Tomoya Haneda

Tomoya Haneda is a former Japanese rugby union player. He played as a lock.

Career

After graduating from Okura High School, Haneda attended Ryukoku University, for whose rugby team he played in the All-Japan Rugby University Championship. Graduating from university, he joined World Co., with which he played the All-Japan Rugby Company Championship, for all his entire career, winning in 1994 World Co.'s first and only Kansai League A title, as well qualifying for the championship final lost against World Co.'s city rivals, Kobe Steel en 2000, finishing runner-up. In 1995, Haneda was called up by Osamu Koyabu, to play for the Japan [national rugby union team|Japanese national team]. His only cap was against Tonga national rugby [union team|Tonga], in Nagoya, on 11 February 1995. In the same year, he was in the Japanese squad for the 1995 [Rugby World Cup|third World Cup], but never saw action in the tournament.
Since 2009, when World Fighting Bull disbanded, like many amateur players of the club, he moved to play for Rokko Seahawks non-corporate club.