Black Rams Tokyo

Black Rams Tokyo (formerly Ricoh Black Rams) is a Japanese rugby union team in the Japan Rugby League One. Placed 10th in the 2004-2005 season which meant it had to win a play-off against one of the top regional teams to stay in the league, as it did.

Black Rams Tokyo
ブラックラムズ東京
Full nameBlack Rams Tokyo
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Black Rams
Founded1953
LocationSetagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Ground(s)Various stadiums
Director of RugbyTsutomu Nishitsuji
Coach(es)Peter Hewat
League(s)Japan Rugby League One
20214th, White Conference
Playoffs
Quarter-finalists
1st kit
2nd kit

Slogan for 2006 season: TAFU ("Tough" in English). The acronym stands for Team, Aggression, Faith, Unity.

In January 2008 it was announced that Stephen Larkham will be joining the team next season, but the team was relegated back to the Japan East League where Larkham will begin his career in Japan. In April 2008 Todd Louden was announced as head coach, to be assisted by Pote Human (Daily Yomiuri, April 26, 2008).

The team rebranded as Black Rams Tokyo following the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One ahead of 2022.[1]

Schedule/Results

2005

February 13. Ricoh Black Rams v Toyota Jido Shokki - placed third in the Top League Challenge Series.

Players

Current squad

The Black Rams Tokyo squad for the 2022 season is:[2]

Black Rams Tokyo squad

Props

  • Taichi Chiba
  • Takao Makabe
  • Kazuma Nishi
  • Sotaro Okawa
  • Daigo Sasagawa
  • Kazuhiro Shibata
  • Yuichiro Taniguchi
  • Kenta Tsujii
  • Shambeckler Vui

Hookers

  • Kazuhiro Koike
  • Yuki Mori
  • Masashi Onishi
  • Hinata Takei

Locks

Loose Forwards

Scrum-halves

  • Matt Lucas
  • Takanobu Minami
  • Masatoshi Nakamura
  • Toshiya Takahashi
  • Shota Yamamoto

Fly-halves

  • Toshiki Hamagishi
  • Kohei Horigome
  • Kosuke Kigami
  • Isaac Lucas

Centres

  • Daisuke Hamano
  • Yuki Ikeda
  • Ryohei Isoda
  • Yuta Kurihara
  • Aki Makita
  • Joe Tomane

Wingers

  • Yoshiyuki Koga
  • Amanaki Lotoahea
  • Yusuke Matsumoto
  • Daisuke Nishikawa
  • Netani Vakayalia
  • Tomoya Yamamura

Fullbacks

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

Former

Coaches

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. "Ricoh Black Rams: The Team" (in Japanese). Ricoh. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
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