Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo

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Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo
東芝ブレイブルーパス東京
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Full nameToshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo
Union Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Brave Lupus
Founded1948;76 years ago (1948)
Location Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
Ground(s) Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, 27,188 capacity
Ajinomoto Stadium, 49,970 capacity
Coach(es) Todd Blackadder
League(s) Japan Rugby League One
2023 5th
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Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo is a Japanese rugby union team in the Japan Rugby League One. They are based in Fuchu, Tokyo, as is their local rival Suntory Sungoliath. They won the second ever Top League championship in the 2004-5 season and the Microsoft Cup in 2005 under their innovative and inventive coach Masahiro Kunda, himself a former hooker for Toshiba and Japan. They are particularly known for the strength of their mauls. Before the Top League was created, the team was called Toshiba Fuchu after their location. Their slogan for 2006 season was "Once again to the Pinnacle (Restart)". The team rebranded as Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to Japan Rugby League One in 2022. [1]

Contents

Honours

Current squad

The Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo squad for the 2023-24 season is: [2]

Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Flankers

No8s

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

Wingers

Fullbacks

Utility Backs


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

All Blacks Richie Mo’unga has signed with the Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo and is due to join the side after the 2023 Rugby World Cup. [3]

Past players

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References

  1. "La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One". Asie Rugby (in French). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. "Toshiba Brave Lupus: The Team" (in Japanese). Toshiba Sports. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  3. "Richie Mo'unga officially signs in Japan". 25 December 2022.