Skyactivs Hiroshima

Skyactivs Hiroshima
マツダスカイアクティブス広島
Full nameSkyactivs Hiroshima
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Skyactivs
Coach(es)Kazunari Ota
League(s)Japan Rugby League One, Division Three
20226th
Relegated to Division Three
Team kit
Official website
www.mazda.com/ja/about/sports/rugby/

Skyactivs Hiroshima (formerly Mazda Blue Zoomers) are a Japanese rugby union team who compete in the Japan Rugby League One. They were formerly owned by car manufacturers Mazda based in Fuchū, Hiroshima, Japan. The team rebranded as Skyactivs Hiroshima, dropping the Mazda name, ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One in 2022.[1]

Squad

The Skyactivs Hiroshima squad for the 2024-25 season is:[2]

Skyactivs Hiroshima squad

Props

  • Tadatsugu Kanayama
  • Koshi Kato
  • Tomonori Koyanagi
  • Tomoya Otake
  • Koshiro Shigenobu
  • Yuji Takahashi
  • Haruki Umemoto
  • Ryoto Tomita
  • Shota Kasai

Hookers

  • Yusuke Kitabayashi
  • Tomohiro Takeda
  • Taichi Yoko
  • Taisei Hiranuma
  • Koki Nakano

Locks

  • Yoshinobu Nishino
  • Kaiha Noda
  • Tye Nash*
  • Ramo Sato
  • Yutaro Tanaka
  • Andrew Davidson
  • Kanto Watanabe REP DEP

Flankers

  • Sam Chongkit*
  • Tomoki Ashida(c)
  • Tevin Ferris
  • Keishin Iwamoto REP DEP

No8s

Scrum-halves

  • Dai Goto
  • Shoya Maeda
  • Rikuto Nakashima
  • Taiyo Fukuyama
  • Kotaro Tatsuno

Fly-halves

Centres

  • Jake Abel
  • Shunya Motoyama
  • Lee Soo-pyung
  • Clynton Knox*
  • Kaito Sasaoka
  • Takehiro Watanabe REP DEP
  • Shunpei Matsuzawa REP DEP

Wingers

  • Tsubasa Kono
  • Kohei Kamei
  • Hayato Kanamaru
  • Haruki Kitajima
  • Seigo Kubo
  • Kohei Tanaka
  • Yuto Nakamura

Fullbacks

  • Keisuke Nakamoto
  • Ren Ouchi
  • Ginjiro Sakiguchi

Utility Backs

(c) denotes team captain.

See also

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. ^ "Skyactivs Hiroshima". Asie Rugby. Retrieved 12 October 2021.