Kamaishi Seawaves

Kamaishi Seawaves is a Rugby union football club in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 2001.[1]

Kamaishi Seawaves
釜石シーウェイブス
Full nameKamaishi Seawaves Rugby Football Club
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Founded2001
RegionIwate Prefecture, Tōhoku
Ground(s)Kamaishi City Stadium
Coach(es)Yasuo Suda
League(s)Japan Rugby League One, Division Two
20225th
Official website
www.kamaishi-seawaves.com

At its inception, it was known as Nippon Steel Corporation Kamaishi.[2]

Current squad

The Kamaishi Seawaves squad for the 2023 season is:[3]

Kamaishi Seawaves squad

Props

  • Japan Soichiro Inada
  • Japan Shohei Osada
  • Japan Taiki Noguchi
  • Japan Makoto Somazawa
  • Japan Atsushi Suzuki
  • Japan Takuya Takahashi
  • Japan Shun Terawaki
  • Japan Ryota Tsukada

Hookers

  • Japan Daiki Ito
  • Japan Kota Kumamoto
  • Japan Tatsuji Yoshida

Locks

Loose forwards

  • New Zealand Sam Henwood
  • Japan Ryota Kono
  • Fiji Seta Koroitamana
  • Japan Daisuke Musha
  • Japan Yuta Nakano
  • Japan Naoki Ono
  • Japan Dallas Tatana

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Atsushi Minami
  • Japan Yohei Murakami
  • Japan Takumi Tokairin

Fly-halves

Centres

Wingers

  • Japan Ryuji Abe
  • Japan Kodai Ono
  • Japan Gen Sasaki
  • Japan Hikaru Shimoyama
  • Japan Yuki Sugahara

Fullbacks

  • Japan Ken Chiba
  • Japan Kaito Funaki
(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped

Notable players

The following former Kamaishi Seawaves players became Japanese internationals:[4]

References
  1. "Overview of Kamaishi City". Kamaishi City Council. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. 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.
  3. "Kamaishi Seawaves Members" (in Japanese). Kamaishi Seawaves. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. "Une grande équipe historique japonaise: Kamaishi Seawaves". Japon Rugby (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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