Nippon Steel Kamaishi Seawaves

Nippon Steel Kamaishi Seawaves
日本製鉄釜石シーウェイブス
Full name	Nippon Steel Kamaishi Seawaves
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname	Kamaishi Seawaves
Founded	2001
Region	Iwate Prefecture, Tōhoku
Ground	Kamaishi City Stadium
Coach	Yasuo Suda
League(s)	Japan Rugby League One, Division Two
2022	5th
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 2025-26 season is:^[3] ^[a] ^[b]

Kamaishi Seawaves squad
Props Yusuke Yamada Sei Matsuyama Suguru Aoyagi Shodai Osada Taiki Noguchi Riku Takahashi Satoshi Ueda Troy Hallett Yutaro Yamaguchi ^REP ^[a] ^[b] Hookers Daiki Ito Naoki Ouno Hayato Nishibayashi Lulu Paea Locks Dallas Tatana Ryunosuke Yamada Yuga Suzuki Satoshi Hatazawa Connor Seve Yuki Kikuchi ^REP ^[a] ^[b]	Flankers Ben Nee-Nee Ryota Kono Daisuke Musha Taichi Takahashi Angus Fletcher Kohei Ishigaki Taison Mogami ^REP ^[a] ^[b] No8s Sam Henwood* Scrum-halves Atsushi Minami Yohei Murakami (c) Takumi Tokairin Shinnosuke Tafokitau Oka* Fly-halves Kazushi Ochi Mitch Hunt Kaisei Takai	Centres Paula Mahe Osuka-lloyd Murata Katsuto Hatanaka Koki Saito Gerdus van der Walt* Mosese Tonga* Wingers Liekina Kaufusi* Darius Thomas* Ryuji Abe Kodai Ono Gousuke Kawakami Ken Chiba Fullbacks Ryo Kikkawa Daiki Kon Utility Backs

(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d February 3 2026,Yamaguchi,Kikuchi,Mogami was Joined as an early entry(graduating from university this academic year) from the team after the round 5. ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Yamaguchi,Kikuchi,Mogami is eligible to compete starting from Round 6.

The following former Kamaishi Seawaves players became Japanese internationals:^[4]

^ "Overview of Kamaishi City". Kamaishi City Council. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
^ 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.
^ "Kamaishi Seawaves Members" (in Japanese). Kamaishi Seawaves. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "Une grande équipe historique japonaise: Kamaishi Seawaves". Japon Rugby (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2017.