NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka

Red Hurricanes Osaka
レッドハリケーンズ大阪
Full nameRed Hurricanes Osaka
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Red Hurricanes
Founded1993
LocationOsaka, Japan
Ground(s)Nagai Stadium
Yodoko Sakura Stadium (Capacity: 47,816
and 25,000)
Coach(es)Matt Cockbain
League(s)Japan Rugby League One, Division Three
202211th
Relegated to Division Three
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
docomo-rugby.jp/index.php

Red Hurricanes Osaka is a Japanese rugby union team owned by NTT Communications. They qualified for the 2011–12 season and finished 12th place overall. The team rebranded in 2022, ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One.[1]

Squad

The Red Hurricanes Osaka squad for the 2024-25 season is:[2]

NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes Osaka squad

Props

  • Japan Shota Takai
  • Japan Shosuke Fukasawa
  • Japan Hiromichi Sakamoto
  • Japan Yuichiro Hosono
  • Japan Munetaka Sashida
  • Japan Hiroshi Kitajima
  • Japan Ryosei Kojima
  • Japan Yosuke Nishiura
  • Japan Shinnosuke Toyonaga
  • Japan Yuma Fujino
  • Japan Shunsuke Abe REP

Hookers

  • Japan Hiamitsu Shimada
  • Japan Yo Sato
  • Japan Kentaro Otsuka
  • Japan Kanta Yoshida
  • Japan Yura Chinen REP

Locks

Flankers

  • Japan Toru Sugishita(c)
  • Japan Kaito Isono
  • Japan Taro Sato
  • Japan Hiroki Hanada
  • Japan Itsuki Yano
  • Republic of Ireland Jack O'Sullivan
  • Japan Kanta Kurahashi REP
  • Japan Yoshiki Yamazaki REP

No8s

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Tatsuya Hamano
  • Japan Akira Inoue
  • Japan Koki Makiyama
  • Japan Toshihiro Yamanouchi

Fly-halves

Centres

  • Japan Mifiposeti Paea
  • South Korea Kim Yon-hwi
  • Japan Daisuke Iba
  • Japan Masaki Kobayashi
  • Japan Kaoru Tsuruta
  • Japan Amane Tomioka
  • Samoa Henry Taefu
  • Japan Yuta Kawamura REP
  • Japan Ayuki Yamada REP

Wingers

  • Japan Takuma Yasui
  • Japan Koki Shigeno
  • Japan Ryo Tsuruda
  • Japan Yuki Ishii
  • Japan Kenya Nishikawa

Fullbacks

Utility Backs

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

Notes

  1. ^ Kaneko joined the team during round 5, but left during round 11 to join the team as a trainee.

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. ^ "NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes: The Team". Docomo Rugby (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 February 2018.