Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix

Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix

Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Founded	2002;24 years ago (2002)
Location	Shibuya, Tokyo
League	All-Japan Women's Rugby Championship
2025	Champions
Official website
rc-phoenix.com

Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix is a Japanese women's rugby union team based in Shibuya, Tokyo. They compete in the All-Japan Women's Rugby Championship.

History

The club was established in 2002, with the women's team being founded in 2013.

In 2023, Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix signed a partnership with Australian Super Rugby Women's side the Western Force. ^{[1] [2]} The agreement would allow for pre-season trial games, the sharing of knowledge, exchange of players, management, coaches, training staff and media staff, co-creation branding and academy planning. ^{[1] [2]}

Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix met Mie Pearls for the 2023–2024 National Women’s Rugby Championship final which was played for the first time at the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium. ^{[3] [4]} They defeated the Mie Pearls 24–40. ^{[5] [6]}

After being crowned national champions, they played the Western Force in a pre-season trial match on 23 February at HBF Park; they won the game 24–14. ^{[7] [8]}

On 2 February 2025, they successfully defended their championship title which they have won for the third consecutive year. ^[9] They defeated Mie Pearls in the final to win the 11th Japan Women's Rugby Football Championship. ^[10]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Yuna Sato Forward Japan Iroha Kishimoto ?? Japan Haruna Okada ?? Japan Wakaba Okuno ?? Japan Misato Kuramochi ?? Japan Yui Masuda ?? Japan Mao Ishida ?? Japan Fumiko Otake ?? Japan Suzuha Okamoto ?? Japan Sokiveta Natsuki ?? Japan Momoko Kadowaki ?? Japan Aoi Kurokawa ?? Japan Ayumu Kokaji ?? Japan Mibu Kosaka ?? Japan Suzuka Nakashima ?? Japan Megumi Takagi ?? Japan Mana Furuta Centre Japan Sakura Mizutani ?? Japan

Player Position Union Reeko Tanaka ?? Japan Sayaka Tanaka ?? Japan Rikka Tabuchi ?? Japan Arisa Nishi ?? Japan Misaki Matsumura ?? Japan Yuina Yamamoto ?? Japan Karin Ozaki ?? Japan Hinata Komaki Prop Japan Savannah Bodman Back New Zealand Mei Jizodo ?? Japan Karen Sugiura ?? Japan Anan Seo Back Japan Yuna Nozawa ?? Japan Yuho Nozawa ?? Japan Rinka Matsuda ?? Japan Kasumi Murase ?? Japan Rizuki Yamamoto ?? Japan

Coaches

Coaching staff and Management

Position	Name
Head Coach	Eikou Yoshida
General Manager	Ryoma Kudo
Team Owner / President	Yohei Shinomiya

References

1. Somerford, Ben (2023-12-08). "Force Super W agree partnership with Japanese club Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix". westernforce.rugby. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
2. "Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix Sign Partnership With Western Force". RugbyAsia247. 2023-12-14. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
3. "Japan National Women's Rugby Championship Final 2024". RugbyAsia247. 2024-02-02. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
4. "Tokyo Set to Host National Women's Rugby Championship Final". Japan Rugby Football Union. 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
5. "Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix Rugby Club wins the 10th National Women's Rugby Football Championship for the second consecutive year". www.osp-holdings.co.jp. 2024-02-06. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
6. "Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix champion du Japon pour la 2ème fois de son histoire!". Asierugby (in French). 2024-02-03. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
7. Taylor, Nick (2024-02-23). "Force women fall short against Japanese champions Tokyo". westernforce.rugby. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
8. Chadwick, Justin (2024-02-23). "Force fight hard in SuperW loss to Japanese champs". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
9. "Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix Three-Peat - A Club That Has Successfully Risen From the Ashes and Eying Expansion". RugbyAsia247. 2025-02-24. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
10. "第11回全国女子ラグビーフットボール選手権大会 決勝 ｜大会・試合情報｜日本ラグビーフットボール協会". www.rugby-japan.jp (in Japanese). 2025-02-02. Retrieved 2025-03-10.

External links

• Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix (Official website)