The Sunwolves have made wholesale changes to their side for their Super Rugby clash with the Sharks at Kings Park in Durban on Saturday.
Only William Tupou remains in the backline that started against the Rebels as Keisuke Uchida and Harumichi Tatekawa come in at scrum-half and fly-half respectively. Michael Little and Sione Teaupa are the centres while Lomano Lemeki is at 14 and Kotaro Matsushima is full-back.
Up front Craig Millar, Michael Leitch and Willie Britz retain their places in the side from last week, with Britz switching to number eight.
Hooker Yusuke Niwai, tighthead Takuma Asahara, locks Grant Hattingh and Kazuki Himeno and flanker Yoshitaka Tokunaga all start.
Sunwolves: 15 Kotaro Matsushima, 14 Lomano Lemeki, 13 Sione Teaupa, 12 Michael Little, 11 William Tupou, 10 Harumichi Tatekawa, 9 Keisuke Uchida, 8 Willie Britz, 7 Yoshitaka Tokunaga, 6 Michael Leitch, 5 Grant Hattingh, 4 Kazuki Himeno, 3 Takuma Asahara, 2 Yusuke Niwai, 1 Craig Millar
Replacements: 16 Atsushi Sakate, 17 Shintaro Ishihara, 18 Hencus van Wyk, 19 Wimpie van der Valt, 20 Lappies Labuschagne, 21 Yutaka Nagare, 22 Ryoto Nakamura, 23 Robbie Robinson
Date: Saturday, March 10
Venue: Kings Park, Durban
Kick-off: 15:05 local (13:05 GMT)
Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
Assistant referees: Egon Seconds (South Africa), Archie Sehlako (South Africa)
Television match official: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
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