KANO Ryota

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rank	Event	Year	Location
15	Men	2018	San Francisco, CA, USA

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
15	Men	2019
15	Men	2016/2017
16	Men	2020

World Rugby Sevens Series - Australia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Men	2017	Sydney, NSW, AUS
14	Men	2020	Sydney, NSW, AUS

World Rugby Sevens Series - Canada

Rank	Event	Year	Location
14	Men	2017	Vancouver, BC, CAN

World Rugby Sevens Series - England

Rank	Event	Year	Location
15	Men	2017	London, GBR

World Rugby Sevens Series - France

Rank	Event	Year	Location
13	Men	2017	Paris, FRA
14	Men	2019	Paris, FRA

World Rugby Sevens Series - New Zealand

Rank	Event	Year	Location
14	Men	2020	Hamilton, NZL
15	Men	2017	Wellington, NZL

World Rugby Sevens Series - South Africa

Rank	Event	Year	Location
15	Men	2019	Cape Town, RSA

World Rugby Sevens Series - USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
14	Men	2017	Las Vegas, NV, USA

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2018	Indonesia

Office Worker

Meiji University, Tokyo, JPN

Japanese

Kensuke Iwabuchi [national], JPN

Back (sanspo.com, 13 Nov 2018)

He has played rugby union [15-a-side] at club level in Japan. (sanspo.com, 11 Apr 2014; sanspo.com, 13 Nov 2018; mainichi.jp, 26 Jul 2017)

2017 for Japan (rugby-rp.com, 30 Aug 2018; news.line.me, 04 Jul 2018)

He began playing rugby union [15-a-side] at age three at Katsushika Rugby School in Japan, and took up rugby sevens in 2016. (earu-first.com, 03 Dec 2020; sanspo.com, 11 Apr 2014; news.line.me, 04 Jul 2018)

His father was a fan of rugby and introduced him and his brother to the sport. He decided to focus on rugby sevens after he was called up to the national team. (city.katsushika.lg.jp, 2017)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (earu-first.com, 03 Dec 2020)

He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] for the Japan 7s 2019/20 season in Japan. (Instagram profile, 26 Jul 2020)