Kamaishi Seawaves

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Rugby team

Kamaishi Seawaves
日本製鉄釜石シーウェイブス

Full name| Kamaishi Seawaves Rugby Football Club
Union| Japan Rugby Football Union
Founded| 2001
Region| Iwate Prefecture, Tōhoku
Ground(s)| Kamaishi City Stadium
Coach(es)| Yasuo Suda
League(s)| Japan Rugby League One, Division Two
2022| 5th
Official website
www.kamaishi-seawaves.com

Kamaishi Seawaves is a Rugby union football club in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 2001.[1]

At its inception, it was known as Nippon Steel Corporation Kamaishi.[2]

## Current squad

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The Kamaishi Seawaves squad for the 2023-24 season is:[3]

Kamaishi Seawaves squad

Props

* Yusuke Yamada
* Soichiro Inada
* Flyn Yates
* Shodai Osada
* Taiki Noguchi
* Makoto Somazawa
* Atsushi Suzuki
* Takuya Takahashi
* Tomoyoshi Oikawa
* Ryota Tsukada
* Sei Matsuyama REP
* Riku Takahashi REP

Hookers

* Daiki Ito
* Suguru Aoyaki
* Naoki Ouno
* Yuki Go

Locks

* Dallas Tatana
* Shoji Misaki
* Sergio Moreira
* Hamish Dalzell
* Sotaro Takahashi
* Ryunosuke Yamada
* Ben Nee-Nee
* Yuga Suzuki REP

Flankers

* Ryota Kono
* Daisuke Musha
* Taichi Takahashi
* Sam Henwood
* Kohei Ishigaki

No8s

* Seta Koroitamana

Scrum-halves

* Atsushi Minami
* Yohei Murakami
* Takumi Tokairin
* Kotaro Furukawa

Fly-halves

* Ryoma Nakamura
* Joshua Stander
* Kazushi Ochi

Centres

* Kaito Funaki
* Katsuto Hatanaka
* Osuka-lloyd Murata
* Darius Thomas
* Gerdus van der Walt
* Mosese Tonga*
* Kaisei Takai REP

Wingers

* Syo Kataoka
* Ryuji Abe
* Kodai Ono(c)
* Taisei Fukkoshi
* Jamie Henry

Fullbacks

* Ryo Kikkawa
* Cameron Bailey
* Ken Chiba
* Daiki Kon REP

Utility Backs

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

## Notable players

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The following former Kamaishi Seawaves players became Japanese internationals:[4]

* Masayoshi Ito
* Koji Miyata
* Osamu Koyabu
* Toru Wada
* Kazuo Muraguchi
* Takeshi Hatakeyama
* Akemi Namura
* Ichiro Kobayashi
* Kiyoshi Segawa
* Jiro Ishiyama
* Yuji Matsuo
* Shigetaka Mori
* Hideo Kobayashi
* Koji Horaguchi
* Yoshihiko Sakuraba
* Michihito Chida

## References

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1. ^ "Overview of Kamaishi City". Kamaishi City Council. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
2. ^ Nakagawa, Fumiyuki (23 May 2011). "Rugby squad cheers up quake-hit Kamaishi". Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
3. ^ "Kamaishi Seawaves Members" (in Japanese). Kamaishi Seawaves. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
4. ^ "Une grande équipe historique japonaise: Kamaishi Seawaves". Japon Rugby (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2017.

## External links

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* Official website

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Japan Rugby League One

2023–24 teams|

| Division One|

* Black Rams Tokyo
* Hanazono Kintetsu Liners
* Kobelco Kobe Steelers
* Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay
* Mie Honda Heat
* Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars
* Saitama Wild Knights
* Shizuoka Blue Revs
* Tokyo Sungoliath
* Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo
* Toyota Verblitz
* Yokohama Canon Eagles

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Division Two|

* Green Rockets Tokatsu
* Kamaishi Seawaves
* Kyuden Voltex
* NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka
* Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi
* Urayasu D-Rocks

Division Three|

* Chugoku Red Regulions
* Hino Red Dolphins
* Kurita Water Gush Akishima
* Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks
* Skyactivs Hiroshima

Former teams|

* Coca-Cola Red Sparks
* IBM Big Blue
* Munakata Sanix Blues
* Secom Rugguts
* World Fighting Bull
* Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars

Seasons|

* 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
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2022–23
* 2023–24

* Champions
* JRFU

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Rugby union in Japan

Governing body|

* Japan Rugby Football Union

National teams|

| Men's|

* Japan
* A
* U-20
* 7's

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Women's|

* Women's
* 7's

Competitions|

| International|

* Super Rugby

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National|

* Japan Rugby League One
* Lixil Cup
* Top Challenge League
* All-Japan Rugby Football Championship

Amateur|

* All-Japan University Rugby Championship
* National High School Rugby Tournament

Hosted events|

* 2019 Rugby World Cup
* Japan Sevens
* Japan Women's Sevens
* 2001 World Games
* Sanix World Youth Tournament

Defunct|

* Japan Company Rugby Football Championship

Major figures|

* Ginnosuke Tanaka
* Edward Bramwell Clarke
* Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu
* Shiggy Konno
* Yoshirō Mori
* International Players

Related articles|

* Sunwolves
* Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
* School Wars: Hero

* Category
* Commons

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Top Challenge League

2021 teams|

* Chugoku Red Regulions
* Coca-Cola Red Sparks
* Kamaishi Seawaves
* Kintetsu Liners
* Kurita Water Gush
* Kyuden Voltex
* Mazda Blue Zoomers
* Shimizu Blue Sharks
* Toyota Industries Shuttles

Former teams|

* Canon Eagles
* Chubu Electric Power
* Hino Red Dolphins
* Honda Heat
* IBM Big Blue
* JR Kyūshū Thunders
* Kubota Spears
* Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars
* Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
* Munakata Sanix Blues
* NTT Communications Shining Arcs
* NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes
* Osaka Police
* Ricoh Black Rams
* Secom Rugguts
* Tokyo Gas
* Toyota Verblitz
* World Fighting Bull
* Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars

Seasons|

| Top League Challenge Series|

* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17

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Top Challenge League|

* 2017
* 2018

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Kamaishi Seawaves - current squad

Forwards|

* Sam Henwood
* Soichiro Inada
* Daiki Ito
* Ryota Kono
* Seta Koroitamana
* Kota Kumamoto
* Shoji Misaki
* Sergio Moreira
* Daisuke Musha
* Yuta Nakano
* Ben Nee-Nee
* Toshihiro Nishii
* Taiki Noguchi
* Naoki Ono
* Shohei Osada
* Makoto Somazawa
* Atsushi Suzuki
* Takuya Takahashi
* Sotaro Takahashi
* Dallas Tatana
* Shun Terawaki
* Ryota Tsukada
* Ryunosuke Yamada
* Tatsuji Yoshida

Backs|

* Ryuji Abe
* Cameron Bailey
* Ken Chiba
* Taisei Fukikoshi
* Shuta Fukushi
* Kaito Funaki
* Katsuto Hatamaka
* Kohei Ishigaki
* Ryo Kataoka
* Osuka Lloyd-Murata
* Atsushi Minami
* Yohei Murakami
* Ryoma Nakamura
* Kodai Ono
* Gen Sasaki
* Yujiro Sasaki
* Hikaru Shimoyama
* Joshua Stander
* Yuki Sugahara
* Darius Thomas
* Takumi Tokairin
* Gerdus van der Walt

Coach|

* Yasuo Suda

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