Mitsubishi Sagamihara 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.

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/

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 2023-24 season is:^[2]

Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars squad
Props   Taro Aihara   Yu Chinen   Mototsugu Hachiya   Hayato Hosoda   Tomoaki Ishii   Jun Morimoto   Akihiro Ogiso   Shunsuke Sakamoto   Kanzo Schinckel   Ryuta Sagara Hookers   Yuki Miyazato   Atsuro Nakamura   Kakeru Umemoto   Yoshimitsu Yasue   Matt Moulds ^REP Locks   Maoya Nakagawa   Cho Song-yu*   Walt Steenkamp   Ryoma Tokuda   Epineri Uluiviti*   Makoto Daniel Linde*   Kohki Matsumoto ^REP	Flankers   Jackson Hemopo   Koki Hattori   Yusuke Sakamoto   Kohki Satoh   Shinya Tanaka   Timote Tavalea*   Masataka Tsuruya   Kyo Yoshida No8s   Marino Mikaele-Tu'u   Shoma Sagawa ^REP Scrum-halves   Kota Iwamura (c)   Ryuta Nakamori   Ryoto Shibata   Jack Stratton   Taichi Takahashi   Shoki Yoshimoto ^REP Fly-halves   Ryuto Fukuyama   James Grayson   Kazuki Ishida   Matt To'omua	Centres   Joichiro Iwashita   Brackin Karauria-Henry   Riku Mishima   Nozomi Nara   Curtis Rona   Takumi Sugiura   Fisipuna Tuiaki   Matt Vaega   Tonishio Vaiahu Wingers   DJ Kashima   Tomoyuki Ochiai   Ben Paltridge*   Honeti Taumohaapai   To'o Junior Vaega Fullbacks   Han Jon-mun   Satoshi Koizumi   Kento Nakai   Yu Okudaira   Sora Roland Alaia'sa* Utility Backs
(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

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

External links

• Mitsubishi Dynaboars - official page (Japanese)