union player. He played as lock.

Career

After his graduation from Waseda University, with which he played in the Japan Rugby University Championship, he moved to Suntory, where he played the National Rugby Company Championship until the end of his career, in 1996. He was capped for Japan in the match against Scotland, at Murrayfield, on 27 September 1986. Kurihara was also in the 1987 Rugby World Cup roster, where he played only in the match against England at Sydney, on 30 May 1987, earning 3 international caps for Japan.

External links

• Seiji Kurihara at ESPNscrum