Akita Northern Bullets

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Akita Northern Bullets
ANB logo.jpg
Full nameAkita Northern Bullets Rugby Football Club
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Founded1958
Ground(s)Akigin Stadium (Capacity: 4,992)
PresidentKunihiro Chida
Coach(es)Yasushi Ishizuka
League(s)Top East League
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.northern-bullets.com

Akita Northern Bullets are a Japanese rugby union team that play in the Top East League. The team is based in Akita, Akita, Japan.[1] In 1958, the Akita City Government created a rugby union team. The new Bullets team was formed in 2004, and allocated to the Top North League. As of 2017, the club is in the Top East Division 1, the third-highest level of rugby competition in the country

Notable players and coaches[]

Honors and titles[]

Top North League

  • Champions (2): 2004-05, 2005-06
  • Runners-up (3) 2001, 2002, 2003-04

National Sports Festival of Japan

  • Champions (1): 2007

Songs and chants[]

City emblem
  • City Anthem of Akita - Audio

Lyrics[]

Official Rōmaji

朝太平の峰に明け、岸壁輝く秋田港
羽越奥羽の交わる所
北日本を開きゆく使命に燃える大秋田

Asa Taihei no Mine ni ake
Ganpeki Kagayaku Akitako
Uetsu Ou no Majiwarutokoro
Kitanippon wo hirakiyuku
Shimei ni moeru Daiakita

References[]

  1. ^ Japan Rugby (6 November 2017). "Akita Northern Bullets". Retrieved 6 November 2017.

External links[]

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