NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes

NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes
NTTドコモレッドハリケーンズ
Full name NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes
Union Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s) Red Hurricanes
Founded 1993
Location Osaka, Japan
Ground(s) Various stadiums
Coach(es) Mike Brewer
League(s) Top Challenge League
2017–18 15th (Top League)
(relegated)
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
docomo-rugby.jp/index.php

NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes is a Japanese rugby union team owned by NTT DoCoMo. They qualified for the 2011–12 season and finished 12th place overall.

Squad

The current NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes squad is:[1]

NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes squad

Props

  • South Korea Cho Ryung-tae
  • Japan Yuuki Kawano
  • Japan Hiroshi Kitajima
  • Japan Kazuma Nishikawa
  • Japan Yosuke Nishiura
  • Japan Syun Okabe
  • Japan Munetaka Sashida

Hookers

  • Japan Kim Ryom
  • Japan Masaki Midorikawa
  • Japan Yuki Nakamura
  • Japan Hiroaki Ushihara
  • Japan Shinsuke Yoshida

Locks

  • South Africa Lourens Erasmus
  • New Zealand Keepa Mewett
  • Japan Shinya Osugi
  • South Korea Park Soon-chai
  • Japan Toru Sugishita
  • Japan Yoichiro Tsuchiya

Loose Forwards

  • Japan Yosuke Eto
  • Tonga Joe Iongi
  • South Korea Li Chi-yon
  • Japan Taro Sato
  • New Zealand Jamason Fa'anana Schultz
  • Japan Keisuke Shin
  • Japan Kosuke Tsujii
  • Japan Wimpie van der Walt
  • Japan Daisuke Yokoyama

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Tatsuya Hamano
  • Japan Ippei Hata
  • Japan Akira Inoue
  • Japan Shigeru Kohiyama

Fly-halves

Centres

  • Tonga Samisoni Ahokovi Tua
  • Japan Kim Yon-hi
  • Japan Masaki Kobayashi
  • Japan Mifiposeti Paea
  • Japan Syota Takano
  • Japan Kaoru Tsuruta

Wingers

  • South Korea Jang Seong-min
  • Japan Tomohiro Kurata
  • Fiji Josefa Lilidam
  • Japan Kouki Shigeno
  • Tonga Larry Steven Sulunga

Fullbacks

(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped

References

  1. ↑ "NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes: The Team". Docomo Rugby (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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