Kurita Water Gush Akishima

Kurita Water Gush Akishima
栗田工業ウォーターガッシュ昭島
Full nameKurita Water Rugby Akishima
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
NicknameWater Gush
Founded1962
Ground(s)Kurita Industrial Ground
35°30′24″N 139°19′2″E / 35.50667°N 139.31722°E / 35.50667; 139.31722
CoachMasahumi Uchiyama
League(s)Japan Rugby League One, Division Three
20253th
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]

Kurita Water Gush Akishima squad

Props

  • Kei Tagusagawa
  • Kei Shibuya
  • Aki Kajihara
  • Shoya Koyama
  • Masashi Debuchi
  • Rui Kuriyama
  • Shohei Tsujimura
  • Issa Hosoya
  • Kosei Ohtani
  • Yuki Kawai

Hookers

  • Kota Hojo
  • Ryota Kuribara
  • Ryutaro Iguchi

Locks

Flankers

  • Hiroki Kawase
  • Taisei Nakao
  • Papaseea Matelau

No8s

Scrum-halves

  • Sho Nakamura
  • Kakeru Sugihara
  • Ren Shinwada

Fly-halves

  • Takuro Hayashida
  • Shinpei Suganuma
  • Hiroki Handa
  • Yujin 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

Fullbacks

  • Yuta Sugiyama
  • Koshi Emoto
  • Kauri Tipene-Grace

Utility Backs

(c) denotes team captain.

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. ^ "Kurita Water Gush Member List". Kurita Water Gush. Retrieved 16 December 2019.