Ricoh Black Rams

Ricoh Black Rams
リコーブラックラムズ

Full name	Ricoh Black Rams
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Black Rams
Founded	1953
Location	Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Ground(s)	Ricoh Kinuta Ground
Coach(es)	Tim Lane
Team kit 2nd kit

Ricoh Black Rams is a Japanese rugby union team in the Top League. Placed 10th in the 2004-5 season which meant it had to win a play-off against one of the top regional teams to stay in the league, as it did.

Slogan for 2006 season: TAFU ("Tough" in English). The acronym stands for Team, Aggression, Faith, Unity.

In January 2008 it was announced that Stephen Larkham will be joining the team next season, but the team was relegated back to the Japan East League where Larkham will begin his career in Japan. In April 2008 Todd Louden was announced as head coach, to be assisted by Pote Human (Daily Yomiuri, April 26, 2008).

Schedule/Results

2005

February 13. Ricoh Black Rams v Toyota Jido Shokki - placed third in the Top League Challenge Series.

Players

Current Squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.

Player Position Union Yoshiyuki Takizawa Hooker Japan Yuuki Mori Hooker Japan Akiyoshi Kawaguchi Hooker Japan Masahiro Noguchi Hooker Japan Hideaki Takahashi Prop Japan Yuusuke Nagae Prop Japan Yuuta Ito Prop Japan Daisuke Kuwabara Prop Japan Kazuhiro Shibata Prop Japan Kei Sumita Prop Japan Yuusuke Inoue Prop Japan Yuusuke Matsumoto Prop Japan Emosi Kauhenga Lock Tonga Mitsuki Sakamoto Lock Japan Tomohiro Oinuma Lock Japan Takeshi Mabuchi Lock Japan Daichi Ooyama Lock Japan Kenta Yamamoto Lock Japan Daiki Yanagawa Lock Japan Ryouta Ai Flanker Japan Rikiya Kawakami Flanker Japan Kouji Ai Flanker Japan Kazuhiro Moriya Flanker Japan Takeru Yoshizawa Flanker Japan Gen Kakurai Flanker Japan Youngdae Kim Flanker Japan Hiroyuki Moriyama Number 8 Japan Rocky Havili Number 8 New Zealand Michael Broadhurst Number 8 New Zealand Hale T-Pole Number 8 Tonga Youngdae Kim Flanker Japan Colin Bourke Number 8 New Zealand

Player Position Union Naotaka Yuasa Scrum-half Japan Wataru Ikeda Scrum-half Japan Yuuta Gotoh Scrum-half Japan Takashi Kamio Scrum-half Japan Masatoshi Nakamura Scrum-half Japan Yoshimitsu Kawano Fly-half Japan Riki Flutey Fly-half England Hikaru Iwata Fly-half Japan Ryou Tokunaga Fly-half Japan Ryoh Kanazawa Centre Japan Fumiya Santoh Centre Japan Akihiro Shigemi Centre Japan Kazuki Kohama Centre Japan Wynand Olivier Centre South Africa Akihiro Shioyama Centre Japan Daisuke Komatsu Wing Japan Shinsuke Ikegami Wing Japan Shouri Hoshino Wing Japan Shin-ichi Yokoyama Wing Japan Ken-ichi Yokoyama Wing Japan Roy Kinikinilau Wing Japan Genki Hasegawa Wing Japan Marc Le Wing New Zealand Yuusuke Kobuki Fullback Japan Shouta Tsuda Fullback Japan Daniel Peters Fullback New Zealand

In for 2012-2013 season

• Riki Flutey (from London Wasps)
• Justin Coveney (from Philippine Volcanoes)

Former

• Glen Osborne
• Inoke Afeaki
• Eroni Clarke
• James Haskell
• Ma'a Nonu
• Stephen Larkham

Coaches

• Tim Lane (2005-6 season)

External links

• Ricoh Black Rams - official site
• Ricoh unveils Larkham - Daily Yomiuri, February 14, 2008