tuilagi was born on 18 may 1991 in fogapoa, samoa. he is the younger brother of freddie, henry, alesana, anitelea and sanele vavae tuilagi, all of whom are samoan internationals and also played for leicester. he has another sibling, julie, who is fa'afafine. he was named manusamoa, after the name of the samoan national team, manu samoa, because his brother freddie was selected for samoa at the world cup in 1991, the year manu was born.