Hino Red Dolphins

Hino Red Dolphins
日野自動車レッドドルフィンズ
Full name	Hino Motors Red Dolphins
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Red Dolphins
Founded	1950
Location	Hino, Tokyo Metropolis
Coach(es)	Naoto Hosoya
League(s)	Top League
2018–19	14th

Hino Motors Red Dolphins are a Japanese rugby union team, currently playing in the county's top tier Top League competition. The team is the rugby team of commercial vehicle manufacturer Hino Motors, based in Hino in the Tokyo Metropolis.^[1]

The team was founded in 1950, and spent their formative seasons playing in the Kanto League. They were promoted to the top division of the Top East League for the 2009 season, but were relegated in their first season. They bounced back at the first attempt, again winning promotion to the Top East League for the 2010 season. This time, they remained in that league until the 2017–18 season, when they won promotion to the newly formed Top Challenge League.^[2]

Season history

Hino Red Dolphins' record in the top two tiers since their promotion to the Top East League in 2008 was:^[3]

Hino Red Dolphins season history
Competition	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts	Pos	Notes
2008 Top East League	10	1	0	9	129	525	−396	1	1	6	10th	Relegated to the Kanto League.
2010 Top East League	10	3	0	8	242	390	−148	3	2	17	8th
2011 Top East League	10	1	1	7	117	353	−236	2	1	9	8th
2012 Top East League	9	2	0	7	138	350	−212	3	0	11	9th	Survived relegation play-offs
2013 Top East League	9	3	0	6	166	293	−127	3	1	16	7th
2014 Top East League	9	6	0	3	301	154	+147	5	1	30	4th
2015 Top East League	9	6	0	3	318	185	+133	7	1	32	4th
2016 Top East League	9	8	0	1	420	107	+313	5	0	37	2nd
2017 Top Challenge League	7	6	0	1	285	157	+128	4	0	28	2nd	Promoted to the Top League.

Legend: P = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TB = Try Bonus Points, LB = Losing Bonus Points, Pts = Log Points, Pos = Position.

Current squad

The Hino Red Dolphins squad for the 2019–20 season is:^[4]

Hino Red Dolphins squad
Props Takuma Asahara Shinsuke Igoshi Naoya Ishibashi Yuichi Hisadomi Ryoyu Kato Pauliasi Manu Reo Murakami Masakazu Nagano Kazushi Nakamura Makoto Tsuchiya Hookers Yuki Go Takeshi Kizu Hikaru Kuzure Takahisa Ono Locks Joel Everson Yuta Kasahara Takehiro Kimura Toshizumi Kitagawa Dinesvaran Krishnan Liaki Moli	Loose Forwards Nobuyoshi Arai Ryosuke Chifu Akihiro Fujita Kyosuke Horie Nili Latu Tsuyoshi Murata Takehiro Nishimura Yūki Ono Ash Parker Junya Ri Hirotsugu Sanada Takamichi Sasaki Syun Tomonaga Scrum-halves Kotaro Furukawa Norifumi Hashimoto Taiki Kurogi Augustine Pulu Akihiro Tagawa Fly-halves Hayden Cripps Jack Debreczeni Shigenori Someyama Taroma Togo Kakeru Yamamichi	Centres Levi Aumua Yasuki Hayashi Sho Kataoka Tonga Mosese Chance Peni Ryoya Sakamoto Kuniya Sonoki Wingers Ryo Kikkawa Shinji Nakazono Shogo Shinoda Masayoshi Takezawa Naoya Toyoshima Jeong Yeon-sik Fullbacks Gillies Kaka Yuta Matsui Yusuke Ogawa Hideki Tanabe

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

External links

Official website

References

^ チームの紹介 [Team introduction]. Hino Red Dolphins (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
^ "Red Dolphins Hino". The Rugby Archive. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
^ チームの歴史 [Team history]. Hino Red Dolphins (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 January 2017.
^ "2018 Players & Staff". Hino Red Dolphins. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

[1] チームの紹介 [Team introduction]. Hino Red Dolphins (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[Red_Dolphins_Hino-2] "Red Dolphins Hino". The Rugby Archive. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[3] チームの歴史 [Team history]. Hino Red Dolphins (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 January 2017.

[2018_Players_&_Staff-4] "2018 Players & Staff". Hino Red Dolphins. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

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