Kurita Water Gush Akishima Explained

Teamname:	Kurita Water Gush Akishima 栗田工業ウォーターガッシュ昭島
Union:	Japan Rugby Football Union
Fullname:	Kurita Water Rugby Akishima
Nickname:	Water Gush
Founded:	1962
Ground:	Kurita Industrial Ground 35.5067°N 139.3172°W
Coach:	Wycliff Palu
League:	Japan Rugby League One, Division Three
Season:	2022
Position:	6th
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Url:	www.kurita-water-rugby.net

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 2023-24 season is:^[2]

Kurita Water Gush Akishima squad
Props Masashi Debuchi Shoya Koyama Kim Hyong-ji* Aki Kajiwara Rui Kuriyama Kei Shibuya Kei Tagusagawa Shohei Tsujimura Issa Hosoya ^REP ^DEP Hookers Kota Hojo Jun Kaneko Ryota Kuribara Ryutaro Iguchi Locks Hiroki Kawase Mike Williams Daymon Leasuasu Mitsuo Nakao Kengo Nakamura Kota Nakamura Tebita Oto* Kai Yamasaki Youji Shiina ^REP ^DEP	Flankers Yosuke Ishii Taisei Nakao No8s Teariki Ben-Nicholas Scrum-halves Daiyu Ishimori Sho Nakamura Ryo Omasa Kakeru Sugihara Ren Shinwada Fly-halves Shogo Yanagita Takuro Hayashida Shinpei Suganuma Piers Francis Hiroki Handa ^REP ^DEP Yujin Ikezawa ^REP ^DEP	Centres Hosea Saumaki Antonio Mikaele-Tu'u So Matsushima Jamie Vakalahi* Daiki Yokota Katsuki Ishida ^REP ^DEP Wingers Koshi Emoto Keigo Hamazoe Ayato Sakamoto Kentaro Sugimori Yuta Sugiyama Tumanawa Tawhai Ryo Hosomoto ^REP ^DEP Fullbacks Yuki Kono Utility Backs
(c) denotes team captain.

External links

• Kurita Water Official Site

Notes and References

1. News: La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One. Asie Rugby. 16 July 2021. 16 July 2021. French.
2. Web site: Kurita Water Gush Member List . Kurita Water Gush . 16 December 2019.