Sayama Secom Rugguts

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

Secom Rugguts is a Japanese rugby union team founded in 1985 by SECOM. Its name is a portmanteau of "Rugger" and "Guts". The club was in the Top League for the first season of the league but was demoted at the end of the season. As the top team of the Top East league and by then coming second after Fukuoka Sanix Bombs in the three-way Top League Challenge Series, Secom got back into the Top League for the 2005-6 season but was relegated again in 2006-7.

Full nameSecom Rugguts
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
NicknameRugguts
Founded1985; 41 years ago (1985)
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Japan Secom Rugguts
セコムラガッツ
Full nameSecom Rugguts
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
NicknameRugguts
Founded1985; 41 years ago (1985)
LocationSayama, Saitama, Japan
Ground(s)SECOM Rugby Field, Sayama
Ashikaga Athletic Stadium, Ashikaga
JIT Recycle Ink Stadium, Kofu
Tochigi Green Stadium, Utsunomiya
Ebina Sports Park, Ebina
CoachScott Pierce
CaptainKoki Iida
League(s)Japan Rugby League One, Division Three
20252th
Relegated to Division Three
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.rugguts.secom.co.jp
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On February 10, 2008 Secom's 3-10 loss to World Fighting Bull in the Top Challenge Two series ended its challenge to return to the Top League for the 2008-9 season.

Slogan for 2006 season: "Seize the day"

Rugguts will return to Japanese rugby system in season 2024-2025 to third tier of the rebranded Japan Rugby League One.

On 1 July 2024, the club rebranded itself to "Sayama Secom Rugguts".[1]

Current squad

The Secom Rugguts squad for the 2025–26 season is:[2] [a] [b]

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Secom Rugguts squad

Props

  • Japan Kentaro Ueno
  • Japan Daichi Inami
  • Japan Toshiki Sato
  • Japan Shogo Murakami
  • Japan Naoto Shirakawa
  • Japan Sotaro Tanaka
  • Japan Motoki Kaneko
  • Japan Yūto Takano
  • Japan Makoto Kurata

Hookers

  • Japan Fūgo Takada
  • Japan Shota Okuno
  • Japan Tatsuki Tanina
  • Japan Minato Jinnouchi
  • Japan Shoki Teranishi

Locks

Flankers

No8s

  • New Zealand Ash Parker*
  • Japan So Kinoshita REP [a] [b]

Loose forwards

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Rikuya Takashima
  • Japan Kanaru Takahashi
  • Japan Eito Tsutsumi
  • Japan Keito Tahara
  • Japan Ryotaro Shimizu
  • Japan Akito Takechi REP [a] [b]

Fly-halves

  • Japan Shota Kutsuna
  • New Zealand Daniel Wait
  • Japan Kaito Sugawara

Centres

  • Japan Tatsuya Hayashi
  • Japan Fishipuna Tuiaki
  • New Zealand TJ Faiane
  • Japan Ayumu Sawada
  • Japan Tomoya Haraguchi
  • Japan Haruya Nakasu
  • Japan Shoki Morimoto
  • Japan Kazuki Ikemura
  • New Zealand Curtis Reid*
  • Japan Taisei Tanaka REP [a] [b]

Wings

  • Japan Yoshihiro Noguchi
  • Japan Ryūnosuke Fujiwara
  • Japan Riku Mizuno
  • Japan Tatsuki Kanza
  • Japan Musashi Matsuda
  • Japan Yūshi Okuda
  • Fiji Tomasi Naivaluwaqa*

Fullbacks

Utility backs

  • (c) denotes team captain.
  • Bold denotes internationally capped.
  1. [a]
    January 27 2026, Kinoshita,Takechi,Tanaka was Joined as an early entry(graduating from university this academic year) from the team after the round 5.
  2. [b]
    Kinoshita,Takechi,Tanaka is eligible to compete starting from Round 6.
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Notable players

Source:[3][4]

Japan

  • Motohiro Akagi
  • Kensuke Iwabuchi (Former Japan international)
  • Tomohiro Oinuma (currently playing for Ricoh Black Rams)
  • Noriyoshi Ohara (currently Iwate Morioka High School RFC coach)
  • Kota Kawashima (currently playing for Kintetsu Liners)
  • Takashi Kamio
  • Yoshiyuki Koike
  • Takamasa Sawaguchi (former Japan international)
  • Manabu Komatsu (currently playing for Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars)
  • Yuta Sato (currently playing for Kamaishi Seawaves)
  • Ken Suzuki
  • Yosuke Shishido
  • Manabu Suzuki
  • Takashi Suzuki (currently playing for Kubota Spears and Japan Sevens)
  • Naoto Tanemoto (former Rugguts coach and Japan international, Waseda University RFC coach)
  • Yoshikazu Tamura (currently playing for Yamaha Jubilo)

Other Nationalities

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