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Teruya Goto

Date of birth	(1991-12-18) December 18, 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Yamanashi, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb; 12 st 13 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2014– NEC Green Rockets 50 (120) 2017 Sunwolves 4 (5) Correct as of 21 February 2021 National sevens team Years Team Comps 2015– Japan Sevens 15

Teruya Goto (後藤 輝也, Gotō Teruya, born December 18, 1991) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed for Japan 7s at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. He scored the first try in their upset against New Zealand at the Olympics.

References

1. "Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
2. "Japan names Olympic 7s squads". Americas Rugby News.com. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
3. "Rio Olympics: Team squads for the 7s". skysports.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
4. "GOTO Teruya". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-06. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
5. "Japan upsets mighty New Zealand in Olympic rugby". EFE.com. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
6. Miles, Christian (2016-08-10). "Japan shocks New Zealand in rugby sevens at Rio Olympics". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-11.

External links

• Teruya Goto at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• JRFU Player Profile

• 1991 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Yamanashi Prefecture
• Male rugby sevens players
• Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Olympic rugby sevens players for Japan
• Japanese rugby sevens players
• Japanese rugby union players
• Green Rockets Tokatsu players
• Japan international rugby sevens players
• Sunwolves players
• 21st-century Japanese sportsmen
• Rugby union wings