NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka
NTTドコモレッドハリケーンズ大阪
Full nameNTT DoCoMo Red 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

NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka is a Japanese rugby union team owned by NTT DoCoMo. 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 NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka squad for the 2023 season is:[2]

NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes Osaka squad

Props

  • Japan Shosuke Fukasawa
  • Japan Wataru Furuya
  • Japan Yuichiro Hosono
  • Japan Hiroshi Kitajima
  • Japan Ryosei Kojima
  • Japan Yosuke Nishiura
  • Japan Kaito Yamauchi

Hookers

  • Japan Mitsumasa Harayama
  • Japan Hiromichi Sakamoto
  • Japan Munetaka Sashida
  • Japan Hiamitsu Shimada
  • Japan Tatsuya Yamaguchi

Locks

  • Japan Tatsunari Fujita
  • Australia Tom Jeffries
  • Japan Hibiki Noda
  • Japan Toru Sugishita

Loose forwards

Scrum-halves

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

Fly-halves

  • Japan Kim Jeon Hong
  • Japan Ei Kawamuko
  • South Korea Oh Ryong Tee

Centres

  • Japan Daisuke Iba
  • Japan Masaki Kobayashi
  • Japan Mifiposeti Paea
  • Philippines Benjamin Saunders
  • Japan Kaoru Tsuruta
  • Japan Tonisio Vaihu
  • South Korea Kim Yon-Hwi

Wingers

  • Japan Tasuku Koizumi
  • Tonga Amanaki Lisala
  • Japan Koki Shigeno
  • Japan Ryo Tsuruda
  • Australia Michael Zakhia

Fullbacks

  • Japan Kenta Komura
  • Japan Kanta Yamamoto
  • Japan Taichi Yoshizawa
(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped

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.


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