Kosuke Endo (遠藤 幸佑, Endō Kōsuke, born November 11, 1980 in Nakashibetsu, Hokkaidō)[1] is a Japanese rugby union player who won 41 caps for the Japan and represented them at the 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Endo made his debut for Japan against Italy in July 2004, but then had to wait until 2006 until he returned for his second cap and then established himself as the first choice right wing after Daisuke Ohata late career was plagued by injuries, and remained there for most of John Kirwan's time as Japan coach between 2007 and 2011.
In the 2007 Rugby World Cup he notably finished a spectacular break out try from their own 5 metre line against Wales at the Millennium Stadium which was praised as one of the outstanding tries of the tournament one of Japan's best of all time.[2][3][4] He followed that up by scoring another try against Canada in the next match from a run just under 50 metres through the defence. Endo left the World Cup with an increased reputation and coach John Kirwan said that "he could be one of the best wingers in the world".[5] In 2008, Endo signed to play a season in the Air New Zealand Cup with Canterbury.
Endo remained in the Japan side until the 2011 Rugby World Cup where he started 3 matches. In the last match against Canada, Endo again scored a try like he did against the same opposition in the 2007 tournament, but also had a nightmare match in defence missing 5 tackles one of which led to a Canada try.[6][7]
After that match, Endo was dropped by new coach Eddie Jones who put Toshiaki Hirose as captain ahead of him in his position on the wing. He was briefly recalled to a wider training squad in 2013 after some good form for his domestic side Toyota Verblitz but didn't play with younger players such as Yoshikazu Fujita and Kenki Fukuoka being preferred ahead of him.
^Kosuke Endo player profile Scrum.com
^"Your View: Rugby World Cup's greatest tries".
^"Kosuke Endo contender for try of the tournament".
^"Brilliant try by Japan vs Wales 2007 Rugby World Cup". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
^"Kirwan eyes second PNC win against Fiji".
^"Canada v Japan at Napier, Sep 27, 2011".
^"Kosuke Endo awful tackling vs Canada 2011". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
Japan United States Kaoru Matsushita FB 15 FB Chris Wyles KosukeEndo W 14 W Taku Ngwenya Koji Taira C 13 C Paul Emerick Ryan Nicholas C 12 C Andrew Suniula...
Matsubara PR 17 Tomokazu Soma LK 18 Hitoshi Ono FL 19 Hare Makiri 9' 12' 48' SH 20 Tomoki Yoshida CE 21 Bryce Robins WG 22 KosukeEndo Coach: John Kirwan...
May 2004 449 Mitsugu Yamamoto (Hooker) v Canada Tokyo, 30 May 2004 450 KosukeEndo Fullback v Italy Tokyo, 4 Jul 2004 451 Keiji Takei (Utility back) v Italy...
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Phil Burleigh* (2007 Canterbury Colts and Canterbury B), Ryan Crotty*, KosukeEndo* (Japan), Casey Laulala, Adam Whitelock* (2007 Canterbury Colts), James...
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by Pierre Berbizier, lost against Fiji. Japan: 15. Keiji Takei, 14. KosukeEndo, 13. Atsushi Moriya, 12. Yuta Imamura, 11. Nataniela Oto, 10. Shotaro...
on October 9, 2014. The characters were designed by Mutsumi Inomata and Kōsuke Fujishima. They were each given characters which played to their strengths...
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