Career
He played as a fly-half. His club team was Toyota Verblitz. In his career, Hirose scored 5 tries, 77 conversions, 79 penalties and 2 drop goals, reaching a national record of 422 points in aggregate.
He was the primary goalkicker for Japan during his international career.
He played in just a single game at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, the infamous 145-17 defeat to New Zealand. Hirose scored 2 conversions and 1 penalty in the game.
He played in all three of Japan"s games at the 1999 Rugby World Cup. His 5 penalties and 4 conversions (a total of 23 points) led his country in scoring.
Hirose again played only once at the 2003 Rugby World Cup, in a 32-11 defeat to Scotland, at 12 October 2003, scoring 2 penalties.
Hirose had a memorable farewell, scoring 19 points through 5 conversions, 2 penalties and 1 drop goal. He was 32 years old.
