Kotaro Yatabe

Kotaro Yatabe is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a lock or loose forward. He currently plays for the in Super Rugby and Panasonic [Wild Knights] in Japan's domestic Top League.

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Club career

Yatabe has played all of his senior club rugby in Japan with the Panasonic Wild Knights who he joined in 2014-15 [Top League|2014]. He won the Top League in both 2015 and 2016.

International career

Yatabe made his senior international debut in a match against South Korea on April 30, 2016 and featured in 3 more tests against Asian opposition in the spring of 2016 before making substitute appearances against and during the 2016 mid-year rugby union internationals series.