NTT Communications Shining Arcs

The NTT Communications Rugby Football Club – commonly known as the Shining Arcs – is a rugby union team owned by NTT Communications and is part of Japan's Top League competition. The current head coach is Rob Penney. The team is based in Ichikawa city, Chiba Prefecture in the Kantō region.

NTT Communications Shining Arcs
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Full nameNTT Communications Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)Shining Arcs
Founded1976
LocationChiba Prefecture, Kantō, Japan
Ground(s)Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium (Capacity: 27,188)
Coach(es)Hugh Reece-Edwards (head coach)
League(s)Top League
2018–195th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.ntt.com/rugby/

History

NTT Communications RFC was founded in 1976. They won promotion to the expanded Top League of 14 teams at the end of the 2009–10 season. They made their Top League debut for the 2010–11 season. After their first season, they finished 12th place with 4 wins and 9 losses. They had to play a play-off to keep themselves in the Top League, in which they beat Canon Eagles 31-19. In the 2011–12 season, they finished in 9th place.

Current squad

The NTT Communications Shining Arcs squad is for the 2021 season:[1]

NTT Shining Arcs squad

Props

  • Kabuto Anoku
  • Shotaro Hirai
  • Leilua Murphy
  • Ken Saito
  • Rui Sannomiya
  • Shuhei Takeuchi
  • Ryutaro Ueda
  • Shin Woosung

Hookers

Locks

Loose Forwards

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

  • Shane Gates
  • Taiji Hongo
  • Yuki Ikeda
  • Takuya Ishibashi
  • Doga Maeda
  • Michael Toloke

Wingers

  • Kai Ishii
  • Yuki Ishii
  • Tasuku Koizumi
  • Masayasu Oshiba
  • Ryo Tsuruda
  • Harunori Tsuruya
  • Akihito Yamada
  • Takuhei Yasuda
  • Chang Yongheung

Fullbacks

Utility backs

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

Notable former players

Home ground
  • The Shining Arcs' home stadium is the NTT Grand Chiba Stadium in Ichikawa.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Members". NTT Shining Arcs. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  2. "NTT千葉総合運動場グランドのご紹介" [Introduction of NTT Grand Chiba Stadium]. NTT Communications.
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