Yamaha Júbilo

Yamaha Júbilo
ヤマハ発動機ジュビロ
Full name	Yamaha Júbilo
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Júbilo
Founded	1984
Location	Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan
Ground(s)	Yamaha Stadium (Capacity: 15,165)
Coach(es)	Takanobu Horikawa
League(s)	Top League
2018–19	3rd
	Team kit
	Team kit

Yamaha Júbilo is a rugby union team based in Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan. The team came second behind Toshiba Brave Lupus in the second season of Japanese rugby's Top League (2004–05). They were coached by former All Black Grant Batty and Fijian player-coach Tabai Matson.

The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese, which has had a notable influence on the Japanese language.^[1]

Current squad

The Yamaha Júbilo squad for the 2021 season is:^[2]

Yamaha Júbilo squad
Props Heiichiro Ito Kazuhiro Kawata Sohei Nishimura Yuji Nishiuchi Shintaro Okamoto Kenta Otsuka Yuuki Tsuchiyama Yuji Ueki Koki Yamamoto Ryō Yamamura Hookers Kohei Eguchi Takeshi Hino Toshiya Hirakawa Shogo Naka Taishi Takabe Locks Murray Douglas Eishin Kuwano Shunpei Miura Yuya Odo	Loose Forwards Shohei Awata Paddy Butler Ryousuke Funahashi Uwe Helu Shoya Hirokawa Rikiya Matsumoto Yuhimaru Mimura Hayato Nishiuchi Kwagga Smith Riki Sugihara Arito Takahashi Scrum-halves Yuki Kagoshima Minoru Tanoue Yuki Yatomi Fumihiro Yoshizawa Fly-halves Sam Greene Syoh Kiyohara	Centres Hiroto Kobayashi Kanta Shikao Atomu Shirai Viliami Tahituʻa Sione Tuipulotu Wingers James Dargaville Chikara Ito Tomokazu Kira Jayden Ngamanu Shota Tanaka Malo Tuitama Genta Wada Hironori Yatomi Fullbacks Ayumu Goromaru Hiroaki Ishizuka Kento Nakai

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

Former players

Jerry Collins (flanker, number 8) - 2011–2013 seasons
Micheal Kingsbeer - joined March 2007
Brendan Laney (fly half, centre, full back) - joined March 2005
Leon MacDonald (fly half, full back) - 2004–05 season
Wataru Murata (scrum half) - retired at the end of the 2007–08 Top League season and became coach of the Japan national sevens team
Nathan Williams (centre, full back)
Takayuki Yonekura (hooker)

Coaches

Kevin Schuler - Director of Rugby
Tabai Matson - Player and Head Coach
Takanobu Horikawa - coach
Waisake Sotutu - backs coach, player
Simon Kerr - forwards coach

References

^ Nomikos Vaporis, Constantine (Jan 6, 2012). Voices of Early Modern Japan: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life during the Age of the Shoguns. ABC-CLIO. p. 99. ISBN 978-0313392016. Retrieved June 12, 2015. The Portuguese and their culture had some influence on Japanese clothing, accessories, food and language.
^ "Yamaha Júbilo: The Team". Yamaha Júbilo (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 November 2018.

External links

Toshiba, Yamaha set to do battle in Microsoft Cup final - Japan Times, January 31, 2005
Yamaha rugby home page (in Japanese)

[1] Nomikos Vaporis, Constantine (Jan 6, 2012). Voices of Early Modern Japan: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life during the Age of the Shoguns. ABC-CLIO. p. 99. ISBN 978-0313392016. Retrieved June 12, 2015. The Portuguese and their culture had some influence on Japanese clothing, accessories, food and language.

[Yamaha_Júbilo:_The_Team-2] "Yamaha Júbilo: The Team". Yamaha Júbilo (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 November 2018.

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