Kurita Water Gush Akishima

Kurita Water Gush Akishima
栗田工業ウォーターガッシュ昭島
Full name	Kurita Water Rugby Akishima
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname	Water Gush
Founded	1962
Ground(s)	Kurita Industrial Ground ; 35°30′24″N 139°19′2″E / 35.50667°N 139.31722°E
Coach	Masahumi Uchiyama
League(s)	Japan Rugby League One, Division Three
2025	3rd
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.kurita-watergush.jp

Kurita Water Gush Akishima is a Japanese rugby union team competing in Division Three of Japan Rugby League One. Owned by Kurita Water Industries, a water treatment chemical manufacturer, the team is based in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The team rebranded as Kurita Water Gush Akishima in 2022, coinciding with the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One.^[1]

Squad

The Kurita Water Gush Akishima squad for the 2025-26 season is:^[2] ^[a] ^[b]

Kurita Water Gush Akishima squad
Props Kei Tagusagawa Kei Shibuya Aki Kajihara Shoya Koyama Masashi Debuchi Rui Kuriyama Shohei Tsujimura Issa Hosoya Kosei Ōtani Yūki Kawai Taishin Yuasa ^REP ^[a] ^[b] Hookers Kota Hojo Ryota Kuribara Ryutaro Iguchi Tasuke Yao ^REP ^[a] ^[b] Locks Daymon Leasuasu* Kengo Nakamura Kota Nakamura Kai Yamasaki Youji Shīna Junior Ahokovi Vili Helu Daiki Kusunoki ^REP ^[a] ^[b]	Flankers Hiroki Kawase Taisei Nakao Papaseea Matelau Morishi Ito ^REP ^[a] ^[b] Motoi Naito ^REP ^[a] ^[b] No8s Sione Afemui* Tevita Oto* Teariki Ben-Nicholas Ryūsei Yamaguchi ^REP ^[a] ^[b] Scrum-halves Sho Nakamura Kakeru Sugihara Ren Shinwada Yūgo Oyamada ^REP ^[a] ^[b] Fly-halves Takuro Hayashida Shinpei Suganuma Hiroki Handa Yūjin Ikezawa Piers Francis	Centres Shogo Yanagita So Matsushima Daiki Yokota Katsuki Ishizuka Takuma Enomoto Iori Yokoyama Quinton Nicholas Wingers Kentaro Sugimori Ryo Hosomoto Kai Yamamoto Ryohei Momota ^REP ^[a] ^[b] Fullbacks Yūta Sugiyama Koshi Emoto Kauri Tipene-Grace Utility Backs

(c) denotes team captain. ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ January 27 2026, Yuasa,Yao,Kusunoki,Ito,Naito,Yamaguchi,Oyamada,Momota was Joined as an early entry(graduating from university this academic year) from the team after the round 4. ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Yuasa,Yao,Kusunoki,Ito,Naito,Yamaguchi,Oyamada,Momota is eligible to compete starting from Round 5.

References

^ "La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One". Asie Rugby (in French). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "Kurita Water Gush Member List". Kurita Water Gush. Retrieved 16 December 2019.

External links

Kurita Water Official Site

[Early_Entry-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ January 27 2026, Yuasa,Yao,Kusunoki,Ito,Naito,Yamaguchi,Oyamada,Momota was Joined as an early entry(graduating from university this academic year) from the team after the round 4.

[Early_Entry_match-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Yuasa,Yao,Kusunoki,Ito,Naito,Yamaguchi,Oyamada,Momota is eligible to compete starting from Round 5.

[1] "La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One". Asie Rugby (in French). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[Kurita_Water_Gush_squad-2] "Kurita Water Gush Member List". Kurita Water Gush. Retrieved 16 December 2019.

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