Sanyo Wild Knights

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Sanyo Wild Knights
三洋電機ワイルドナイツ
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Full name Sanyo Wild Knights
Union Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s) Wild Knights
Founded 1960
Location Ota, Gunma, Japan
Ground(s) Sanyo Wild Knights Ground
Coach(es) Katsufumi Miyamoto
Team kit

Sanyo Wild Knights (formerly Sanyo) is a Japanese rugby union team based in Ōta city, Gunma prefecture which plays in the Top League. Inspired by Tony Brown at fly half (though he was not captain), it dominated the league in the fifth season and was the first team to be unbeaten throughout a Top League season.

Slogan for 2006 season: ADAPTABILITY

All-Japan Champions: 2008

Contents

[edit] Squad

Nat. Position Player
Japan HK Hidemi Ota
Japan HK Yoshitake Mizuma
Japan HK Mitsugu Yamamoto
Japan PR Tomokazu Soma
Japan PR Jungo Kikawa
South Korea PR Kim Kwang Mo
Japan PR Yuuki Kawano
Japan PR Naoki Kawamata
Japan LK Youichi Iijima
Japan LK Youngnam You
Japan LK Kenta Ishii
New Zealand LK Justin Ives
Japan LK Jun Sakaida
Japan LK Yohei Takisawa
Japan FL Daishi Wakamatsu
Japan FL Dai Kawaguchi
Australia FL Daniel Heenan
New Zealand FL Kieran Black
Japan FL Philip O'Reilly
Japan N8 Koliniasi Ryu Holani
Japan N8 Sione Vatuvei
Nat. Position Player
Japan SH Atsushi Takayasu
Japan SH Fumiaki Tanaka
Japan SH Daisuke Motegi
New Zealand FH Tony Brown
Japan FH Masakazu Irie
Japan FH Hiroaki Tainaka
Australia FH Elia Tuqiri
Japan CE Atsushi Tanabe
Japan CE Junpei Enomoto
Japan CE Seiichi Shimomura
Japan CE Yuya Noguchi
Japan CE Ryohei Miki
Japan WG Tomokazu Yamauchi
Japan WG Takashi Miyake
Japan WG Tomoki Kitagawa
Japan WG Rikiya Asami
Japan FB Takashi Yoshida
Japan FB Hiroshi Yamashita
Japan FB Taisuke Hieida

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[edit] Past

[edit] Coaches

[edit] References

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