Kamaishi Seawaves

Kamaishi Seawaves is a Rugby union football club in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 2001.[1]

Kamaishi Seawaves
釜石シーウェイブス
Full nameKamaishi Seawaves Rugby Football Club
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Founded2001
RegionIwate Prefecture, Tōhoku
Ground(s)Kamaishi City Stadium
Coach(es)Takehiro Miura
League(s)Top Challenge League
20187th
Official website
www.kamaishi-seawaves.com

At its inception, it was known as Nippon Steel Corporation Kamaishi.[2]

Current squad

The Kamaishi Seawaves squad for the 2021 season is:[3]

Kamaishi Seawaves squad

Props

  • Morgan Mitchell
  • Tomoki Nobeta
  • Kazuki Sasaki
  • Makoto Somazawa
  • Atsushi Suzuki
  • Takuya Takahashi
  • Ryota Tsukada
  • Shinki Ushikubo
  • Rikuto Yoshihara

Hookers

  • Taiki Ito
  • Tatsuji Yoshida
  • Kan Yoshino

Locks

Loose Forwards

  • Katsuki Hatakeyama
  • Sam Henwood
  • Yuta Kimura
  • Ryota Kono
  • Yuta Nakano
  • Naoki Ono
  • Takuma Sasaki
  • Tomasi Soqeta
  • Yoto Ueda

Scrum-halves

  • Daiyu Ishimori
  • Takahiro Kaneko
  • Gen Maekawa
  • Atsushi Minami

Fly-halves

  • Ryo Kataoka
  • Ryoma Nakamura
  • Oliver Polson

Centres

  • Taisei Fukkoshi
  • Shuta Fukushi
  • Katsuto Hatanaka
  • Masatoshi Ito
  • Yujiro Sasaki
  • Gerdus van der Walt

Wingers

  • Ryotara Kaga
  • Nobutaka Kanto
  • Kodai Ono
  • Gen Sasaki
  • Hikaru Shimoyama
  • Yuki Sugawara
  • Yuju Takizawa
  • Shuta Ujiie

Fullbacks

  • Kaito Funaki
  • Yutaro Murai

Utility backs

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

Notable players

The following former Kamaishi Seawaves players became Japanese internationals:[4]

References

  1. "Overview of Kamaishi City". Kamaishi City Council. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. Nakagawa, Fumiyuki (23 May 2011). "Rugby squad cheers up quake-hit Kamaishi". Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  3. "Kamaishi Seawaves Members" (in Japanese). Kamaishi Seawaves. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. "Une grande équipe historique japonaise: Kamaishi Seawaves". Japon Rugby (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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