Japan national team matches will be broadcast live for four consecutive weeks in November. Tanaka Fumiaki, the best player of the "Brighton Miracle" match against South Africa, will also provide commentary. | MANTANWEB(まんたんウェブ)

Japan national team matches will be broadcast live for four consecutive weeks in November. Tanaka Fumiaki, the best player of the "Brighton Miracle" match against South Africa, will also provide commentary.

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WOWOW will broadcast and stream live four test matches in November between the Japanese national rugby team and some of the world's top teams as part of "Four Weeks of Japan National Team Matches! WOWOW Rugby SP," the network announced on September 25th.

Of the four matches, two are part of the Quilter Nations Series, which brings together the world's top nations in Europe, and it has already been announced that the matches against Ireland (November 8th at 9pm) and Wales (November 16th at 2:15am) will be broadcast live. It has now been announced that the match against South Africa (November 2nd at 12:45am), which will be held as a test match for the Japanese national rugby team's European tour, and the match against Georgia (November 22nd at 8:45pm) will also be broadcast live.

The match against South Africa on November 2nd will be commentated by announcer Kenjiro Toyohara, who reported on the "Miracle of Brighton," Japan's dramatic comeback victory over South Africa at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Commentary will be provided by Shotaro Onishi, and guest commentator Fumiaki Tanaka, who was named Man of the Match in the match against South Africa at the time.

Toyohara said, "For Japanese rugby and for us who gained something that day, this may be a good opportunity to mark a milestone in the past 10 years. With that in mind, I would like to report on the heated battle that lies ahead." Tanaka added, "Ten years have passed since then, and while it is a major challenge, it is also a great opportunity to see where Japanese rugby is at today. I look forward to 'Beat the books'."

This site uses machine translation. Please note that it may not always be accurate and may differ from the original Japanese text.

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