Toshiba_Brave_Lupus

Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo

Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo

Japanese rugby union club, based in Tokyo

Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo is a Japanese rugby union team in the Japan Rugby League One. They are based in Fuchu, Tokyo, as is their local rival Suntory Sungoliath. They won the second ever Top League championship in the 2004-5 season and the Microsoft Cup in 2005 under their innovative and inventive coach Masahiro Kunda, himself a former hooker for Toshiba and Japan. They are particularly known for the strength of their mauls. Before the Top League was created, the team was called Toshiba Fuchu after their location. Their slogan for 2006 season was "Once again to the Pinnacle (Restart)". The team rebranded as Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to Japan Rugby League One in 2022.[1]

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Honours

Current squad

The Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo squad for the 2023-24 season is:[2]

Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo squad

Props

  • Japan Masataka Mikami
  • Japan Yuma Fujino
  • Japan Sena Kimura
  • South Korea Kim Gwante*
  • Japan Hiroto Kasai
  • Japan Yuta Kokaji
  • Japan Teruo Makabe
  • Tonga Taufa Latu*
  • Japan Rikyu Yamakawa
  • Japan Shuto Harabuchi REP
  • New Zealand Vea Taumoefolau REP

Hookers

Locks

Flankers

No8s

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Takahiro Ogawa
  • Japan Yuhei Sugiyama
  • Japan Kohei Takahashi
  • Japan Motoki Tanaka
  • Japan Shotaro Ikedo REP

Fly-halves

Centres

Wingers

  • Japan Makoto Iwafuchi
  • Japan Atsuki Kuwayama
  • Japan Masaki Hamada
  • Japan Hisayoshi Matsuoka
  • Japan Jone Naikabula
  • Japan Taiki Matsunobu
  • Japan Ren Miyagami
  • Japan Rei Ishioka REP

Fullbacks

Utility Backs


(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped
  • * denotes players qualified to play for the Japan on dual nationality or residency grounds.

All Blacks Richie Mo’unga has signed with the Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo and is due to join the side after the 2023 Rugby World Cup.[3]

Past players

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]
    "Toshiba Brave Lupus: The Team" (in Japanese). Toshiba Sports. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Richie Mo'unga officially signs in Japan".
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