Nippon Steel Kamaishi Seawaves

Nippon Steel Kamaishi Seawaves
日本製鉄釜石シーウェイブス
Full nameNippon Steel Kamaishi Seawaves
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
NicknameKamaishi Seawaves
Founded2001
RegionIwate Prefecture, Tōhoku
GroundKamaishi City Stadium
CoachYasuo Suda
League(s)Japan Rugby League One, Division Two
20225th
Official website
www.kamaishi-seawaves.com

Nippon Steel Kamaishi Seawaves (commonly known as the Kamaishi Seawaves) is a Rugby union football club in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 2001.[1]

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

Current squad

The Kamaishi Seawaves squad for the 2026-27 season is:[3]

Kamaishi Seawaves squad

Props

  • Japan Yūsuke Yamada
  • Japan Sei Matsuyama
  • Japan Yūtaro Yamaguchi
  • Japan Taiki Noguchi
  • Japan Riku Takahashi
  • Japan Rikyu Yamakawa
  • New Zealand Nesta Mahina**

Hookers

  • Japan Daiki Ito
  • Japan Hayato Nishibayashi

Locks

  • Japan Yūga Suzuki
  • Japan Satoshi Hatazawa
  • Australia Connor Seve
  • Samoa Ben Nee-Nee
  • Japan Yūki Kikuchi

Flankers

  • Japan Ryota Kono (c)
  • Japan Taichi Takahashi
  • New Zealand Angus Fletcher
  • Japan Taison Mogami

No8s

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Atsushi Minami
  • Japan Yohei Murakami
  • Japan Takumi Tokairin
  • Tonga Shinnosuke Tafokitau Oka**

Fly-halves

Centres

Wingers

  • Japan Larry Sulunga*
  • New Zealand Darius Thomas*
  • Japan Ryūji Abe
  • Japan Kodai Ono
  • Japan Gousuke Kawakami
  • Japan Ken Chiba

Fullbacks

  • Japan Kaisei Takai
  • Japan Daiki Kon

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. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. 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. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Une grande équipe historique japonaise: Kamaishi Seawaves". Japon Rugby (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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