User:Omutak/Takenori Omura

Takenori Omura (大村武則 Takenori Omura born June 4th, 1965) is a Japanese business man who is the Chief Executive Officer and President of the WRS JAPAN, LTD, the official distributor of BLK Sport in Japan.

Originally from Uji city, Kyoto, Takenori played a winger (WTB) for Rugby clubs during his high school and college days. While he was still in college, he studied abroad to play for the New Brighton Rugby Club in Canterbury, New Zealand. He played as a regular member for the Brighton club of which he was a part of Senior A league, the highest level rugby competition in New Zealand then. Upon his return from New Zealand, due to aftereffects from his cervical vertebrae injury and concussions, he gave up playing rugby as his career. However, he continued to play rugby at a club level for the Rokko Club in Kobe.

Later, Takenori entered the Meiji Oriental Medicine Academy, majoring in Acupuncture to become a sports trainer. After graduating as a licensed Acupuncturist, he worked at the Gotani Orthopedic Clinic in Jyoyo city, Kyoto. From 1995 to 2005, he joined the predecessor club of the Shizuoka BlueRevs called the Yamaha Motor Jubilo as a medical trainer which was very rare still in the Japanese Rugby industry. He spent 11 years with the Jubilo including one year in 2005 as a team manager. While he was with the Jubilo, he joined the 7s Rugby World tours for Japanese rugby national 7s team, New Zealand rugby national 7s team, as well as the Fijian 7s rugby team. Through those tours, he enriched his international experience. From 2005 2009, he served as a team director for Secom Rugguts.

From 2009 to 2022, Takenori’s service as a team manager for the mens national team for Japan Rugby Football Union spans three Rugby World Cups. In 2011, under the head coach, John Cowan, he participated in the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. In 2015, he contributed to the transformation and rise of the Japanese national team under the head coach, Eddie Jones for the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England. He was the team manager in the historical game known as the  “Brighton Miracle” of which Japan beat South Africa in Brighton. In the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, Takenori helped the Japanese national team that reached the quater-final under the head coach, Jamie Joseph. Reaching the quarter-final was the highest level they’ve accomplished in the history of Japan Rugby.

In 2022, Takenori appeared in the movie, The Brighton Miracle, playing himself the team manager for the Japan rugby national team, alongside New Zealand’s native actor Temuera Mirrison who also played Boba Fett in the Star Wars TV series, The Mandalorian.

In 2023, Takenori took the position as the Chief Executive Officer and President of WRS Japan.

Takenori’s nickname is “JR”.

Experience
• 1984　Osaka University of Health and Sport Science

• 1991　Meiji Oriental Medicine Academy

• 1981　Kyoto Jonan High School

• 1984　Gotani Orthopedic Clinic

• 1995　Medical Trainer、Yamaha Motor Jubilo

• 1999　Trainer, 7s Japanese national team

• 2000　Trainer, 7s Japanese national team

• 2000　Liaison Officer、New Zealand national team, Japan tour

• 2001　Trainer, 7s Japanese national team, 7s Rugby World Cup in Argentina

• 2001　Trainer, Pacific Barbarians

• 2002　Trainer, 7s Fiji national team

• 2003　Trainer, 7s Fiji national team

• 2004　Team Manager, Yamaha Motor Jubilo

• 2005 – 2009　Team Director, Secom Rugguts

※2006　Appeared on TV Drama,「SAPURI」aired on August 14th”.

• 2008　Launched WRS JAPAN, LTD

• 2009　LiaisonLiaison World Rugby U20 Championship Scotland U20 national team

• 2009–2022　Team Manager, Japan Rugby Football Union

• 2016　Advisor(Temporary support), Sunwolves, SuperRugby

※2019　Appeared in the movie The Brighton Miracle

• 2023　CEO and President、WRS JAPAN, LTD

External Links [Edit]

 * RWC 2015: Japan vs South Africa - World Rugby Japanese Channel
 * BLK JAPAN
 * WRS JAPAN, LTD
 * New Brighton RFC
 * Yamaha Mortors Jubilo
 * Secom Rugguts
 * Rokko Rugby Football Club