is a former Japanese rugby union player. He played as lock.
Career Tanuma attended Nippon Sport Science University, for whose club he played and won the Kanto Taikosen league university championship in 1995. In 1996 he graduated and joined Ricoh, where he played 14 consecutive seasons until his retirement as player in 2010.Ricoh Black Rams: l'un des trois grands clubs de Tokyo Tanuma was first capped for Japan against South Korea, in Taipei, on 9 November 1996. He also played three matches in the 1999 Rugby World Cup and played only one match in the 2003 Rugby World Cup, against France, in Townsville, on 18 October, which would be his last cap for Japan. Tanuma also played in the Japan Sevens team, where he played the 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens. After his retirement in 2010, he coached Ricoh Black Rams2014年度 退団選手・スタッフのお知らせ and then, Nippon Sport Science University Rugby Football Club.日体大監督に元代表・田沼氏就任「今年は100%の挑戦を」
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