Kyuden Voltex

Kyuden Voltex
九州電力キューデンヴォルテクス
Full nameKyuden Voltex
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Voltex
Founded1951
LocationFukuoka, Japan
Ground(s)Kashii, Fukuoka city
Coach(es)Zane Hilton
League(s)Japan Rugby League One, Division Two
20224th
Team kit
Official website
www.kyudenvoltex.com

Kyūshu Kyuden Voltex is a Japanese rugby team owned by Kyushu Electric Power Co. (Kyūshū Denryoku). The nickname "Voltex" is a conflation of "Voltage" and "Techniques" and was decided after the team won promotion to the Top League. The team is based in Kashii, Fukuoka and from the 2007-8 season is playing in the semi-professional Top League at the top of Japanese domestic rugby. It is the third team based in Kyūshū to play in the league, the other two being Coca-Cola Red Sparks and Munakata Sanix Blues.

In the fifth season of the Top League (2007-8) Kyuden managed to avoid the play-offs and stay in the league. They also won the league's "Fair Play" prize.

Team colours

Main: red with yellow trimmed jersey, black shorts; Second: white jersey and shorts with blue trim. See here. The former are Kyuden's traditional colours since founding of the club. The colours to be used in the Top League were announced on October 12, 2007. 

Sanix v Kyuden at Global Arena, Top League Round 11, January 20, 2008. Kyuden won this local derby 13-5. Nathan Grey is at outside centre (No. 12).

Squad

The Kyuden Voltex squad for the 2024-25 season is:[1]

Kyuden Voltex squad

Props

  • Japan Samuel Nozomu Faialaga
  • Japan Kazuto Tokunaga
  • Japan Ryosuke Kagoshima
  • Japan Yasuo Saruwatari
  • Japan Kosuke Oike
  • Japan Shinpei Kamata
  • Japan Kazuma Ono
  • Japan Taro Uesugi
  • Japan Riki Takebe

Hookers

  • Japan Takehiro Kitsuki
  • South Korea Wang Kyung-mun*
  • Japan Genki Nakamura
  • Japan Hayato Yoshida
  • Japan Hiroki Murakawa
  • Japan Kanta Fujita REP DEP

Locks

Flankers

No8s

  • Japan Alex Takuya Walker (c)

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Yusaku Kanda
  • Japan Kotaro Nakao
  • Japan Shunta Takenouchi
  • Australia Spencer Jeans
  • Japan Daisuke Kodama

Fly-halves

  • New Zealand Tom Taylor
  • Japan Yusuke Aramaki
  • Japan Shinhichiro Matsushita
  • Japan Shogo Matsushita
  • Japan Kiichi Uezato
  • Japan Shimpei Fukada
  • Japan Kohei Kire

Centres

  • Japan Hayato Kojyo
  • Australia Charlie Worthington
  • Japan Noriaki Nakazuru
  • Tonga Sione Likuata Teaupa*
  • Tonga Sam Vaka
  • Japan Koga Yoshida REP DEP

Wingers

  • Japan Ren Hagiwara
  • Japan Kenji Hayata
  • Japan Yasunari Isoda
  • Japan Goki Saito
  • Japan Naoki Takaya
  • Japan Akihito Yamada
  • Japan Hiroto Nishi REP DEP

Fullbacks

  • Japan Makoto Kato
  • Japan Keito Honda
  • Japan Masaya Kanado
  • Japan Takumi Takeshita

Utility Backs

(c) denotes team captain.

Coach

Zane Hilton

References

  1. ^ "Player". Kyuden Voltex. Retrieved 16 December 2019.