Kyuden Voltex

Kyuden Voltex is a Japanese rugby team owned by Kyushu Electric Power Co. (Kyūshū Denryoku). The nickname "Voltex" is a conflation of "Voltage" and "Techniques" and was decided after the team won promotion to the Top League. The team is based in Kashii, Fukuoka and from the 2007-8 season is playing in the semi-professional Top League at the top of Japanese domestic rugby. It is the third team based in Kyūshū to play in the league, the other two being Coca-Cola Red Sparks and Munakata Sanix Blues.

Kyuden Voltex
キューデンヴォルテクス
Full nameKyuden Voltex
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Voltex
Founded1951
LocationFukuoka, Japan
Ground(s)Kashii, Fukuoka city
League(s)Top Challenge League
20185th
Team kit

In the fifth season of the Top League (2007-8) Kyuden managed to avoid the play-offs and stay in the league. They also won the league's "Fair Play" prize.

Team colours

Main: red with yellow trimmed jersey, black shorts; Second: white jersey and shorts with blue trim. See here. The former are Kyuden's traditional colours since founding of the club. The colours to be used in the Top League were announced on October 12, 2007.　

Sanix v Kyuden at Global Arena, Top League Round 11, January 20, 2008. Kyuden won this local derby 13-5. Nathan Grey is at outside centre (No. 12).

Squad

The Kyuden Voltex squad for the 2019–20 season is:[1]

Kyuden Voltex squad

Props

  • Kotaro Hirohata
  • Keiji Ikeda
  • Ryosuke Kagoshima
  • Kazuma Ono
  • Kazuto Tokunaga

Hookers

  • Takehiro Kitsuki
  • Genki Nakamura
  • Ryota Nakanishi

Locks

  • Syuma Kanayama
  • Tom Rowe
  • Yoshihiro Sononaka
  • Masato Ura
  • Shintaro Urakawa
  • Kazuto Yamashita

Loose Forwards

  • Kazuma Hirata
  • Takahiro Inoue
  • Takuya Matsunaga
  • Lachlan McCaffrey
  • Wataru Obara
  • Michiro Takai
  • Yuki Yamada

Scrum-halves

  • Daisuke Kodama
  • Kotaro Komori
  • Mitsuaki Motomura
  • Kotaro Nakao

Fly-halves

  • Yusuke Aramaki
  • Phil Burleigh
  • Shinhichiro Matsushita
  • Shogo Matsushita
  • Kiichi Uezato

Centres

  • Ren Hagiwara
  • Kento Kuroki
  • Noriaki Nakazuru
  • Takuya Shima

Wingers

  • Kenji Hayata
  • Yasunari Isoda
  • Goki Saito
  • Naoki Takaya

Fullbacks

  • Keito Honda
  • Makoto Kato
(c) denotes team captain.

Coach

Zane Hilton

References
  1. "Player". Kyuden Voltex. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
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