Kurita_Water_Gush

Kurita Water Gush Akishima

Kurita Water Gush Akishima

Japanese rugby union team

Kurita Water Gush Akishima are a Japanese rugby union team that play in Division Three of Japan Rugby League One. They are owned by Kurita Water Industries, a water treatment chemical manufacturer. The team is based in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The team rebranded as Kurita Water Gush Akishima ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One in 2022.[1]

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Squad

The Kurita Water Gush Akishima squad for the 2023-24 season is:[2]

Kurita Water Gush Akishima squad

Props

  • Japan Masashi Debuchi
  • Japan Shoya Koyama
  • South Korea Kim Hyong-ji*
  • Japan Aki Kajiwara
  • Japan Rui Kuriyama
  • Japan Kei Shibuya
  • Japan Kei Tagusagawa
  • Japan Shohei Tsujimura
  • Japan Issa Hosoya REP DEP

Hookers

  • Japan Kota Hojo
  • Japan Jun Kaneko
  • Japan Ryota Kuribara
  • Japan Ryutaro Iguchi

Locks

Flankers

  • Japan Yosuke Ishii
  • Japan Taisei Nakao

No8s

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Daiyu Ishimori
  • Japan Sho Nakamura
  • Japan Ryo Omasa
  • Japan Kakeru Sugihara
  • Japan Ren Shinwada

Fly-halves

  • Japan Shogo Yanagita
  • Japan Takuro Hayashida
  • Japan Shinpei Suganuma
  • England Piers Francis
  • Japan Hiroki Handa REP DEP
  • Japan Yujin Ikezawa REP DEP

Centres

  • Tonga Hosea Saumaki
  • New Zealand Antonio Mikaele-Tu'u
  • Japan So Matsushima
  • Tonga Jamie Vakalahi*
  • Japan Daiki Yokota
  • Japan Katsuki Ishida REP DEP

Wingers

  • Japan Koshi Emoto
  • Japan Keigo Hamazoe
  • Japan Ayato Sakamoto
  • Japan Kentaro Sugimori
  • Japan Yuta Sugiyama
  • Japan Tumanawa Tawhai
  • Japan Ryo Hosomoto REP DEP

Fullbacks

  • Japan Yuki Kono

Utility Backs

(c) denotes team captain.

References

  1. [1]
    "La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One". Asie Rugby (in French). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Kurita Water Gush Member List". Kurita Water Gush. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
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