Harumichi Tatekawa

Harumichi Tatekawa is the kind of athlete I quietly respect — a rugby union player out of Nara, which isn't exactly the first place you picture when you think of producing world-level rugby talent, but then again Tenri University is a genuine rugby powerhouse in Japan, so maybe it makes total sense. Rugby doesn't get the flashy TV coverage of soccer or baseball in Japan, but the guys who stick with it tend to have a real spine to them — a commitment that goes beyond chasing fame. That's the vibe I get from Tatekawa: someone who picked his path, put in the hard yards at Tenri, and just kept going. Nara to the rugby field — not the obvious route, but that's exactly what makes it interesting.

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Harumichi Tatekawa is a Japanese rugby union player born on December 2, 1989, in Nara City, Nara Prefecture. He studied at Tenri University, a renowned rugby powerhouse in Japan. He maintains a presence on Instagram and X under the handle harumichi1202.

Name (English)

Harumichi Tatekawa

Name (Japanese)

立川理道

Reading

たてかわ はるみち

Born

December 2, 1989 (age 36)

Origin

Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Rugby union player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Snake

University

Tenri University

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/harumichi1202/
• Xhttps://x.com/harumichi1202
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AB%8B%E5%B7%9D%E7%90%86%E9%81%93
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15618653

Tags

• From Nara Prefecture
• Rugby union player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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