Honda Heat

Honda Heat
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Full name	Honda Heat Rugby Football Club
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Founded	1960
Location	Suzuka, Mie, Japan
Ground(s)	Honda Active Land and Suzuka Sports Garden
Chairman	Takanobu Ito
Coach(es)	John Sherratt
League(s)	Top West A
1st kit 2nd kit

Honda Heat is a Japanese rugby union team based in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The owner of the club is Honda Motor. (Suzuka is known for the Suzuka Circuit and the presence of car companies.)

They play in the Top League, the top tier of the Japan's rugby union hierarchy.

In 2011–12, Honda Heat were relegated to regional events for 2012–13. Winning 2 and drawing 1 of their 13 games in the regular season.

2012–13 Squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Takashi Tanaka (c) Hooker Japan Hidetoshi Amano Hooker Japan Itsuki Watanabe Hooker Japan Kohei Ohashi Prop Japan Nozomu Fujita Prop Japan Tomohiro Nishigaki Prop Japan Masahiro Oda Prop Japan Kamata Shu Prop Japan Takahiro Ito Lock Japan Atsushi Tsukamoto Lock Japan Yuutarou Kamada Lock Japan Hayden Triggs Lock New Zealand Shunya Goto Lock Japan Manabu Kawazoe Flanker Japan Tadashi Kitagawa Flanker Japan Naoto Yamane Flanker Japan Koji Nakata Flanker Japan Toshitaka Mitsuyasu Number 8 Japan Rodney So'oialo Number 8 New Zealand Takau Tariforau Number 8 Tonga

Player Position Union Akihiro Yoshimura Scrum-half Japan Yang Young Hun Scrum-half Korea Nobutaka Ubukata Scrum-half Japan Kenta Yamaji Scrum-half Japan Daisuke Konishi Fly-half Japan Takahiro Furuya Fly-half Japan Yushi Nakamura Fly-half Japan Tapuosi Pongi Centre Tonga Takahito Takemaru Centre Japan Tomoyuki Hamashima Centre Japan Kaito Morikawa Centre Japan Tyrone Smith Centre Australia Hiroto Nakata Centre Japan Bryce Robins Centre Japan Masahiko Kimura Wing Japan Shun Maeda Wing Japan Yuuki Suematsu Wing Japan Tetsurou Kamata Wing Japan Kousuke Kawade Wing Japan Yuki Tanaguchi Wing Japan Masakazu Shima Fullback Japan Ryo Morita Fullback Japan

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See also

• Top League Challenge Series

References

External links

• Honda Heat Rugby - official site