Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars
三菱重工相模原
Full nameMitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Sagamihara Rugby Club
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Dynaboars
Founded1981
LocationSagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Ground(s)Sagamihara Gion Stadium (Capacity: 15,300)
ChairmanShigeki Iwamatsu
Coach(es)Glenn Delaney
Captain(s)Kota Iwamura
League(s)Japan Rugby League One
2022–202310th
Team kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.mhi.com/jp/company/sports/dynaboars/

Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars (三菱重工相模原ダイナボアーズ) also known as Mitsubishi Juko Sagamihara Rugby Club, are a Japanese rugby union team based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The owner of this club is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

The club was founded in 1981. It came second in the Top East 10 league in 2004-5 and entered the Top League challenge series play-off.

The club won the Top East 11 league in 2006–07 and entered the Top League in 2007–08. The team was named Dynaboars (a conflation of "dynamic" and "boars") as part of their promotion to the Top League; however, they were demoted at the end of the season. The Dynaboars signed ex-Wales international and IRB World Player of the Year 2008 Shane Williams in 2012, retiring in 2014.[1]

Players

Current squad

The Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars squad for the 2023-24 season is:[2]

Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars squad

Props

  • Japan Taro Aihara
  • Japan Yu Chinen
  • Japan Mototsugu Hachiya
  • Japan Hayato Hosoda
  • Japan Tomoaki Ishii
  • Japan Jun Morimoto
  • Japan Akihiro Ogiso
  • Japan Shunsuke Sakamoto
  • Japan Kanzo Schinckel

Hookers

  • Japan Yuki Miyazato
  • Japan Atsuro Nakamura
  • Japan Ryuta Sagara
  • Japan Kakeru Umemoto
  • Japan Yoshimitsu Yasue

Locks

Loose forwards

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Kota Iwamura (c)
  • Japan Ryuta Nakamori
  • Japan Ryoto Shibata
  • New Zealand Jack Stratton
  • Japan Taichi Takahashi

Fly-halves

Centres

Wingers

  • New Zealand Roland Alaia'sa
  • Japan DJ Kashima
  • Japan Tomoyuki Ochiai
  • New Zealand Ben Paltridge
  • Tonga Honeti Taumohaapai
  • New Zealand To'o Junior Vaega

Fullbacks

  • South Korea Han Jon-Mun
  • Japan Satoshi Koizumi
  • Japan Kento Nakai
  • Japan Yu Okudaira
  • (c) denotes team captain.
  • Bold denotes internationally capped.

    Former players

    Coaches

    Current coaching staff

    Position Name Nationality
    Head coach Glenn Delaney  New Zealand
    Assistant coach Ben Franks  New Zealand
    Assistant coach Joe Maddock  New Zealand
    Assistant coach Yasumasa Miyamoto  Japan
    Assistant coach Nicholas Ealey  New Zealand
    Assistant coach Kensaku Akuta  Japan

    References

    1. ↑ "Shane Williams: Former Wales wing announces retirement". BBC Sport. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
    2. ↑ "Players/staff" (in Japanese). Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars. 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2023.


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