Kurita Water Gush Akishima

Kurita Water Gush Akishima are a Japanese rugby union team that play in Division Three of 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]

Kurita Water Gush Akishima
栗田工業ウォーターガ
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
Coach(es)Ricky Dumigan
League(s)Japan Rugby League One
20216th
Playoffs
DNQ
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.kurita-water-rugby.net

Squad

The Kurita Water Gush Akishima squad for the 2022 season is:[2]

Kurita Water Gush Akishima squad

Props

  • Masashi Debuchi
  • Yuta Ejima
  • Kim Hyong Ji
  • Aki Kajiwara
  • Kuriyama Rui
  • Kei Shibuya

Hookers

  • Kota Hojo
  • Ryota Kuribara
  • Atsushi Maeda

Locks

Loose Forwards

  • Feinga Fakai
  • Brad Hemopo
  • Nobuyuki Hirai
  • Yosuke Ishii
  • Taisei Nakao

Scrum-halves

  • Yoshitaka Motomura
  • Sho Nakamura
  • Ryo Omasa

Fly-halves

Centres

  • Tom English
  • Sanshiro Ide
  • Takuto Mizuno
  • Takuya Nakajima
  • Koichi Ota

Wingers

  • Keigo Hamazoe
  • JT Nabetelevu
  • Ayato Sakamoto
  • Kentaro Sugimori
  • Yuta Sugiyama

Fullbacks

  • 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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