Sevens winger Tokito to debut for Japan against England

Coach ‌Eddie Jones named his side ‌on Thursday and kept faith with the ‌bulk of the team that came ‌close against Wales in Cardiff last Saturday, losing 28-21.

Riku Tokito, who shone with the ‌Japanese sevens team at the ⁠Nagoya Asian ‌Games, will make his debut on the left ​wing, replacing the injured Inoke Burua in the only change to ​the starting XV.

On the bench, scrumhalf Shinobu Fujiwara comes into the ⁠reckoning in place ​of Kenta Fukuda, who scored a try after coming on as a replacement last week.

Riku Kitahara, who made ‌his debut at flyhalf last week, continues in that position.

Japan face Scotland at Murrayfield on November 21 and then await their pairing in the Nations Championship on the finals weekend of November 27 to 29.

Japan team:

Starters: 15-Kazuma Ueda, 14-Kippei Ishida, 13-Dylan Riley, 12-Samisoni ‌Tua, 11-Riku Tokito, 10-Riku Kitahara, 9-Naoto ​Saito (co-captain), 8-Jack Cornelsen, 7-Kanji Shimokawa, 6-Ben ‌Gunter, 5-Warner Dearns (co-captain), 4-Harry Hockings, 3-Shuhei Takeuchi, 2-Mamoru Harada, 1-Yota Kamimori

Replacements: 16-Kenji Sato, 17-Sojiro Otsuka, 18-Opeti Helu, 19-Michael Stolberg, 20-Tiennan Costley, 21-Shinobu Fujiwara, ⁠22-Shinya Komura, 23-Jisu ⁠Lee

England team:

Starters: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Will Joseph, 13 Henry ​Slade, 12 Max Ojomoh, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 George Ford, ‌9 Jack van Poortvliet, 8 Henry Pollock, 7 Ben Earl, 6 Alex Coles, 5 George Martin, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Ellis Genge

Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Emmanuel Iyogun, 18 Joe Heyes, 19 Arthur Clark, 20 Ben ⁠Curry, 21 Greg Fisilau, ⁠22 Archie McParland, 23 Marcus Smith