NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes

NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes
NTTドコモレッドハリケーンズ

Full name

Union

Japan Rugby Football Union

Nickname(s)

Red Hurricanes

Founded

1993

Location

Osaka, Japan

Ground(s)

Various stadiums

League(s)

Top League

2011–12

1st kit

2nd kit

Official website

docomo-rugby.jp/index.php

NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes is a Japanese rugby union team owned by NTT DoCoMo. They qualified for the 2011–12 season and finished 12th place overall.

Squad

The NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes squad for 2015-16 Top League season:^[1]

Props

Chang Tae-Yook
Yuichi Hisadomi
Yuuki Kawano
Hiroshi Kitajima
Yosuke Nishiura
Syun Okabe
Woong Heo

Hookers

Hiro Izumi
Masaki Midorikawa
Hiroaki Ushihara

Locks

Eben Etzebeth
Taro Matsukawa
Shinya Osugi
Park Soon-Chai
Taro Sato
Toru Sugishita
Yoichiro Tsuchiya
Naoyuki Ueyama

Loose Forwards

Heinrich Brüssow
Joe Iongi
Ryo Kawada
Go Miura
Kosuke Tsujii
Wimpie van der Walt

Scrum-halves

Ippei Hata
Akira Inoue
Dai Kasagi
Takuya Tsujino

Fly-halves

Masahito Imura
Sigeru Kohiyama
Handré Pollard

Centres

Yosuke Eto
Masaki Kawabata
Kim Yon-hi
Takehiro Kiyose
Masaki Kobayashi
Jesse Kriel
Takeshi Nakaya
Mifiposeti Paea
Ierome Jeffrey Tsuyoshi

Wingers

Takeshi Hirase
Josefa Lilidam
Naoto Omatsu
Koki Shigeno
Yoshimi Watanabe

Fullbacks

Shota Saiguchi
Yoshihito Sato
Israel Folau

References

↑ "NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes: The Team" (in Japanese). Docomo Rugby. Retrieved 19 July 2015.

External links

Red Hurricanes Official Site

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

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone

Main Companies	AutoWeb Communication Inc HKNet Nippon Telegraph & Telephone East Corp Nippon Telegraph & Telephone West Corp NTT Communications Corp NTT Communicationware Corp NTT Comware Corp NTT Data Corp NTT Facilities Inc NTT Finance Japan Co Ltd NTT Leasing Co Ltd NTT Worldwide Telecommunications Corp NTT America, Inc. NTT Europe Ltd

Main Services	Verio Plala Open Computer Network

Media and broadband companies	Docomo Pacific

Mobile Networks	NTT DoCoMo NTT Docomo USA Tata DoCoMo

Related Articles	Omiya Ardija NTT Publishing

NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes squad

Forwards	Heinrich Brüssow Chang Tae-Yook Eben Etzebeth Yuichi Hisadomi Joe Iongi Hiro Izumi Ryo Kawada Yuuki Kawano Hiroshi Kitajima Taro Matsukawa Masaki Midorikawa Go Miura Yosuke Nishiura Syun Okabe Shinya Osugi Park Soon-Chai Taro Sato Toru Sugishita Yoichiro Tsuchiya Kosuke Tsujii Naoyuki Ueyama Hiroaki Ushihara Wimpie van der Walt Woong Heo

Backs	Yosuke Eto Israel Folau Ippei Hata Takeshi Hirase Masahito Imura Akira Inoue Dai Kasagi Masaki Kawabata Kim Yon-hi Takehiro Kiyose Masaki Kobayashi Sigeru Kohiyama Jesse Kriel Josefa Lilidam Takeshi Nakaya Naoto Omatsu Mifiposeti Paea Handré Pollard Shota Saiguchi Yoshihito Sato Koki Shigeno Takuya Tsujino Ierome Jeffrey Tsuyoshi Yoshimi Watanabe

Coach	Shitaoki Masahiro

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