Yakult Levins Toda

Yakult Levins Toda
ヤクルトレビンズ戸田
Full nameYakult Levins Toda
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Yakult Levins
Founded1980
LocationToda, Saitama
Coach(es)Takashi Kono
League(s)Japan Rugby League One, Division Three
Official website
www.yakult.co.jp/sports/rugby/

Yakult Levins Toda – commonly known as Yakult Levins – is a Japanese rugby union team, currently playing in the Japan Rugby League One.[1] The team is the rugby team of the probiotic milk company Yakult as is based in Toda in the Saitama Prefecture.

The team was created in 1980 originally as an amateur club. In 2011, the team took on the Yakult branding and turned professional.[2] After competing in the Top East League for a number of years, in 2023 they applied to join the new Japan Rugby League One competition,[3] signing a partnership agreement with the city of Toda.[4]

On 31 January 2024, it was announced the side would join the Japan Rugby League One competition, ahead of the 2024–25 season, competing in Division Three.[5] taking on the team name Yakult Levins Toda

Notable players

Current squad

The Yakult Levins squad for the 2024–25 season is:[6]

Yakult Levins squad

Props

  • Japan Iori Nozaki
  • Japan Atsushi Furuya
  • Japan Kiyoshi Ishii
  • Japan Shunsuke Tani
  • Japan Koichi Endo
  • Japan Genki Tokushige
  • South Korea Lee Song-yong*
  • Japan Daichi Kono
  • Japan Meishi Watanabe REP DEP
  • Japan Haruka Egihata REP DEP

Hookers

  • Japan Masahiro Shimozawa
  • Japan Fuma Uekata
  • Japan Kosetsu Kawachi

Locks

Flankers

  • Japan Masataka Saijo
  • Japan Ryosuke Nakashima
  • Japan Takuma Suto
  • Japan Rikiya Oishi
  • Japan Kosuke Urabe
  • Japan Kei Ono REP DEP

No8s

  • New Zealand Jaycob Matiu*
  • Japan Ryusei Isaka
  • Japan Daisuke Yokoyama

Loose forwards

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Junpei Tada (cc)
  • Japan Takuto Okazaki
  • Japan Masatoshi Doi
  • Japan Ippei Oshima
  • Japan Mitsuki Ito REP DEP
  • Japan Eigi Fushimi REP DEP

Fly-halves

  • Japan Mizuki Niura
  • New Zealand Nick Evemy
  • Japan Sota Saito
  • Japan Naoki Izutani
  • Japan Yamato Tanigawa REP DEP

Centres

  • Japan Takumi Furukawa
  • New Zealand Antonio Mikaele Tu'u
  • Japan Hiroya Kimura
  • Japan Atomu Shirai
  • Japan Ren Taninaka
  • Japan Hikaru Ishikawa
  • Japan Ryunosuke Aoyagi REP DEP

Wings

  • Japan Taichi Horikawa
  • Japan Takuya Takahashi
  • Japan Shun Sawamura
  • Japan Kagechika Ota
  • Japan Ryu Suzuki
  • Japan Kenshin Takada
  • Japan Tsubasa Shinno REP DEP

Fullbacks

  • Australia Moses Jones
  • Japan Kai Oshiro
  • Japan Daichi Saito

Utility backs

References

  1. ^ "Yakult Levins Toda". Japan Rugby League One. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  2. ^ "ヤクルトラグビー部のチーム名、ロゴが決まりました！！". Yakult Levins Toda (in Japanese). 1 August 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  3. ^ "ジャパンラグビー リーグワン　新規参入チームに関する状況について". Japan Rugby League One (in Japanese). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  4. ^ "戸田市との包括連携協定締結について". Yakult Levins Toda (in Japanese). 28 November 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  5. ^ "ジャパンラグビーリーグワン　新規参入申請の結果について". Yakult Levins Toda (in Japanese). 31 January 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Yakult Levins: Members" (in Japanese). Yakult Levins. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
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