Katsuhiro Matsuo

Katsuhiro Matsuo

Date of birth	(1964-01-06) January 6, 1964
Place of birth	Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	154 lb (70 kg)
School	Nobeoka Higashi High School
University	Doshisha University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1980-1985 Doshisha University RFC () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1986-1995 World () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1986-1995 Japan 23 (61) Coaching career Years Team – Laos sevens – Surugadai University RFC

Katsuhiro Matsuo (松尾勝博, Matsuo Katsuhiro) (born 6 January 1964, in Miyazaki Prefecture) is a former Japanese rugby union player who played as fly-half and coach.

Junior career

After graduating from Nobeoka High School and going to Doshisha University, at the time, he contributed to the victories in the All-Japan University Rugby Championship in 1983 and 1984 editions.

Professional career

In 1986, he joined World, and played for them until his retirement in 1995.

International career

In the same year, Matsuo had his first cap for Japan against USA. In the following year, he took part in the 1987 Rugby World Cup, which was the first Rugby World Cup. In the pool A match against England, he played as centre due to Seiji Hirao playing as fly-half in the lineup. Three years later, Shinobu Aoki, who, like Matsuo, was part of the squad that won against Scotland in 1989, was his direct rival for the position as regular fly-half in the Japan national team after the Asia-Pacific qualifiers, but during the 1991 Rugby World Cup, Matsuo took Aoki's place as the regular fly-half for Japan. He took part at all the three pool matches of the World Cup first round, and contributed to the victory in the final pool match against Zimbabwe. Later, he continued his duties as Japan national team. He was once again part of the Japanese team at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, although he never played any matches in the tournament. In total he earned 23 international caps for Japan.

Coaching career

After retiring, Matsuo was appointed by JRFU as a resource coach, coaching the Laos national rugby sevens team. As of 2012, he was appointed as coach for Surugadai University RFC.

External links

• Surugadai University RFC Member Profile
• 2019 ALL FOR JAPAN TEAM