Akita Northern Bullets

Akita Northern Bullets
Full nameAkita Northern Bullets Rugby Football Club
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Founded1958
GroundAkigin Stadium (Capacity: 4,992)
PresidentKunihiro Chida
CoachYasushi Ishizuka
LeagueTop East League
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.northern-bullets.com

Akita Northern Bullets are a Japanese rugby union team that play in the Top East League. The team is based in Akita, Akita, Japan.[1] In 1958, the Akita City Government created a rugby union team. The new Bullets team was formed in 2004, and allocated to the Top North League. As of 2017, the club is in the Top East Division 1, the third-highest level of rugby competition in the country

Notable players and coaches

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union
Makoto Somazawa Prop Japan
Keigo Koide Prop Japan
Eito Kanamori Prop Japan
Ken Saito Prop Japan
Motoi Yagi Prop Japan
Shota Hirono Prop Japan
Ryūichi Natsui Prop Japan
Lai Takuji Chris Hooker Japan
Masahiro Sato Hooker Japan
Ryotaro Uemura Hooker Japan
Syunta Nakazono Lock Japan
Mosese Sokiveta Lock Fiji
Ryo Kato Lock Japan
Kyohei Yasuda Lock Japan
Tomoki Yasuda Flanker Japan
Yoichiro Yokoi Flanker Japan
Ryūta Imai Flanker Japan
Yuito Kobayashi Flanker Japan
Yūma Asano Flanker Japan
Moseituba Sio Flanker Fiji
Keanu Coetzee Flanker South Africa
Kūkai Murata Number 8 Japan
Kyosuke Toyoshima Number 8 Japan
Player Position Union
Naoki Yasuda Scrum-half Japan
Yoshifumi Hashimoto Scrum-half Japan
Naoya Nagata Scrum-half Japan
Seiji Takahashi Scrum-half Japan
Hayase Akashi Fly-half Japan
Ken Hashimoto Fly-half Japan
Shuto Fukushima Centre Japan
Shoto Nishizono Centre Japan
Itsuki Kodama Centre Japan
Rikiya Sato Centre Japan
Ryūhei Oide Centre Japan
Viliame Sokiveta Centre Fiji
Shaun Williams Wing South Africa
Shotaro Watanabe Wing Japan
Hideyuki Shimizu Wing Japan
Taiga Kajiwara Wing Japan
Itaru Matsuo Wing Japan
Shotaro Shibata Wing Japan
Ryogo Sato Wing Japan

Honors and titles

Top North League

  • Champions (2): 2004-05, 2005-06
  • Runners-up (3) 2001, 2002, 2003-04

National Sports Festival of Japan

  • Champions (1): 2007

Songs and chants

  • City Anthem of Akita - Audio

Lyrics

Official Rōmaji

朝太平の峰に明け、岸壁輝く秋田港
羽越奥羽の交わる所
北日本を開きゆく使命に燃える大秋田

Asa Taihei no Mine ni ake
Ganpeki Kagayaku Akitako
Uetsu Ou no Majiwarutokoro
Kitanippon wo hirakiyuku
Shimei ni moeru Daiakita

References

  1. ^ Japan Rugby (6 November 2017). "Akita Northern Bullets". Retrieved 6 November 2017.
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