Mitsubishi_Sagamihara_DynaBoars

Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars

Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars

Japanese rugby union club, based in Sagamihara

Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars (三菱重工相模原ダイナボアーズ) also known as Mitsubishi Juko Sagamihara Rugby Club, are a Japanese rugby union team based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The owner of this club is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

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The club was founded in 1981. It came second in the Top East 10 league in 2004-5 and entered the Top League challenge series play-off.

The club won the Top East 11 league in 2006–07 and entered the Top League in 2007–08. The team was named Dynaboars (a conflation of "dynamic" and "boars") as part of their promotion to the Top League; however, they were demoted at the end of the season. The Dynaboars signed ex-Wales international and IRB World Player of the Year 2008 Shane Williams in 2012, retiring in 2014.[1]

Players

Current squad

The Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars squad for the 2023-24 season is:[2]

Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars squad

Props

  • Japan Taro Aihara
  • Japan Yu Chinen
  • Japan Mototsugu Hachiya
  • Japan Hayato Hosoda
  • Japan Tomoaki Ishii
  • Japan Jun Morimoto
  • Japan Akihiro Ogiso
  • Japan Shunsuke Sakamoto
  • Japan Kanzo Schinckel
  • Japan Ryuta Sagara

Hookers

  • Japan Yuki Miyazato
  • Japan Atsuro Nakamura
  • Japan Kakeru Umemoto
  • Japan Yoshimitsu Yasue
  • New Zealand Matt Moulds REP

Locks

  • Japan Maoya Nakagawa
  • South Korea Cho Song-yu*
  • South Africa Walt Steenkamp
  • Japan Ryoma Tokuda
  • Fiji Epineri Uluiviti*
  • Australia Makoto Daniel Linde*
  • Japan Kohki Matsumoto REP

Flankers

No8s

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Kota Iwamura (c)
  • Japan Ryuta Nakamori
  • Japan Ryoto Shibata
  • New Zealand Jack Stratton
  • Japan Taichi Takahashi
  • Japan Shoki Yoshimoto REP

Fly-halves

Centres

Wingers

  • Japan DJ Kashima
  • Japan Tomoyuki Ochiai
  • Thailand Ben Paltridge*
  • Japan Honeti Taumohaapai
  • New Zealand To'o Junior Vaega

Fullbacks

  • Japan Han Jon-mun
  • Japan Satoshi Koizumi
  • Japan Kento Nakai
  • Japan Yu Okudaira
  • New Zealand Sora Roland Alaia'sa*

Utility Backs

  • (c) denotes team captain.
  • Bold denotes internationally capped.

    Former players

    Coaches

    Current coaching staff

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    References

    1. [1]
      "Shane Williams: Former Wales wing announces retirement". BBC Sport. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
    2. [2]
      "Players/staff" (in Japanese). Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars. 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2023.


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