Kotaro Yatabe

Kotaro Yatabe is one of those guys where the name alone tells you something — there's a straightforwardness to it, no flash, no frills, just solid syllables that feel like they belong to someone who does the dirty work without making a fuss about it. That's an almost cartoonishly fierce combo, like the universe just decided to go all in. Gunma is wide-sky, windy country, and I've always figured that kind of landscape either toughens you up or blows right through you; clearly it did the former here. I don't have a deep dossier on his career specifics, but the fact that his name is in the record books at all in a sport built on physical punishment and relentless team trust says plenty. Some guys just show up and hit hard, and I respect that more than I can easily explain.

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Kotaro Yatabe is a Japanese rugby union player born on July 29, 1986, in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He attended Kokushikan University, where he pursued the sport. Further details about his professional career and club affiliations are not publicly available.

Name (English)

Kotaro Yatabe

Name (Japanese)

谷田部洸太郎

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Born

July 29, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Rugby union player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Tiger

University

Kokushikan University

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B0%B7%E7%94%B0%E9%83%A8%E6%B4%B8%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E
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Tags

• From Gunma Prefecture
• Rugby union player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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