SERU Jose

Date of Birth: 9 Feb 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.96/6'5''

Birth Country:

Fiji

Place of residence : HIGASHIOSAKA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rugby Sevens	Men JPN Japan	11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Pool B #M01 FIJ Fiji 24 JPN Japan 19	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Pool B #M07 GBR Great Britain 34 JPN Japan 0	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Pool B #M13 CAN Canada 36 JPN Japan 12	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Placing 9-12 #M20 KEN Kenya 21 JPN Japan 7	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Men's Placing 11-12 #M27 KOR Republic of Korea 19 JPN Japan 31	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rugby World Cup Sevens

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

World Rugby Sevens Series

Rank	Event	Year	Location
16	Men	2020

World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai

Rank	Event	Year	Location
16	Men	2019	Dubai, UAE

World Rugby Sevens Series - South Africa

Rank	Event	Year	Location
15	Men	2019	Cape Town, RSA

Occupation:

University of Auckland, New Zealand

Wife Dee Ganilau Seru, one daughter [2019]

Kensuke Iwabuchi [national], JPN

Position style:

Forward (nikkansports.com, 23 Jun 2020)

Other sports:

He has played rugby union [15-a-side] for Kintetsu Liners in the Japanese Top League. (kintetsu-g-hd.co.jp, 02 Mar 2021)

He began playing rugby at age 17. (chunichi.co.jp, 11 Nov 2020)

He originally played football as a defender before switching to rugby. (nikkansports.com, 23 Jun 2020; hochi.news, 01 Apr 2020; chunichi.co.jp, 11 Nov 2020)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (hochi.news, 01 Apr 2020)

New Zealand rugby union player Richie McCaw. (hochi.news, 01 Apr 2020)

Philosophy:

"Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." [1 Corinthians 10:31] (Facebook profile, 24 Jan 2021; Instagram profile, 01 Jan 2021)

General Interest

General
MOVE TO JAPAN
Born in Fiji, he relocated to Japan in 2013 with a view to representing the nation at the Olympic Games. He gained Japanese citizenship in March 2020. "The Olympics Games is the biggest sports stage in the world. It was exciting to see rugby added to the programme for the Olympics that I've always watched on television since I was in Fiji." (nikkansports.com, 23 Jun 2020; hochi.news, 01 Apr 2020; chunichi.co.jp, 11 Nov 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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