Jacobus Cornelius Mulder, better known as Japie Mulder, born 18 October 1969 in Springs, is a former South African rugby union player who played for the South Africa national rugby union team between 1994 and 2001. He played as a centre. He is now an employee of the telecommunications infrastructure company, Dark Fibre Africa Ltd. In 2007 he pled guilty to the indecent assault and attempted rape of a South African schoolgirl who was the daughter of a close friend. On 29 December 2009 Mulder and his wife and children were hijacked in the East Rand. Mulder was forced in the boot in the car while his hijackers stole money from his bank account. 

October 18th, 1969 in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (Age 54)