Kamaishi Seawaves
| Full name | Kamaishi Seawaves Rugby Football Club |
|---|---|
| Union | Japan Rugby Football Union |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Region | Iwate Prefecture, Tōhoku |
| Ground(s) | Kamaishi City Stadium |
| Coach(es) | Yasuo Suda |
| League(s) | Japan Rugby League One, Division Two |
| 2022 | 5th |
| Official website | |
| www | |
Kamaishi Seawaves is a Rugby union football club in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 2001.[1]
At its inception, it was known as Nippon Steel Corporation Kamaishi.[2]
Current squad
The Kamaishi Seawaves squad for the 2024-25 season is:[3]
| Kamaishi Seawaves squad | ||
|---|---|---|
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Props
Hookers Locks
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Flankers
No8s Scrum-halves
Fly-halves
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Centres
Wingers
Fullbacks
Utility Backs |
| (c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped |
Notable players
The following former Kamaishi Seawaves players became Japanese internationals:[4]
- Masayoshi Ito
- Koji Miyata
- Osamu Koyabu
- Toru Wada
- Kazuo Muraguchi
- Takeshi Hatakeyama
- Akemi Namura
- Ichiro Kobayashi
- Kiyoshi Segawa
- Jiro Ishiyama
- Yuji Matsuo
- Shigetaka Mori
- Hideo Kobayashi
- Koji Horaguchi
- Yoshihiko Sakuraba
- Michihito Chida
References
- ^ "Overview of Kamaishi City". Kamaishi City Council. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ Nakagawa, Fumiyuki (23 May 2011). "Rugby squad cheers up quake-hit Kamaishi". Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "Kamaishi Seawaves Members" (in Japanese). Kamaishi Seawaves. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "Une grande équipe historique japonaise: Kamaishi Seawaves". Japon Rugby (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2017.