Skyactivs Hiroshima

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]

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/

Squad

The Skyactivs Hiroshima squad for the 2023-24 season is:[2]

Skyactivs Hiroshima squad

Props

  • Tadatsugu Kanayama
  • Koshi Kato
  • Tomonori Koyanagi
  • Tomoya Otake
  • Koshiro Shigenobu
  • Yuji Takahashi
  • Yuta Takami
  • Haruki Umemoto

Hookers

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

Locks

  • Yoshinobu Nishino
  • Kaiha Noda
  • Tye Nash*
  • Ramo Sato
  • Yutaro Tanaka
  • Hiroto Tokuda
  • Lachlan Osborn

Flankers

No8s

  • Iori Suzuki

Scrum-halves

  • Jake Abel
  • Dai Goto
  • Shoya Maeda
  • Yuki Mori
  • Rikuto Nakashima
  • Tsubasa Kono

Fly-halves


Centres

  • Hayato Kanamaru
  • Shunya Motoyama
  • Kohei Kamei
  • Lee Soo-pyung
  • Josefa Lilidamu DEP

Wingers

  • Haruki Kitajima
  • Tsubasa Kono
  • Seigo Kubo

Fullbacks

  • Kohei Tanaka
  • Yuto Nakamura
  • Keisuke Nakamoto
  • Ren Ouchi
  • Ginjiro Sakiguchi(c)
  • Kaito Sasaoka
  • Kotaro Tatsuno

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.
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