Japan winger Daisuke Ohata was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in November as the all-time leading try-scorer in test rugby with his 69 tries in 58 tests for the Brave Blossoms from ...

Daisuke Ohata may well be the pin-up boy of Japanese rugby but 19-year-old Ayumu Goromaru is the face of the future and the two combined on Wednesday to send Japan into the final of the Toshiba ...

Japan dragged its feet in the second half, allowing South Korea to score two tries, but Daisuke Ohata negated the effect with two tries of his own as Japan went on to book its ticket in the final ...

Like all great wingers, Daisuke Ohata always looks ahead - and in this case, to the future when he can get back to what he does best: scoring tries. Unfortunately for Japan, the fleet-footed Ohata ...

Japan: Japan's World Cup hopes were boosted when coach John Kirwan named "samurai trio" Daisuke Ohata, Takuro Miuchi and Phil… Wed Aug 15 2007 - 01:00 ...

OSAKA, Japan, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Japan's main attacking threat Daisuke Ohata has been forced out of the rugby World Cup after rupturing his Achilles tendon, officials said on Sunday.

Flyhalves: Kyohei Morita, Keisuke Sawaki. Centers: Hideyuki Yoshida, Seiichi Shimomura, Genta Akanuma. Wings: Daisuke Ohata, Hirotoki Onozawa, Tomoki Kitagawa. Fullbacks: Kenji Shomen, Go Aruga.

Japan winger Daisuke Ohata has been forced to retire due to a knee injury. The 35-year-old holds the world record for Test tries after crossing 69 times in 58 Tests between 1996 and 2006 ...

Japan's World Cup hopes were boosted when coach John Kirwan named "samurai trio" Daisuke Ohata, Takuro Miuchi and Phil O'Reilly in his 30-man squad.

At the launch, attended by Japanese winger Daisuke Ohata, the top try-scorer in international rugby, it was announced that the IRB will give an annual grant of US$500,000 to promote the game ...

Daisuke Ohata shattered national records with eight tries and 40 points to lead Japan to a 155-3 victory over Taiwan in Tokyo yesterday in the Asian qualifying group for next year's World Cup ...