Keita Inagaki

I'll be honest, I knew Keita Inagaki as "the guy who never smiles" long before I understood what he actually does, and I love that the meme came first. But once you watch him pack down as a prop, that stone face makes total sense to me. This is a man from snow-country Niigata who clearly built his game on the unglamorous stuff: scrummaging, hitting rucks, doing the grind nobody films. There's something I really respect about a forward who lets the work speak and saves the personality for the dressing room. The deadpan was never coldness, it was concentration, and the contrast between that flat expression and the brutal effort underneath it is honestly half the charm. Quiet, sturdy, faintly funny without trying. That's a guy I'd want in my front row.

Keita Inagaki is a Japanese rugby union player born on June 2, 1990, in Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture. He attended Niigata Prefectural Niigata Technical High School before going on to Kanto Gakuin University. Personal details such as his current agency, height, and active period have not been made public.

Name (English)

Keita Inagaki

Name (Japanese)

稲垣啓太

Reading

いながき けいた

Born

June 2, 1990 (age 36)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Horse

Origin

Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Rugby union player

High school

Niigata Prefectural Niigata Technical High School

University

Kanto Gakuin University

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A8%B2%E5%9E%A3%E5%95%93%E5%A4%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19571797

Tags

• From Niigata Prefecture
• Rugby union player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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