| Teamname: | Toyota Verblitz トヨタ自動車ヴェルブリッツ |
| Fullname: | Toyota Verblitz |
| Founded: | 1941 |
| Union: | Japan Rugby Football Union |
| Ground: | Toyota Stadium Mizuho Rugby Stadium |
| Countryflag: | Japan |
| Location: | Toyota, Aichi, Japan |
| Capacity: | 45,000 15,000 |
| Rugby Director: | Steve Hansen |
| Coach: | Ben Herring |
| Captain: | Kaito Shigeno |
| League: | Japan Rugby League One |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Position: | 5th |
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Toyota Verblitz is a Japanese rugby union team in the Japan Rugby League One. Verblitz is a portmanteau of verde (Italian, Spanish and Portuguese for 'green') and blitz (German for 'lightning'). The team is owned by Toyota Motor Corporation and is not to be confused with the Toyota Industries Shuttles rugby team, owned by Toyota Industries. It shares Toyota Stadium in the city of Toyota, Aichi with the football club Nagoya Grampus which also used to be owned by Toyota Motors.
Verblitz (surprisingly given the team's pedigree) failed to make the cut for the first season of the Top League (2003-4) but entered the Top League in the second season and were a contender for the second Microsoft Cup. They lost the Japan Championship final on February 27, 2005, to NEC Green Rockets 13–17.
The Toyota Verblitz squad for the 2023-24 season is:[1]
| Toyota Verblitz squad | ||
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Hookers
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| Flankers
Number 8s Scrum-halves
Fly-halves
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Wingers
Fullbacks
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| (c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped |