NTT Shining Arcs

NTT Shining Arcs
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Full name	NTT Communications Shining Arcs
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Shining Arcs
Founded	1976
Location	Chiba, Japan
Coach(es)	Masato Hayashi

NTT Shining Arcs RFC is a Rugby Union Team owned by NTT Communications and is part of Japan's Top League Competition. The current coach is Masato Hayashi, the previous Head Coach of Keio University Rugby Team. The team is based in Ichikawa city, Chiba.

The team won promotion to the expanded Top League of 14 teams at the end of the 2009-10 season.

Squad (2011-12 Season)

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 Toshikazu Akiba Hooker Japan Akihito Katou Hooker Japan Naoto Tanemoto Hooker Japan Tomohiro Saruta Hooker Japan Takanori Hamada Hooker Japan Yasuki Yamaguchi Prop Japan Kenji Kanda Prop Japan Takeshi Ishida Prop Japan Naoya Kai Prop Japan Nobuji Saitou Prop Japan Makoto Mayahara Lock Japan Shinya Kojima Lock Japan Isaac Ross Lock New Zealand Masaru Ishigami Lock Japan Yuta Yatougo Lock Japan Naoto Sugiura Lock Japan Ayumi Kasahara Flanker Japan Genta Satou Flanker Japan Noriya Kobayashi Flanker Japan Ken Moriyama Flanker Japan Tetsuya Omine Flanker Japan Hajime Kiso Number 8 Japan Kousuke Yamashita Number 8 Japan Fotunuupule Auelua Number 8 Australia Darren Murphy Number 8 Australia Aston Taka-Crawford Number 8 New Zealand

Player Position Union Ryo Tsuruda Scrum-half Japan Kenji Oka Scrum-half Japan Wataru Nishimura Scrum-half Japan Yoshio Kimishima Fly-half Japan Yuuki Kawamoto Fly-half Japan Craig Wing Centre Australia JP Nel Centre South Africa Tatsuhito Dohi Centre Japan Daigo Yamashita Centre Japan Fumikazu Kurabayashi Centre Japan Daisuke Obiya Centre Japan Kingo Isoda Centre Japan Shuhei Kawazu Wing Japan Hiraku Tomoigawa Wing Japan Shouichi Takayama Wing Japan Kouichirou Kikuchi Wing Japan Daiki Numajiri Wing Japan Toru Kurihara Fullback Japan Sosene Anesi Fullback New Zealand Gen Kashiwabara Fullback Japan Haruki Satou Fullback Japan

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Former Notable Players

• Mark Gerrard - Melbourne Rebels
• Brad Mika - Auckland Blues
• Adam Wallace-Harrison - Queensland Reds

Home ground

• NTT Grand Chiba Stadium^[2], Ichikawa, Chiba 717 Futamata

References

1. ^ "Player List(Japanese)". http://www.ntt.com/rugby/member/index.html. 
2. ^ "NTT Grand Chiba Stadium(Japanese)". http://www.ntt.com/rugby/topics/080510.html. 

See also

• Top League Challenge series

External links

• [1] - official website