{{short description|Japanese rugby union player (born 1982)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Taihei Ueda | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|3|3}} | birth_place = Fukuoka, Japan | height = {{convert|180|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|86|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} | ru_position = Fullback, Wing | clubs1 = Honda Heat | repteam1 = {{nrut|Japan}} | repcaps1 = 6 }} {{nihongo|'''Taihei Ueda'''|上田泰平|Ueda Taihei}} (born 3 March 1982 in Fukuoka, Japan) is a Japanese rugby union player. Ueda has played six international matches for the Japan national rugby union team.<ref name="ESPNscrum - Taihei Ueda - Japan">{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/player/139115.html|title=Taihei Ueda - Japan|work=ESPNscrum|publisher=ESPN Inc.|accessdate=26 January 2014}}</ref>

Ueda was a member of the Japan team at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, playing one match against eventual winners the All Blacks.<ref name="RWC 2011 - Japan - Taihei Ueda">{{cite web|url=http://www.rwc2011.irb.com/home/teams/team=49/player=24890/index.html|title=RWC 2011 - Japan - Taihei Ueda|work=RWC 2011|publisher=International Rugby Board|accessdate=26 January 2014}}</ref>

{{As of|2014}} Ueda plays for Top League team Honda Heat.<ref name="Honda Heat - 2013年度 Honda HEATメンバー - 上田 泰平">{{cite web|url=http://www.honda-heat.jp/member/2013/All%20member/13_ueda.html|title=Honda Heat メンバー上田 泰平|publisher=Honda Heat|language=Japanese|accessdate=26 January 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219050637/http://www.honda-heat.jp/member/2013/All%20member/13_ueda.html|archivedate=19 February 2014}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Japan Squad 2011 World Cup}} {{Authority control}}

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