Kimi Makishima-Akai with her most treasured photo of her father with a friend in their rugby kit. Leslie Pableo for The National 
Kimi Makishima-Akai with her most treasured photo of her father with a friend in their rugby kit. Leslie Pableo for The National 

'Rugby embodies the principles we value most...' meet the Dubai-based Japanese fan whose family lived and breathed the sport