Koliniasi Holani

Koliniasi Holani is one of those guys where the name alone tells you there's a whole story behind it — a South Pacific cadence fused with the kanji character for "dragon," which feels less like a coincidence and more like a mission statement. I don't have a highlight reel to point to, but that's kind of the thing about the guys who grind in the trenches of the sport — the work speaks through physicality, not through headlines. Choosing to build a rugby career in Japan with that background takes a specific kind of resolve, and I respect that quietly stubborn energy a lot.

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Koliniasi Holani (born October 25, 1981, in Japan) is a rugby union player whose full name combines a Pacific Islander given name with the Japanese character for "dragon." He attended Saitama Institute of Technology, where he developed his rugby career. He belongs to the generation of players with Fijian or Tongan-rooted backgrounds who became part of the Japanese rugby scene. Most personal and career details remain private or unrecorded in public sources.

Name (English)

Koliniasi Holani

Name (Japanese)

ホラニ龍コリニアシ

Reading

ほらに りゅうこりにあし

Born

October 25, 1981 (age 44)

Origin

Japan

Occupation

Rugby union player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

University

Saitama Institute of Technology

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8B%E9%BE%8D%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11338009

Tags

• Rugby union player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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