Kotaro Yatabe



Kotaro Yatabe (谷田部 洸太郎) 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.

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

International
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.