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{{Short description|Japan international rugby union player}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Daisuke Ohata <br>大畑大介
| image = Daisuke Ohata IMG 2221r 20151220 (cropped).JPG
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| caption = Ohata in 2015
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|11 November 1975}}
| birth_place = [[Osaka]], [[Osaka Prefecture]], Japan
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| height = 176 cm
| weight = 82 kg
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| university = [[Kyoto Sangyo University]]
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| ru_position = [[Wing (rugby union)|Wing]], [[Centre (rugby union)|Centre]]

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| years1 = 1998–2002
| clubs1 = [[Kobelco Kobe Steelers|Kobe Steel]]
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| years2 = 2003
| clubs2 = [[ASM Clermont Auvergne|Clermont Montferrand]]<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= 27 October 2002 |title=Japan's Ohata to test for French club |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2002/10/27/more-sports/japans-ohata-to-test-for-french-club/ |work=[[The Japan Times]] |location= |access-date=}}</ref>
| apps2 = 2
| points2 = 20

| years3 = 2003–2011
| clubs3 = [[Kobelco Kobe Steelers|Kobelco Steelers]]
| apps3 = 67
| points3 = 210

| repyears1 = 1996–2006 
| repteam1 = [[Japan national rugby union team|Japan]] 
| repcaps1 = 58 
| reppoints1 = 345
| ru_ntupdate = 25 November 2006

| ru_sevensnationalyears1 = –1996
| ru_sevensnationalteam1 = [[Japan national rugby sevens team|Japan]]
| ru_sevensnationalcomp1 = 13
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{{Nihongo|'''Daisuke Ohata'''|大畑大介|Ōhata Daisuke|born November 11, 1975}} is a former Japanese [[rugby union]] player. He usually played on the [[Wing (rugby union)|wing]], and sometimes at [[Centre (rugby union)|centre]], for the [[Japan national rugby union team|Japanese national team]]. He made his name internationally as a speedy ace in the [[World Rugby Sevens Series]] (then known as the IRB World Sevens Series), and went on to become a regular member of the national team. He first played for Japan on November 9, 1996, and scored three tries that day. He is the [[List of leading rugby union test try scorers|leading rugby union test try scorer]] of all time. In November 2016, Ohata was inducted into the [[World Rugby Hall of Fame]] at the opening ceremony for the Hall's first physical location in [[Rugby, Warwickshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/news/227424 |title=Daisuke Ohata: My Rugby World Cup mission |publisher=[[World Rugby]] |date=2007-03-07 |access-date=2017-03-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-38003317 |title=World Rugby Hall of Fame: Jonny Wilkinson attends launch |publisher=BBC News Coventry & Warwickshire |date=17 November 2016 |access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Ohata was born in [[Osaka]] and speaks with a strong Kansai accent. He attended rugby nurseries Tokai Dai Gyosei [[High School]] with [[Koji Uehara]] and [[Yoshinori Tateyama]], where the three were classmates, and Kyoto Sangyo University.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www3.kyoto-su.ac.jp/index-e.html |title=Kyoto Sangyo University |access-date=2006-05-15 |archive-date=2018-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015022434/http://www3.kyoto-su.ac.jp/index-e.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==World record holder==
On 14 May 2006, Ohata scored three [[Try (rugby)|tries]] for [[Japan national rugby union team|Japan]] against [[Georgia national rugby union team|Georgia]] at [[Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium|Hanazono Stadium]], in doing so claiming the [[List of leading rugby union test try scorers|world record for tries in rugby test matches]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/international/4770137.stm BBC Sport: Ohata breaks Campese try record]</ref> This gave him sixty-five tries for his country in fifty-five tests; he has since extended his record to sixty-nine tries from fifty-eight tests.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyjapan.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=209&Itemid=31 |title=Additional Changes to Japan World Cup Squad |publisher=[[Japan Rugby Football Union]] |date=2007-09-11 |access-date=2007-10-08}}</ref> The record was previously held by [[David Campese]] of Australia, who scored 64 tries from 101 tests. [[Bryan Habana]] of South Africa eclipsed Campese's record with 67 tries (124 caps), the last one coming in 2016. However, unlike Campese and Habana, only a quarter of Ohata's tries were scored against major rugby union playing nations, causing controversy in some media.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/international/4770137.stm BBC Sport: Ohata breaks Campese's try record]</ref>

Ohata did not take part in the [[Rugby World Cup 2007]], as he had ruptured his left [[Achilles tendon]] in an August practice match against [[Portugal national rugby union team|Portugal]]. He had only just returned that month to the national side, having recovered from a right Achilles tendon rupture in January.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/news/newsid=53152.html |title=Japanese star Ohata to miss World Cup |access-date=2007-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316152234/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/news/newsid=53152.html |archive-date=2014-03-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
In January 2011 Ohata's retirement was announced. Ohata, being 35-years-old, stated: “It's sad that it ended like this but I think I have had a good career. I feel I have left my mark as a rugby player.”<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/story/132236.html |title=Japanese legend Ohata retires |last= |first= |date=10 January 2011 |website=en.espn.co.uk |publisher=ESPNscrum |access-date= |quote= }}</ref>

==Sportsman No.1==
Ohata is one of prominent [[Pro Sportsman No.1]] competitors during early 2000's tenure, as he particularly shined in the 2001 and 2003 Pro Sportsman tournaments, achieves No.1 in said tournaments. He also earned New World Record of Shot-Gun-Touch event at the time by achieving 13m40cm.

==See also==
* [[List of leading rugby union test try scorers]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/20060516TDY22003.htm "Ohata deserves his place in the record books"], ''Daily Yomiuri'', May 16, 2006
* [http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/20060515TDY24002.htm "Ohata sets new world mark"], ''Daily Yomiuri'', May 15, 2006
* [http://www.rugbyjapan.com/img/photo/060514.jpg Photo of Ohata] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060707100024/http://www.rugbyjapan.com/img/photo/060514.jpg |date=2006-07-07 }} - JRFU website
* [http://www.rugbyjapan.com/japan/2006/0514.htm Article on JRFU website]
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* {{World Rugby Sevens Series profile|mens/7709}}

{{Japan 2003 World Cup Squad}}
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[[Category:Japanese rugby union players]]
[[Category:Kobelco Kobe Steelers players]]
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[[Category:Rugby union wings]]
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[[Category:Rugby union players at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Rugby union players at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Japan]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:World Rugby Hall of Fame inductees]]
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[[Category:1999 Rugby World Cup players]]
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[[Category:Japanese expatriate sportspeople in France]]
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[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists in rugby union]]
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