Takahiro Hayano (早野貴大, Hayano Takahiro) (born 6 September 1974 in the Yamanashi Prefecture) is a Japanese former rugby union player who played as lock.
Career
Hayano started to play rugby union in 1993 for Teikyo University rugby union team until 1996, when he graduated. A year later, he joined Suntory Sungoliath, where played until 2010,[1] when he retired.[2] He was Suntory's captain in the Top League inaugural season in 200 3. He was also called up by the then-national coach Shogo Mukai for the Japan squad for the 2003 Rugby World Cup,[3] although he did not play any match in the tournament. He also played for Japan A and for the Kanto representative team.