Kameli Soejima

Kameli Soejima (born June 1, 1983) is a Fijian born Japanese rugby union player. He represents Japan in rugby sevens and made his debut at the 2014 Dubai Sevens.[1][2] He is Japan's top try-scorer in the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series, and was also one of their top try-scorers last season.[3][4]

Kameli Soejima
Full nameKameli Raravou Latianara Soejima
Date of birth (1983-06-01) June 1, 1983
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2014-present Japan

Soejima was selected for the Japanese sevens squad to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.[5][6]

References
  1. Kumar, Rashneel (5 December 2014). "Latianara to play for Japan". Fiji Times Online. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  2. "Asia Rugby Sevens Series reaches its climax at the Sri Lanka Sevens". Asia Rugby.com. 9 October 2015. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  3. "Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  4. "World Rugby Sevens Stats Hub - Most tries scored". worldrugby.org. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  5. Moresio, Stella (19 July 2016). "Kameli, Tuqiri For Japan". Fiji Sun. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  6. Ravulo, Ana (18 July 2016). "Tuqiri and Soejima make Japan 7s Rio Olympics team". fijivillage.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
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