Kyuden Voltex

Kyuden Voltex
キューデンヴォルテクス

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Full name	Kyuden Voltex
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Voltex
Founded	1951
Location	Fukuoka, Japan
Ground(s)	Kashii, Fukuoka city
League(s)	Top Challenge League
2017–18	4th
Team kit

Kyuden Voltex is a Japanese rugby team owned by Kyushu Electric Power Co. (Kyūshū Denryoku). The nickname "Voltex" is a conflation of "Voltage" and "Techniques" and was decided after the team won promotion to the Top League. The team is based in Kashii, Fukuoka and from the 2007-8 season is playing in the semi-professional Top League at the top of Japanese domestic rugby. It is the third team based in Kyūshū to play in the league, the other two being Coca-Cola Red Sparks and Munakata Sanix Blues.

In the fifth season of the Top League (2007-8) Kyuden managed to avoid the play-offs and stay in the league. They also won the league's "Fair Play" prize.

Team colours

Main: red with yellow trimmed jersey, black shorts; Second: white jersey and shorts with blue trim. See here. The former are Kyuden's traditional colours since founding of the club. The colours to be used in the Top League were announced on October 12, 2007.　

Sanix v Kyuden at Global Arena, Top League Round 11, January 20, 2008. Kyuden won this local derby 13-5. Nathan Grey is at outside centre (No. 12).

2012-13 Squad

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

Player Position Union Tatsuya Matsunaga Hooker Japan Ryota Nakanishi Hooker Japan Kouki Satou Hooker Japan Masahiro Arima Prop Japan Kotaro Hirohata Prop Japan Keiji Ikeda Prop Japan Kodai Kawasaki Prop Japan Kazuyuki Koyanagi Prop Japan Koki Imamura Prop Japan Hirofumi Onoda Prop Japan Chris Jack Lock New Zealand Kohei Kichijo Lock Japan Masato Ura Lock Japan Kazuto Yamashita Lock Japan Toshihiro Yoshiura Lock Japan Kazuma Hirata Flanker Japan Shun Kawarasaki Flanker Japan Tom McVerry Flanker Australia Michiro Takai Flanker Japan Makoto Matsumoto Flanker Japan Takahiro Ooyama Flanker Japan Takeshi Sindo Flanker Japan Genki Nakamura Flanker Japan Shintaro Urakawa Flanker Japan Masatoshi Hasako Number 8 Japan Takahiro Inoue Number 8 Japan Matt Luamanu Number 8 New Zealand Wataru Obara Number 8 Japan Akinobu Nagano Number 8 Japan

Player Position Union Kazuki Abe Scrum-half Japan Kotako Komori Scrum-half Japan James Price Scrum-half Philippines Tadasuke Matsuo Scrum-half Japan Yuzou Honda Fly-half Japan Kousei Kukimoto Fly-half Japan Genki Saito Fly-half Japan Gareth Holgate Centre Philippines Ben Jacobs Centre Australia Kota Kurogi Centre Japan Hiroaki Otsubo Centre Japan Takuya Shima Centre Japan Dwayne Sweeney Centre New Zealand Yuichi Yamaguchi Centre Japan Kenji Hayata Wing Japan Masanobu Suefuji Wing Japan Masahiro Yoshinaga Wing Japan Tomohiro Shokai Fullback Japan Yusuke Aramaki Fullback Japan Katsuya Yoshida Fullback Japan

Coach

Zane Hilton

External links

• Official Home Page
• Kyuden v Sanix (QuickTime movie, Top League game, January 20, 2008)