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Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks
清水建設江東ブルーシャークス
Full name	Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Blue Sharks
Founded	1976
Coach(es)	Ippei Asada
League(s)	Japan Rugby League One, Division Two
2022	2nd ; Promoted to Division Two

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Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks – nicknamed the Blue Sharks – are a Japanese rugby union team, currently playing in the Japan Rugby League One.^[1] The team is the rugby team of architectural, civil engineering and general contracting firm Shimizu, based in Chūō in Tokyo.

The team was created in 1976 as the rugby union team for Shimizu Corporation. When rugby union in Japan was restructured in 2003 with the introduction of the Top League, Shimizu Blue Sharks was allocated to the second tier Top East League. They were relegated after the 2007–08 season, and played in lower leagues for a decade. They won promotion back for the 2017–18 season, where they secured a fourth-place finish. The following season, they won the competition, and also won their promotion play-off match against Chugoku Red Regulions to be promoted to the Top Challenge League for 2019.

The team rebranded as Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One in 2022.^[2]

Squad

The Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks squad for the 2024-25 season is:^[3]

Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks squad
Props Fumiya Mato Sanshiro Nomura Ryota Saito Daiki Shimura Takatoshi Sugawara Daisuke Yamato Taketo Yoshikawa Li Uha* Shinya Nara Hookers Kumpei Onishi Kaito Tamori Riki Tanaka Naomichi Tatekawa Yasuyuki Yamamoto Locks Suguru Hidaka Tom Rowe* Tetsunori Osaki Ryota Sakino Koyo Adachi Ed Holmes	Flankers Ginjiro Hase Haruki Matsudo Ryo Sato Kodai Takahashi Josh Basham Usa Baleilautoka* Yuta Inoue No8s Yutaro Shirako(c) Sosiceni Tokoqio* Murphy Taramai Michael Toloke Scrum-halves Kayne Hammington Haruhiro Sakahara Taishi Sakurai Reijiro Usui Tatsuya Kanetsuki Maito Matsuo Fly-halves Lima Sopoaga Taku Inoue Soichiro Kuwata Masaya Yamada Hayden Cripps*	Centres Takuya Kanemura Johnny Kôtze* Noah Foster Ryota Noda Siale Piutau Terrence Hepetema Wingers Yuji Takai Eiya Miyazaki Syuhei Sasaki Essendon Tuitupou Fullbacks Naoki Moriya Tatsuhiro Ozaki Coenie van Wyk* Utility Backs Puspakom Peeranut* ^DEP

(c) denotes team captain.

External links

Official website

References

^ "2019年度ジャパンラグビートップチャレンジリーグチーム編成について" (PDF). Japan East Rugby Football Union (in Japanese). 5 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
^ "La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One". Asie Rugby (in French). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "Shimizu Blue Sharks Member List". Shimizu Blue Sharks. Retrieved 16 December 2019.

[1] "2019年度ジャパンラグビートップチャレンジリーグチーム編成について" (PDF). Japan East Rugby Football Union (in Japanese). 5 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.

[2] "La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One". Asie Rugby (in French). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[Shimizu_Blue_Sharks_squad-3] "Shimizu Blue Sharks Member List". Shimizu Blue Sharks. Retrieved 16 December 2019.

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-The Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks squad for the 2023-24 season is:<ref name="Shimizu Blue Sharks squad">{{cite web | url=https://blue-sharks.jp/category/members/ | title=Shimizu Blue Sharks Member List | work=Shimizu Blue Sharks | accessdate=16 December 2019}}</ref>
+The Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks squad for the 2024-25 season is:<ref name="Shimizu Blue Sharks squad">{{cite web | url=https://blue-sharks.jp/category/members/ | title=Shimizu Blue Sharks Member List | work=Shimizu Blue Sharks | accessdate=16 December 2019}}</ref>
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 '''Locks'''
 * {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Suguru Hidaka]]
-* {{Flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Tom Rowe (rugby union)|Tom Rowe]]
+* {{Flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Tom Rowe (rugby union)|Tom Rowe]]*
 * {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Tetsunori Osaki]]
 * {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Ryota Sakino]]
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-'''Loose forwards'''
+'''Flankers'''
 * {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Ginjiro Hase]]
 * {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Haruki Matsudo]]
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 '''Centres'''
 * {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Takuya Kanemura]]
-* {{Flagicon|South Africa}} [[Johnny Kôtze]]
+* {{Flagicon|South Africa}} [[Johnny Kôtze]]*
 * {{Flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Noah Foster]]
 * {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Ryota Noda]]
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 '''Wingers'''
 * {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Yuji Takai]]
-* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Eika Miyazaki]]
+* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Eiya Miyazaki]]
 * {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Syuhei Sasaki]]
 * {{Flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Essendon Tuitupou]]
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 ''' Utility Backs'''
-* {{Flagicon|Thailand}} [[Peeranut Puspakom]]
+* {{Flagicon|Thailand}} [[Puspakom Peeranut]]* <sup>DEP</sup>
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v t e Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks – current squad
Forwards	Yuya Furuta Minato Goto Genjiro Hase Suguru Hidaka Ryo Jinnohara Kazuki Kanazawa Fumiya Mato Haruki Matsudo Sanshiro Nomura Tom Nowlan Takuro Ogawa Kumpei Onishi Tetsunori Osaki Ryota Saito Ryota Sakino Ryo Sato Yuto Sato Daiki Shimura Yutaro Shirako Takatoshi Sugawara Kodai Takahashi Kaito Tamori Riki Tanaka Murphy Taramai Naomichi Tatekawa Nash Tye Hiroto Watanabe Daisuke Yamamoto Yasuyuki Yamamoto Kento Yasunaga Taketo Yoshikawa Li Yuhe
Backs	Garth April USA Baleilautoka Masashi Fujitaka Kayne Hammington Kenji Harada Taku Inoue Toru Kanazawa Takuya Kanemura Johnny Kôtze Soichiro Kuwata Orbyn Leger Eiya Miyazaki Toru Morita Naoki Moriya Ryota Noda Ryoji Nonaka Tatsuhiro Ozaki Puspakom Peeranatu Siale Piutau Haruhiro Sakahara Taishi Sakurai Syuhei Sasaki Yoshiki Shigeno Yuji Takai Michael Toloke Reijiro Usui Coenie van Wyk Masaya Yamada
Coach	Ippei Asada