Kubota Spears

Kubota Spears
クボタスピアーズ

Full name

Kubota Spears

Union

Japan Rugby Football Union

Nickname(s)

Spears

Founded

1978

Location

Funabashi, Chiba, Japan

Ground(s)

Various stadiums

Coach(es)

Frans Ludeke

1st kit

2nd kit

Kubota Spears is a Japanese rugby union team which is based in Funabashi, Chiba and they play in the Top League.

Their slogan for the 2006 season was FIGHT ON.

Current Squad

The provisional Kubota Spears squad for the 2016–17 Top League season is:^[1]

Kubota Spears squad
Props Wataru Iwatsume Takayuki Kabuki Kengo Kitagawa Taiki Koga Shoya Matsunami Satoshi Saita Kyohei Tomonaga Hookers Mitsuhisa Goto Kaname Ogiwara Hiroaki Sugimoto Naomichi Tatekawa (c) Locks Yuki Aoki Grant Hattingh Kim Ho-bum Tatsurou Konno Yoshiki Niizeki Yuki Shishimoto	Loose Forwards Yuta Chiba Shota Hagisawa Ryota Inahashi Phillip Finau Searle Kazuki Takamori Reiichi Tamura Scrum-halves Daisuke Inoue Takuya Inoue Hayato Motegi Ippei Okada Fly-halves Kazuhiro Goya Hideyuki Moriwaki Ryoma Shirai Harumichi Tatekawa	Centres Lionel Mapoe Katoni Otukolo Matt Saunders Takuro Takahashi Keita Uchida Shingo Yoshida Wingers Yuji Ito Hideto Kondou Takashi Suzuki Kenta Tanaka Yuya Tensaka Fullbacks Takuya Miyata Ryo Mochizuki Koji Mori

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

Former players

Joe Roff - Fullback/Wing
Barrie-Jon Mather - Centre/Wing
Marty Veale - Lock
Kōtarō Nakamura - Wing/Fullback
Jason O'Halloran
Cameron Pither
Shunji Ishikura - Lock

References

↑ 選手名鑑 [Players Directory]. Kubota Spears (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.

External links

Kubota Spears - Official Website

Top League

2015–16 Teams	Canon Eagles Coca-Cola Red Sparks Kobelco Steelers NEC Green Rockets NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes Toyota Industries Shuttles Toyota Verblitz Yamaha Jubilo Honda Heat Kintetsu Liners Kubota Spears NTT Shining Arcs Panasonic Wild Knights Ricoh Black Rams Suntory Sungoliath Toshiba Brave Lupus

Former Teams	Fukuoka Sanix Blues IBM Big Blue Kyuden Voltex Mitsubishi Dynaboars Secom Rugguts World Fighting Bull Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Champions JRFU

Rugby union in Japan

Governing body

Japan Rugby Football Union

National teams

Men's	Japan Sunwolves A U-20 7's

Women's	Women's 7's

Competitions

International	Japan at the Rugby World Cup Asian Rugby Championship Asian Sevens Series

Transnational	Super Rugby

National	Top League Lixil Cup Challenge series All-Japan Rugby Football Championship

Amateur	All Japan University Rugby Championship National High School Rugby Tournament

Hosted events	2019 Rugby World Cup Japan Sevens 2001 World Games Sanix World Youth Tournament

Defunct	Japan Company Rugby Football Championship

Major figures

Category
Commons

Kubota Spears squad

Forwards	Yuki Aoki Yuta Chiba Mitsuhisa Goto Shota Hagisawa Grant Hattingh Ryota Inahashi Wataru Iwatsume Takayuki Kabuki Kim Ho-bum Kengo Kitagawa Taiki Koga Tatsurou Konno Shoya Matsunami Yoshiki Niizeki Kaname Ogiwara Satoshi Saita Phillip Finau Searle Yuki Shishimoto Hiroaki Sugimoto Kazuki Takamori Reiichi Tamura Naomichi Tatekawa Kyohei Tomonaga

Backs	Kazuhiro Goya Daisuke Inoue Takuya Inoue Yuji Ito Hideto Kondou Lionel Mapoe Takuya Miyata Ryo Mochizuki Koji Mori Hideyuki Moriwaki Hayato Motegi Ippei Okada Katoni Otukolo Matt Saunders Ryoma Shirai Takashi Suzuki Takuro Takahashi Kenta Tanaka Harumichi Tatekawa Yuya Tensaka Keita Uchida Shingo Yoshida

Coach	Frans Ludeke

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