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Full time21 April 1985
Japan
15–16
USA
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Tour 1985Head-to-head

USA won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Kazuhiko Honjo2–0
  2. –PJapan penalty · Kazuhiko Honjo5–0
  3. –PJapan penalty · Kazuhiko Honjo8–0
  4. –PJapan penalty · Kazuhiko Honjo11–0
  5. –TJapan try · Masahiko Koshiyama15–0
  6. –PUSA penalty · Mike Inns15–3
  7. –PUSA penalty · Mike Inns15–6
  8. –PUSA penalty · Mike Inns15–9
  9. –PUSA penalty · Mike Inns15–12
  10. –TUSA try · Willie Jefferson15–16

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Jiro IshiyamaProp
  2. 2Tsuyoshi FujitaHooker
  3. 3Koji HoraguchiProp
  4. 4Toshiyuki HayashiSecond row
  5. 5Atsushi OyagiSecond row
  6. 6Masahiko KoshiyamaFlanker
  7. 7Yasuhara KawaseFlanker
  8. 8Michihito ChidaNumber 8
  9. 9Yoshimitsu KonishiScrum-half
  10. 10Kazuhiko HonjoFly-half
  11. 11Toshiro YoshinoWing
  12. 12Seiji HiraoCentre
  13. 13Fukumi KanayaCentre
  14. 14Shinji OnukiWing
  15. 15Naohisa TanifujiFull-back
  16. 16Masahiro InoueBench
  17. 17Toshitaki KimuraBench
  18. 18Koji KawachiBench
  19. 19Kousei SakashitaBench
  20. 20Hideo KobayashiBench
  21. 21Hideo ToshimaBench

USA

  1. 1Butch HorwathProp
  2. 2John EverettHooker
  3. 3Fred PaoliProp
  4. 4Kevin SwordsSecond row
  5. 5Bill ShifletSecond row
  6. 6Blane WarhurstFlanker
  7. 7Whit EverettFlanker
  8. 8Mark DeatonNumber 8
  9. 9Dave BatemanScrum-half
  10. 10Bo MeyersieckFly-half
  11. 11Willie JeffersonWing
  12. 12Roy HeluCentre
  13. 13Dennis ShanagherCentre
  14. 14Kevin HigginsWing
  15. 15Mike InnsFull-back
  16. Neal BrendelBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 13–13 USA, 1 drawn in 27 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
USA going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.