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Skyactivs Hiroshima (formerly Mazda Blue Zoomers) are a Japanese rugby union team who compete in the Japan Rugby League One. They were formerly owned by car manufacturers Mazda based in Fuchū, Hiroshima, Japan. The team rebranded as Skyactivs Hiroshima, dropping the Mazda name, ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One in 2022.[1]

Full nameSkyactivs Hiroshima
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
NicknameSkyactivs
CoachDamian Karauna
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Skyactivs Hiroshima
マツダスカイアクティブス広島
Full nameSkyactivs Hiroshima
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
NicknameSkyactivs
CoachDamian Karauna
CaptainTomoki Ashida
League(s)Japan Rugby League One, Division Three
20251th
Relegated to Division Three
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Official website
www.skyactivs.com
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Squad

The Skyactivs Hiroshima squad for the 2026-27 season is:[2] [a]

Skyactivs Hiroshima squad

Props

  • Japan Haruki Umemoto
  • Japan Koshi Kato
  • Japan Ryōto Tomita
  • Japan Koshiro Shigenobu
  • Japan Tadatsugu Kanayama
  • Japan Tomonori Koyanagi
  • Japan Tomoya Ōtake
  • Japan Yuji Takahashi
  • Japan Shota Kasai
  • Japan Kotaro Murakami

Hookers

  • Japan Yūsuke Kitabayashi
  • Japan Tomohiro Takeda
  • Japan Taichi Yokō
  • Japan Koki Nakano
  • Japan Matsuri Odagiri

Locks

  • Japan Kaiha Noda
  • Australia Tye Nash*
  • Japan Ramo Sato
  • Japan Yutaro Tanaka
  • Scotland Andrew Davidson
  • Japan Kanto Watanabe
  • Japan Takumi Takahashi

Flankers

No8s

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Taiyo Fukuyama
  • Japan Kotaro Tatsuno
  • Japan Hikaru Yamaguchi

Fly-halves

  • Japan Hitaka Inoue
  • Japan Issen Kano
  • New Zealand Taine Craig-Ranga

Centres

  • Australia Jake Abel
  • Japan Shunya Motoyama
  • South Africa Clynton Knox**
  • New Zealand Cassius Misa
  • Japan Kaito Sasaoka
  • Japan Takehiro Watanabe
  • Japan Shunpei Matsuzawa

Wingers

  • Japan Kohei Kamei
  • Japan Hayato Kanamaru
  • Japan Haruki Kitajima
  • Japan Kohei Tanaka
  • Japan Yūto Nakamura
  • Japan Soji Iwamoto

Fullbacks

  • Japan Keisuke Nakamoto
  • Japan Ren Ōuchi
  • Japan Ginjiro Sakiguchi

Utility Backs

(c) denotes team captain.
  1. [a]
    April 13 2026,Murakami,Odagiri,T.Takahashi,Yamaguchi,Iwamoto was Joined as an early entry(graduating from university this academic year) from the team after round 12.

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