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
League(s) Top League
2011–12 12
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 NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes squad for 2014-15 Top League season:[1]

Props

  • South Korea Chang Tae-Yook
  • Japan Yuichi Hisadomi
  • Japan Hiroshi Kitajima
  • Japan Isao Matsukawa
  • Japan Yosuke Nishiura
  • South Korea Woong Heo

Hookers

  • Japan Hiro Izumi
  • Japan Keijiro Jinno
  • Japan Masaki Midorikawa

Locks

  • Japan Hajime Kumagai
  • Japan Taro Matsukawa
  • South Korea Park Soon-Chai
  • Japan Taro Sato
  • Japan Yoichiro Tsuchiya
  • Japan Naoyuki Ueyama
  • Japan Hiroki Yoshioka
  

Loose Forwards

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Ippei Hata
  • Japan Akira Inoue
  • Japan Dai Kasagi
  • Japan Daisuke Motegi
  • Japan Takuya Tsujino

Fly-halves

  • New Zealand Michael Hobbs
  • Japan Masahito Imura
  • Japan Sigeru Kohiyama
  • Tonga Paea Mifi Poseti
  • Japan Yoshihito Sato
  

Centres

  • Japan Yosuke Eto
  • Japan Masaki Kawabata
  • Japan Takehiro Kiyose
  • Japan Naoki Miyazato
  • Japan Takeshi Nakaya
  • Japan Masashi Okawa
  • South Africa Johann Sadie

Wingers

  • Japan Takeshi Hirase
  • Japan Naoto Omatsu
  • Japan Shota Saiguchi
  • Japan Koki Shigeno
  • Japan Yoshimi Watanabe

Fullbacks

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

References

  1. ↑ "NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes: The Team" (in Japanese). Top League. Retrieved 16 August 2014.

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