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 2019–20 season is:[3]

Kamaishi Seawaves squad

Props

  • Yuta Abe
  • Ryu Holani
  • Tajima Gunma
  • Morgan Mitchell
  • Yuya Mizumoto
  • Tomoki Nobuta
  • Kazuki Sasaki
  • Itetsu Sasaki
  • Takuya Takahashi

Hookers

  • Daiki Ito
  • Matt Mafi
  • Ryo Nakagawa
  • Shinki Ushikubo
  • Ryuji Yoshida

Locks

Loose Forwards

  • Katsuki Hatakeyama
  • Kyosuke Kikuchi
  • Yuta Kimura
  • Kane Koteka
  • Yuta Nakano
  • Naoki Ono
  • Takuma Sasaki
  • Yuga Takada
  • Yoto Ueda

Scrum-halves

  • Satoshi Maekawa
  • Atsushi Minami
  • Chisato Murayama
  • Ninomiya Noborusei

Fly-halves

  • Ryoma Nakamura

Centres

  • Shuta Fukushi
  • Shori Hoshino
  • Masatoshi Ito
  • Osuka-Lloyd Murata
  • Yujiro Sasaki

Wingers

  • Goshi Hatanaka
  • Shimoyama Hikaru
  • Ryotara Kaga
  • Nobutaka Kanto
  • Kodai Ono
  • Yuki Sugahara
  • Yuki Takizawa
  • Shuta Ujiie
  • Gerdus van der Walt

Fullbacks

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 Squad" (in Japanese). Kamaishi Seawaves. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  4. "Une grande équipe historique japonaise: Kamaishi Seawaves". Japon Rugby (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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