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
Skyactivs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 season is:[2]

Skyactivs Hiroshima squad

Props

  • Japan Kenta Akieda
  • South Africa James Combrinck
  • Japan Hirokazu Ishigami
  • Japan Tadatsugu Kanayama
  • Japan Koshi Kato
  • Japan Tomonori Koyanagi
  • Japan Tomoyuki Nagaoka
  • Japan Yuichi Nakandakari
  • Japan Tomoya Otake
  • Japan Koshiro Shigenobu
  • Japan Yuji Takahashi
  • Japan Yuta Takami
  • Japan Haruki Umemoto

Hookers

  • Japan Yusuke Kitabayashi
  • Japan Ryo Nagata
  • Japan Taichi Yoko

Locks

  • Japan Yoshinobu Nishino
  • Japan Kaiha Noda
  • Australia Lachlan Osborne
  • Japan Ramo Sato
  • Japan Yutaro Tanaka
  • Japan Hiroto Tokuda

Loose forwards

  • Japan Tomoki Ashida
  • New Zealand Tevin Ferris
  • Japan Yuki Kashiwada
  • New Zealand Isi Manu
  • Japan Tomohiro Nakai
  • Japan Koki Nakano
  • Japan Iori Suzuki
  • Japan Tomohiro Takeda

Scrum-halves

  • Australia Jake Abel
  • Japan Dai Goto
  • Japan Shoya Maeda
  • Japan Yuki Mori
  • Japan Rikuto Nakashima

Fly-halves

Centres

  • Japan Hayato Kanamaru
  • Japan Shunya Motoyama
  • Japan Yuto Nakamura
  • Japan Sora Ouchi
  • Tonga Tevita Tai

Wingers

  • Japan Haruki Kitajima
  • Japan Tsubasa Kono
  • Japan Seigo Kubo
  • Japan Taiyo Murasawa
  • South Korea Lee Soo Pyung
  • Japan Kohei Tanaka

Fullbacks

  • Japan Kohei Kamei
  • Japan Keisuke Nakamoto
  • Japan Ren Ouchi
  • Japan Ginjiro Sakiguchi
  • Japan Kaito Sasaoka
(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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