Skyactivs Hiroshima

Skyactivs Hiroshima
マツダスカイアクティブス広島
Full nameSkyactivs Hiroshima
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
NicknameSkyactivs
CoachDamian Karauna
CaptainTomoki Ashida
League(s)Japan Rugby League One, Division Three
20251th
Relegated to Division Three
Team kit
Official website
www.skyactivs.com

Skyactivs Hiroshima (formerly Mazda Blue Zoomers) are a Japanese rugby union team who compete in the Japan Rugby League One. They were formerly owned by car manufacturers Mazda based in Fuchū, Hiroshima, Japan. The team rebranded as Skyactivs Hiroshima, dropping the Mazda name, ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One in 2022.[1]

Squad

The Skyactivs Hiroshima squad for the 2025-26 season is:[2]

Skyactivs Hiroshima squad

Props

  • Haruki Umemoto
  • Koshi Kato
  • Ryōto Tomita
  • Koshiro Shigenobu
  • Tadatsugu Kanayama
  • Tomonori Koyanagi
  • Tomoya Ōtake
  • Yuji Takahashi
  • Shota Kasai

Hookers

  • Yūsuke Kitabayashi
  • Tomohiro Takeda
  • Taichi Yokō
  • Taisei Hiranuma DEP [a]
  • Koki Nakano

Locks

  • Kaiha Noda
  • Tye Nash*
  • Ramo Sato
  • Yutaro Tanaka
  • Andrew Davidson
  • Kanto Watanabe

Flankers

No8s

Scrum-halves

  • Dai Goto
  • Taiyo Fukuyama
  • Kotaro Tatsuno

Fly-halves

Centres

  • Jake Abel
  • Shunya Motoyama
  • Lee Soo-pyung*
  • Clynton Knox*
  • Kaito Sasaoka
  • Takehiro Watanabe
  • Shunpei Matsuzawa

Wingers

  • Tsubasa Kono
  • Kohei Kamei
  • Hayato Kanamaru
  • Haruki Kitajima
  • Kohei Tanaka
  • Yūto Nakamura

Fullbacks

  • Keisuke Nakamoto
  • Ren Ōuchi
  • Ginjiro Sakiguchi

Utility Backs

(c) denotes team captain.
  1. ^ February 10 2026,Hiranuma was released from the team after round 6
  2. ^ December 16 2025,Waaka was released from the team after round 1
  3. ^ January 22 2026,Craig-Ranga was joined from the team after round 3

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One". Asie Rugby (in French). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Skyactivs Hiroshima". Asie Rugby. Retrieved 12 October 2021.