Red Hurricanes Osaka

Japanese rugby union club, based in Osaka From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Red Hurricanes Osaka (formerly known as NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka) is a Japanese rugby union team owned by NTT Communications. They qualified for the 2011–12 season and finished 12th place overall. The team rebranded in 2022, ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One.[1]

Full nameRed Hurricanes Osaka
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
NicknameRed Hurricanes
Founded1993
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Red Hurricanes Osaka
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Full nameRed Hurricanes Osaka
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
NicknameRed Hurricanes
Founded1993
LocationOsaka, Japan
Ground(s)Nagai Stadium
Yodoko Sakura Stadium (Capacity: 47,816
and 25,000)
CoachMatt Cockbain
League(s)Japan Rugby League One, Division Three
202211th
Relegated to Division Three
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
docomo-rugby.jp/index.php
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Squad

The Red Hurricanes Osaka squad for the 2025-26 season is:[2] [a] [b]

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NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes Osaka squad

Props

  • Japan Shota Takai
  • Japan Hiromichi Sakamoto
  • Japan Ryosei Kojima
  • Japan Shosuke Fukasawa
  • Japan Yosuke Nishiura
  • Japan Shinnosuke Toyonaga
  • Japan Yūma Fujino
  • Japan Shunsuke Abe
  • Japan Yūichiro Hosono
  • Japan Munetaka Sashida

Hookers

  • Japan Hisamitsu Shimada (c)
  • Japan Yo Sato
  • Japan Kentaro Ōtsuka
  • Japan Kanta Yoshida
  • Japan Yura Chinen

Locks

Flankers

  • Japan Tōru Sugishita
  • Japan Kaito Isono
  • Japan Taro Sato
  • Japan Hiroki Hanada DEP [c]
  • Japan Itsuki Yano
  • Japan Kanta Kurahashi
  • Japan Yoshiki Yamazaki
  • New Zealand Viliami Sapoi*
  • Republic of Ireland Jack O'Sullivan

No8s

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Tatsuya Hamano
  • Japan Akira Inoue
  • Japan Toshihiro Yamanouchi
  • Japan Yukito Akasako REP [a] [b]

Fly-halves

  • Japan Fumiya Dobashi
  • South Korea Oh Ryong-tee*
  • Japan Yūma Kikumoto REP [a] [b]

Centres

Wingers

  • Japan Yūki Ishii
  • Japan Takuma Yasui
  • Japan Kenya Nishikawa
  • Japan Kaishun Azuma REP [a] [b]
  • Japan Shūichi Kobayashi REP [a] [b]

Fullbacks

Utility Backs

(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped
  1. [a]
    January 23 2026,Ishibashi,Akasako,Kikumoto,Azuma,Kobayashi Joined as an early entry(graduating from university this academic year) from the team after the round 4.
  2. [b]
    Ishibashi,Akasako,Kikumoto,Azuma,Kobayashi is eligible to compete starting from Round 5.
  3. [c]
    December 26 2025,Hanada was released from the team after round 2
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