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Koo Ji-won

Date of birth

20 July 1994 (age 29)

Place of birth

Seoul, South Korea

Height

1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

122 kg (269 lb; 19 st 3 lb)

Rugby union career

Senior career
Position(s)	Prop
Current team	Kobelco Kobe Steelers
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2017–2019	Sunwolves	13	(0)
2018–2021	Mie Honda Heat	14	(10)
2022–	Kobelco Kobe Steelers	10	(0)
Correct as of 28 August 2023
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2014	Japan U20	4	(0)
2017–	Japan	25	(0)
2023	Japan XV	2	(0)
Correct as of 28 August 2023

Koo Ji-won (具智元, Gu Chigan, born 20 July 1994) is a Korean-Japanese professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Japan Rugby League One club Kobelco Kobe Steelers. Born in South Korea, he represents Japan at international level after qualifying on residency grounds.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

He also changed nationality to Japan after the 2019 World Cup

International career[edit]

After only two Super Rugby appearances for the Sunwolves, which included one start, Koo received his first call-up to his adopted country, Japan's senior squad ahead of the 2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals.^[5]

References[edit]

^ "Ji-won Koo ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
^ "Koo Jiwon". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
^ "Koo Ji-won itsrugby Profile". itsrugby. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
^ "Koo Ji-Won". Japan Rugby Club. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
^ "Tighthead prop Koo Ji-won set to earn first cap for Japan against Tonga". The Japan Times Online. 17 November 2017. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

External links[edit]

Koo Ji-won at ESPNscrum
Koo Ji-won at ItsRugby.co.uk

v t e Kobelco Kobe Steelers – current squad
Forwards	Tiennan Costley Gerard Cowley-Tuioti Hayato Fukunishi Hikaru Hashimoto Suguru Igarashi Takara Imamura Ryo Inoue Koo Ji-won Takuya Kitade Naohiro Kotaki Go Maeda Sho Maeda Kenta Matsuoka Isileli Nakajima Willie Potgieter Waisake Raratubua Brodie Retallick Rinpei Sasaki Amanaki Saumaki Ardie Savea Jang Seok-Wan Haruto Takahashi Shigure Takao Hiroaki Ushihara Takayuki Watanabe Ikuma Yamada Koki Yamamoto Hiroshi Yamashita
Backs	Bryn Gatland Junta Hamano Shintaro Hayashi Atsushi Hiwasa Gentaro Ikenaga Tali Ioasa Shinsuke Iseki Taihei Kusaka Timothy Lafaele Ngani Laumape Michael Little Quinton Mahina Kanta Matsunaga Ataata Moeakiola Kosuke Naka Daiki Nakajima Kentaro Obata Lee Seung-sin Maki Shimizu Soma Sugimoto Sione Tapu'osi Kenta Tokuda Ryohei Yamanaka Rakuhei Yamashita
Coach	Dave Rennie

v t e Japan squad – 2019 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Ai Valu Helu Himeno Horie Inagaki Kitade Kizu Koo Labuschagné Leitch (c) Mafi Moore Nakajima Sakate Thompson Tokunaga Tui Van der Walt
Backs	Fukuoka Lafaele Lemeki Matsuda Matsushima Moeakiola Nagare Nakamura Shigeno Tamura Tanaka Tupou Yamanaka
Head coach: Joseph

v t e Japan squad – 2023 Rugby World Cup
Forwards	Ai Valu Cornelsen Dearns Fakatava Fukui Gunter Halasili Himeno (c) Horie Horikoshi Inagaki Kakinaga Koo Ji-won Labuschagné Leitch Millar Sakate Saumaki Shimokawa
Backs	Fifita Fukuda Lee Seung-sin Lemeki Masirewa Matsuda Matsushima Nagare Naikabula Nakamura Ogura Osada Riley Saitō Yamanaka (replaced Masirewa)
Head coach: Joseph

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