Red Hurricanes Osaka

Red Hurricanes Osaka
レッドハリケーンズ大阪
Full nameRed Hurricanes Osaka
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
NicknameRed Hurricanes
Founded1993
LocationOsaka, Japan
Ground(s)Nagai Stadium
Yodoko Sakura Stadium (Capacity: 47,816
and 25,000)
CoachMatt Cockbain
League(s)Japan Rugby League One, Division Three
202211th
Relegated to Division Three
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
docomo-rugby.jp/index.php

Red Hurricanes Osaka (formerly known as NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka) is a Japanese rugby union team owned by NTT Communications. They qualified for the 2011–12 season and finished 12th place overall. The team rebranded in 2022, ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One.[1]

Squad

The Red Hurricanes Osaka squad for the 2026-27 season is:[2]

NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes Osaka squad

Props

  • Hiromichi Sakamoto
  • Ryosei Kojima
  • Shosuke Fukasawa
  • Shunsuke Abe
  • Munetaka Sashida

Hookers

  • Hisamitsu Shimada (c)
  • Yo Sato
  • Kentaro Ōtsuka
  • Kanta Yoshida
  • Yura Chinen

Locks

  • Hibiki Noda
  • Sentaro Fukue
  • Shintaro Fujī
  • Hayato Ishibashi
  • Ryūsei Kaneko
  • JP du Preez

Flankers

  • Tōru Sugishita
  • Kaito Isono
  • Taro Sato
  • Itsuki Yano
  • Kanta Kurahashi
  • Yoshiki Yamazaki
  • Viliami Sapoi*
  • Jack O'Sullivan

No8s

Scrum-halves

  • Tatsuya Hamano
  • Akira Inoue
  • Toshihiro Yamanouchi
  • Yukito Akasako

Fly-halves

  • Oh Ryong-tee*
  • Yūma Kikumoto
  • Jiuliasi Tolu*

Centres

Wingers

  • Yūki Ishii
  • Kaishun Azuma
  • Takuma Yasui
  • Kenya Nishikawa
  • Shūichi Kobayashi

Fullbacks

Utility Backs

(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped


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. ^ "NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes: The Team". Docomo Rugby (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 February 2018.