Ko Izawa

Ko Izawa
Date of birth	July 16, 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Kanagawa, Japan
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	248 lb (112 kg)
School	Sagamidai Technical High School, Sagamihara
University	Daito Bunka University
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Flanker
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
	Sagamidai Technical High School
1991-1995	Daito Bunka University
Senior career
Years	Team
1989-1991	Ricoh
1995-1998	Tokyo Gas
1998-2002	Sanyo
International career
Years	Team
1995-1998	Japan

Ko Izawa (井沢航, Izawa Kō), known also as Ko Nakamura (中村航, Nakamura Kō) or Kozo Nakamura (中村航三, Nakamura Kōzō)^[2]^[3] (born Kanagawa, 16 July 1970) is a former Japanese rugby union player who played as a flanker.

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Originally from Kanagawa, Izawa was educated at Daito Bunka University, where he played between 1991 and 1995. Izawa also played for Ricoh, Tokyo Gas and Sanyo in the Japan Company Rugby Championship. Izawa was first called up for Japan by the then-head coach Osamu Koyabu in 1995,^[4] playing his first match against Tonga, in Nagoya, on 11 February 1995. He was also part of the 1995 Rugby World Cup squad, where he played two matches. His last cap was against Korea, in Bangkok, on 18 December 1998.