Kenki Fukuoka

I'll be honest, when someone says "rugby player" I picture a wall of muscle, so Kenki Fukuoka throwing me off at a wiry 175cm makes me grin. He's a winger, which is the position I'd pick if I could just run flat-out and leave defenders grasping at air, and that's exactly his thing, pure blistering speed that turns a half-gap into a try. What gets me, though, is the brains-and-brawn combo: the dude treated rugby like a chapter, not the whole book, and famously set his sights on becoming a doctor. There's something so unfair about being that fast and that disciplined. And being from Fukuoka with the name Fukuoka? Born a hometown hero. I just respect a guy who runs his hardest and then walks off to study.

Kenki Fukuoka is a Japanese rugby union player born on September 7, 1992, in Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture. He attended the University of Tsukuba, where he developed the athletic foundation for his professional career. Standing 175 cm tall, he is known as a speedy back in the rugby union discipline. He maintains a presence on Instagram and X under the handle kenki11.

Name (English)

Kenki Fukuoka

Name (Japanese)

福岡堅樹

Reading

ふくおか けんき

Born

September 7, 1992 (age 33)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Monkey

Origin

Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Height

175cm

Occupation

Rugby union player

University

University of Tsukuba

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kenki11/
• Xhttps://x.com/kenki11
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%8F%E5%B2%A1%E5%A0%85%E6%A8%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17210116

Tags

• From Fukuoka Prefecture
• Rugby union player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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