Kurita Water Gush Akishima

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Kurita Water Gush Akishima
栗田工業ウォーターガ
Kurita Water Gush logo.png
Full nameKurita Water Rugby Akishima
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Water Gush
Founded1962
Ground(s)Kurita Industrial Ground
35°30′24″N 139°19′2″E / 35.50667°N 139.31722°E / 35.50667; 139.31722
League(s)Japan Rugby League One
6th
Playoffs
DNQ
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.kurita-water-rugby.net

Kurita Water Gush Akishima are a Japanese rugby union team that play in the Japan Rugby League One. They are owned by Kurita Water Industries, a water treatment chemical manufacturer. The team is based in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The team rebranded as Kurita Water Gush Akishima ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One in 2022.[1]

Squad[]

The Kurita Water Gush squad for the 2021 season is:[2]

Kurita Water Gush squad

Props

Hookers

  • Japan Kouta Houjoh
  • Japan Ryota Kuribara
  • Japan Atsushi Maeda

Locks

Loose Forwards

  • Japan Feinga Fakai
  • Japan Nobuyuki Hirai
  • Japan Wahito Hirano
  • Japan Yosuke Ishii
  • Australia Wycliff Palu

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Shinba Hasegawa
  • Japan Yoshitaka Motomura
  • Japan Ryo Omasa
  • Japan Kazushi Yamasuga

Fly-halves

Centres

  • Australia Tom English
  • Japan Sanshiro Ide
  • Japan Takuto Mizuno
  • Japan Takuya Nakajima
  • Japan Kouichi Ota

Wingers

  • Japan Keigo Hamazoe
  • Fiji JT Nabetelevu
  • Japan Ayato Sakamoto
  • Japan Kentaro Sugimori

Fullbacks

  • Japan Yuki Kono
(c) denotes team captain.

References[]

  1. ^ "La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One". Asie Rugby (in French). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Kurita Water Gush Member List". Kurita Water Gush. Retrieved 16 December 2019.

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