Skyactivs Hiroshima Explained

Teamname:Skyactivs Hiroshima
マツダスカイアクティブス広島
Union:Japan Rugby Football Union
Fullname:Skyactivs Hiroshima
Nickname:Skyactivs
Coach:Kazunari Ota
Url:http://www.mazda.com/ja/about/sports/rugby/
League:Japan Rugby League One, Division Three
Season:2022
Position:6th
Relegated to Division Three
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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]

Squad

The Skyactivs Hiroshima squad for the 2024-25 season is:[2]

Skyactivs Hiroshima squad
Props
  • Tadatsugu Kanayama
  • Koshi Kato
  • Tomonori Koyanagi
  • Tomoya Otake
  • Koshiro Shigenobu
  • Yuji Takahashi
  • Haruki Umemoto
  • Ryoto Tomita
  • Shota Kasai

Hookers

  • Yusuke Kitabayashi
  • Tomohiro Takeda
  • Taichi Yoko
  • Taisei Hiranuma

Locks

  • Yoshinobu Nishino
  • Kaiha Noda
  • Tye Nash*
  • Ramo Sato
  • Yutaro Tanaka
  • Sam Chongkit*
  • Andrew Davidson
Flankers

No8s

Scrum-halves

  • Dai Goto
  • Shoya Maeda
  • Rikuto Nakashima
  • Tsubasa Kono
  • Taiyo Fukuyama
  • Jake Abel

Fly-halves

Centres
  • Shunya Motoyama
  • Kohei Kamei
  • Lee Soo-pyung
  • Clynton Knox*

Wingers

  • Hayato Kanamaru
  • Haruki Kitajima
  • Seigo Kubo
  • Kohei Tanaka
  • Kaito Sasaoka

Fullbacks

  • Yuto Nakamura
  • Keisuke Nakamoto
  • Ren Ouchi
  • Ginjiro Sakiguchi(c)

Utility Backs

(c) denotes team captain.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One. Asie Rugby. 16 July 2021. 16 July 2021. French.
  2. Web site: Skyactivs Hiroshima . Asie Rugby . 12 October 2021.