The Cheetahs have made four changes to their starting XV that will take on the Sunwolves at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
Torsten van Jaarsveld returns to the XV in place of hooker Elandré Huggett and resumes the captaincy from the injured Francois Venter.
In the backline Fred Zeilinga drops to bench duty as Niel Marais gets the nod at fly-half while William Small-Smith comes in for Venter.
Junior Pokomela is named on the bench for the game in Tokyo, Japan.
Cheetahs: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 William Small-Smith, 12 Clinton Swart, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Niel Marais, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Henco Venter, 7 Oupa Mohoje, 6 Uzair Cassiem, 5 Carl Wegner, 4 Armandt Koster, 3 Johan Coetzee, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld (c), 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 Elandré Huggett, 17 Charles Marais, 18 Tom Botha, 19 Francois Uys, 20 Niell Jordaan, 21 Junior Pokomela, 22 Tian Meyer, 23 Fred Zeilinga
Date: Saturday, May 27
Venue: Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium
Kick-off: 14:15 local (05:15 GMT)
Referee: Will Houston
Assistant Referees: Shuhei Kubo, Akihisa Aso
TMO: Minoru Fuji
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