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Hino Red Dolphins

Hino Red Dolphins

Rugby team

Hino Motors Red Dolphins are a Japanese rugby union team, currently playing in the county's top tier Japan Rugby League One competition. The team is the rugby team of commercial vehicle manufacturer Hino Motors, based in Hino in the Tokyo Metropolis.[1]

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The team was founded in 1950, and spent their formative seasons playing in the Kanto League. They were promoted to the top division of the Top East League for the 2009 season, but were relegated in their first season. They bounced back at the first attempt, again winning promotion to the Top East League for the 2010 season. This time, they remained in that league until the 2017–18 season, when they won promotion to the newly formed Top Challenge League.[2]

Season history

Hino Red Dolphins' record in the top two tiers since their promotion to the Top East League in 2008 was:[3]

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Current squad

The Hino Red Dolphins squad for the 2023-24 season is:[4]

Hino Red Dolphins squad

Props

  • Japan Yutaro Danno
  • Japan Shosuke Funaki
  • Japan Ken Osanai
  • Japan Yuto Tokuda
  • Japan Makoto Tsuchiya
  • Japan Taiga Yamaguchi
  • Japan Kazumasa Yoshimura REP
  • Japan Junki Tokoda REP
  • Japan Sora Torigoe REP

Hookers

  • Japan Sota Moriya
  • Japan Motoki Yamazaki
  • Japan Daiki Nakagawa
  • Japan Towa Taniguchi
  • Japan Kosei Tamaki REP

Locks

  • Japan Yuta Kasahara (c)
  • Australia Zephaniah Tuinona
  • Australia Rory Arnold
  • Japan Yujiro Yano REP

Flankers

  • Japan Ryosuke Chifu
  • Japan Shoei Ijima
  • South Korea Lee Junya*
  • Japan Shun Nakashika
  • Japan Takehiro Nishimura
  • Australia AJ Wolf

No8s

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

  • Japan Keita Doi
  • Japan Taroma Togo
  • Japan Ryuji Hirose
  • Japan Yuta Matsui
  • Japan Taiki Kawai
  • Japan Sora Ouchi
  • Japan Syun Tomonaga
  • Japan Kiichi Takagi REP

Wingers

  • Japan Moeki Fukushi
  • Japan Ko Kojima
  • Japan Yuto Mizuma
  • Japan Kuniya Sonoki

Fullbacks

  • Japan Shogo Tokota
  • Japan Kyoji Takano
  • Japan Takumi Isimoto REP

Utility Backs

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

References

  1. [1]
    チームの紹介 [Team introduction]. Hino Red Dolphins (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Red Dolphins Hino". The Rugby Archive. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  3. [3]
    チームの歴史 [Team history]. Hino Red Dolphins (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  4. [4]
    "2021 Players & Staff". Hino Red Dolphins. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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