Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars

Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars
三菱重工相模原ダイナボアーズ
Full name	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Sagamihara Rugby Club
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Dynaboars
Founded	1981
Location	Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Ground(s)	Sagamihara Gion Stadium (Capacity: 15,300)
Chairman	Shigeki Iwamatsu
Coach(es)	Glenn Delaney
Captain(s)	Kota Iwamura
League(s)	Japan Rugby League One
2022–2023	10th
Team kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.mhi.com/jp/company/sports/dynaboars/

Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars (三菱重工相模原ダイナボアーズ) also known as Mitsubishi Juko Sagamihara Rugby Club, are a Japanese rugby union team based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The owner of this club is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

The club was founded in 1981. It came second in the Top East 10 league in 2004-5 and entered the Top League challenge series play-off.

The club won the Top East 11 league in 2006–07 and entered the Top League in 2007–08. The team was named Dynaboars (a conflation of "dynamic" and "boars") as part of their promotion to the Top League; however, they were demoted at the end of the season. The Dynaboars signed ex-Wales international and IRB World Player of the Year 2008 Shane Williams in 2012, retiring in 2014.^[1]

Players

Current squad

The Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars squad for the 2024-25 season is:^[2]

Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars squad
Props Yu Chinen Mototsugu Hachiya Chang Ho Ahn* Tomoaki Ishii Jun Morimoto Shunsuke Sakamoto Kanzo Schinckel Rento Tsukayama Hookers Yuki Miyazato Hayato Hosoda Kakeru Umemoto Yoshimitsu Yasue Lee Seung-hyuk Shoma Sagawa Locks Maoya Nakagawa Cho Song-yu* Walt Steenkamp Ryoma Tokuda Epineri Uluiviti Makoto Daniel Linde* Kohki Matsumoto	Flankers Koki Hattori Yusuke Sakamoto Kohki Satoh Timote Tavalea* Masataka Tsuruya Kyo Yoshida No8s Jackson Hemopo Marino Mikaele-Tu'u Scrum-halves Kota Iwamura (c) Ryuta Nakamori Ryoto Shibata Jack Stratton* Fly-halves James Grayson	Centres Joichiro Iwashita Riku Mishima Nozomi Nara Charlie Lawrence* Curtis Rona Takumi Sugiura Matt Vaega* Tonisio Vaihu Wingers DJ Kashima Kurt-Lee Arendse Ben Paltridge* Honeti Taumohaapai Sora Roland Alaia'sa* Too Junior Vaega* Fullbacks Shoki Yoshimoto Kazuki Ishida Satoshi Koizumi Kento Nakai Yu Okudaira Utility Backs Ryuto Fukuyama
(c) denotes team captain. Bold denotes internationally capped.

Former players

Simon Kasprowicz - lock
Blair Urlich - No. 8
Kohei Matsui - center three-quarter back
Troy Flavell - lock
Isma-eel Dollie - Flyhalf
Shane Williams – Wing
Dave Walder - Flyhalf
David Milo - No. 8
Hamish Gard inside centre

Coaches

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Head coach	Glenn Delaney	New Zealand
Assistant coach	Ben Franks	New Zealand
Assistant coach	Joe Maddock	New Zealand
Assistant coach	Yasumasa Miyamoto	Japan
Assistant coach	Nicholas Ealey	New Zealand
Assistant coach	Kensaku Akuta	Japan

References

^ "Shane Williams: Former Wales wing announces retirement". BBC Sport. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
^ "Players/staff" (in Japanese). Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars. 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

External links

Mitsubishi Dynaboars - official page (Japanese)

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[1] "Shane Williams: Former Wales wing announces retirement". BBC Sport. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2018.

[Players/staff-2] "Players/staff" (in Japanese). Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars. 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

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