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My Take
Kumagaya, Saitama is basically famous for one thing: being the hottest city in Japan, the kind of place where summer turns the asphalt into a frying pan. Somehow growing up in that heat and then heading to Tsukuba University — one of the genuine rugby powerhouses in Japanese college sport — to sharpen his game feels like a very on-brand origin story for a guy who plays a sport built on grinding through punishment. Born in 1994, so he's firmly in that generation of Japanese rugby players who came up watching the sport's profile explode, and you get the sense Tsukuba players tend to think on the field as well as muscle through it. The public record on him is pretty thin beyond the basics, so I won't pretend to know more than I do, but there's something quietly compelling about a kid from a sweltering mid-Saitama town who put in the university work and made it as a professional rugby player. Still on the younger side of the game's prime years, still building — I find myself genuinely curious where he goes from here.
Overview
Takuya Yamasawa is a Japanese rugby union player born on September 21, 1994, in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture. He attended Saitama Prefectural Fukaya High School before going on to study at the University of Tsukuba, where he developed his rugby career. Known for his time at one of Japan's leading sports universities, he represents the generation of Japanese rugby players who rose through the structured college rugby pathway.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Takuya Yamasawa
- Name (Japanese)
- 山沢拓也
- Reading
- やまさわ たくや
- Born
- September 21, 1994 (age 31)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dog (戌)
- Origin
- Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan
- Occupation
- Rugby union player
2. Background
- High school
- Saitama Prefectural Fukaya High School
- University
- University of Tsukuba
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Takuya Yamasawa born?
Born September 21, 1994 (age 31).
Where is Takuya Yamasawa from?
Takuya Yamasawa is from Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan.
What does Takuya Yamasawa do?
Takuya Yamasawa works as Rugby union player.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.