The Sunwolves return from a bye and will look to ignite their season when they take on the Waratahs at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium.
Last time out they were beaten 61-10 by the Chiefs in what was their fifth loss from their opening five games in the Super Rugby season.
Head coach Jamie Joseph has made three changes to his backline for this week's game as Kotaro Matsushima, Lomano Lemeki and Yutaka Nagare all come into the side. They replace Ryuji Noguchi, Hosea Saumaki and Fumiaki Tanaka at full-back, left wing and scrum-half respectively.
Up front Craig Millar and Jiwon Koo are the two new props, James Moore and Sam Wykes come in at lock while there's also a new back-row as Yoshitaka Tokunaga and Lappies Labuschagne are named on the flanks while Kazuki Himeno gets the nod at eight. Michael Leitch is injured.
Sunwolves: 15 Kotaro Matsushima, 14 Semisi Masirewa, 13 Timothy Lafaele, 12 Michael Little, 11 Lomano Lemeki, 10 Yu Tamura, 9 Yutaka Nagare, 8 Kazuki Himeno, 7 Lappies Labuschagne, 6 Yoshitaka Tokunaga, 5 Sam Wykes, 4 James Moore, 3 Jiwon Koo, 2 Shota Horie, 1 Craig Millar
Replacements: 16 Jaba Bregvadze, 17 Keita Inagak, 18 Nikoloz Khatiashvili, 19 Wimpie van der Walt, 20 Ed Quirk, 21 Fumiaki Tanaka, 22 Hayden Parker, 23 Hosea Saumaki
Date: Saturday, April 7
Venue: Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo
Kick-off: 14:15 local (05:15 GMT)
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)
Assistant referees: Shuhei Kubol (Japan), Tasuku Kawahara (Japan)
Television match official: Minoru Fuji (Japan)
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