Takuro Miuchi (箕内 拓郎, Miuchi Takuro, born December 11, 1975) is a Japanese rugby union player, who plays number eight. He was captain of the Japan national rugby union team until relieved of that responsibility by Japan national team coach Jean-Pierre Elissalde in a surprise move during February 2006. He was recalled to the team for the IRB Pacific 5 Nations games, and has appeared in 2 World Cups - 2003[3] and 2007.
He also plays for NEC Green Rockets in the Top League, and was the NEC captain before Ryota Asano.
Under John Kirwan (appointed head coach January 1, 2007) he again became captain of Japan, and appeared in the Japanese squad for the 2007 World Cup and the 2008 IRB Pacific Nations Cup.
^ abcd"RWC 2007 player profile for Takuro Miuchi". rugbyworldcup.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2007.
^"scrum.com profile for Takuro Miuchi". scrum.com. Retrieved 21 September 2007.
^Profile at 2003 World Cup website Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
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