ISHIDA Kippei

Youth Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2018	San Isidro, ARG

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
15	Men	2019
16	Men	2020

World Rugby Sevens Series - Australia

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

World Rugby Sevens Series - Canada

Rank	Event	Year	Location
14	Men	2019	Vancouver, BC, CAN
16	Men	2020	Vancouver, BC, CAN

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai

Rank	Event	Year	Location
16	Men	2019	Dubai, UAE

World Rugby Sevens Series - New Zealand

Rank	Event	Year	Location
14	Men	2020	Hamilton, NZL

World Rugby Sevens Series - USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
15	Men	2019	Las Vegas, NV, USA

Student

Literature - Meiji University, Tokyo, JPN

Japanese

Kensuke Iwabuchi [national], JPN

Forward (rugby-japan.jp, 13 Apr 2020)

He has competed in rugby union [15-a-side] for Meiji University in Japan. (4years.asahi.com, 13 Feb 2020; sanspo.com, 01 Nov 2020)

He dislocated his shoulder in November 2018, and once again in January 2019. He underwent surgery and returned to competitive action in September 2019. (asahi.com, 13 Feb 2020; sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 18 Apr 2019)

He began playing rugby in 2004 at the Amagasaki Rugby School in Japan. (asahi.com, 13 Feb 2020; meijirugby.jp, 06 Jul 2019)

A friend encouraged him to start playing rugby. He was inspired to take up rugby sevens in grade seven of middle school, when the sport was added to the Olympic programme. (meijirugby.jp, 06 Jul 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (asahi.com, 13 Feb 2020)

In 2019 he received the Osaka-fu Governor Award in Japan. (highs.josho.ac.jp, 21 Feb 2019)