Kurita Water Gush Akishima

Kurita Water Gush Akishima
栗田工業ウォーターガッシュ昭島
Full nameKurita Water Rugby Akishima
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Water Gush
Founded1962
Ground(s)Kurita Industrial Ground
35°30′24″N 139°19′2″E / 35.50667°N 139.31722°E / 35.50667; 139.31722
Coach(es)Wycliff Palu
League(s)Japan Rugby League One, Division Three
20226th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.kurita-water-rugby.net

Kurita Water Gush Akishima is a Japanese rugby union team competing in Division Three of Japan Rugby League One. Owned by Kurita Water Industries, a water treatment chemical manufacturer, the team is based in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The team rebranded as Kurita Water Gush Akishima in 2022, coinciding with the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One.[1]

Squad

The Kurita Water Gush Akishima squad for the 2024-25 season is:[2]

Kurita Water Gush Akishima squad

Props

  • Masashi Debuchi
  • Shoya Koyama
  • Aki Kajihara
  • Rui Kuriyama
  • Kei Shibuya
  • Kei Tagusagawa
  • Shohei Tsujimura
  • Issa Hosoya
  • Kosei Ohtani REP DEP
  • Yuki Kawai REP DEP

Hookers

  • Kota Hojo
  • Jun Kaneko
  • Ryota Kuribara
  • Ryutaro Iguchi

Locks

Flankers

  • Hiroki Kawase
  • Yosuke Ishii
  • Taisei Nakao
  • Jamie Vakalahi*

No8s

Scrum-halves

  • Sho Nakamura
  • Ryo Omasa
  • Kakeru Sugihara
  • Ren Shinwada

Fly-halves

  • Shogo Yanagita
  • Takuro Hayashida
  • Shinpei Suganuma
  • Hiroki Handa
  • Yujin Ikezawa
  • Piers Francis

Centres

  • So Matsushima
  • Daiki Yokota
  • Katsuki Ishizuka
  • Leo Gordon
  • Takuma Enomoto REP DEP
  • Iori Yokoyama REP DEP

Wingers

  • Keigo Hamazoe
  • Kentaro Sugimori
  • Yuta Sugiyama
  • Ryo Hosomoto
  • King Maxwell
  • Kai Yamamoto REP DEP

Fullbacks

  • Koshi Emoto

Utility Backs

(c) denotes team captain.

References

  1. ^ "La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One". Asie Rugby (in French). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Kurita Water Gush Member List". Kurita Water Gush. Retrieved 16 December 2019.