Kensuke Hatakeyama


Kensuke Hatakeyama is a Japanese rugby union player. Hatakeyama has played 78 matches for the Japan national rugby union team.
Hatakeyama was a member of the Japan team at the 2011 Rugby World Cup; he played four matches and scored one try.
He was also a member of the Japan team that completed in the 2015 Rugby World Cup, including the historic victory over the Springboks in Brighton. Hatakeyama was appointed a Representative Director of the Japanese Rugby Football Association in July 2017. Hatakeyama joined the New England Free Jacks in 2020, debuting for the Jacks in the team's MLR debut.