Kurita Water Gush Akishima is a Japanese rugby union team competing in Division Three of Japan Rugby League One. Owned by Kurita Water Industries, a water treatment chemical manufacturer, the team is based in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The team rebranded as Kurita Water Gush Akishima in 2022, coinciding with the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One.
Squad
The Kurita Water Gush Akishima squad for the 2026-27 season is:
Kurita Water Gush Akishima squadProps Kei Tagusagawa Kei Shibuya Masashi Debuchi Rui Kuriyama Shohei Tsujimura Issa Hosoya Kosei Ōtani Yūki Kawai Taishin Yuasa
Hookers Kota Hojo Ryutaro Iguchi Tasuke Yao
Locks Daymon Leasuasu* Kengo Nakamura Kai Yamasaki Youji Shīna Vili Helu Daiki KusunokiFlankers Taisei Nakao (c) Papaseea Matelau Morishi Ito Motoi Naito
No8s Tevita Oto* Ryūsei Yamaguchi Teariki Ben-Nicholas
Scrum-halves Sho Nakamura Kakeru Sugihara Ren Shinwada Yūgo Oyamada
Fly-halves Takuro Hayashida Shinpei Suganuma Hiroki Handa Yūjin IkezawaCentres Shogo Yanagita So Matsushima Daiki Yokota Katsuki Ishizuka Takuma Enomoto Iori Yokoyama
Wingers Kentaro Sugimori Ryo Hosomoto Kai Yamamoto Ryohei Momota
Fullbacks Yūta Sugiyama Koshi Emoto Kauri Tipene-Grace
Utility Backs (c) denotes team captain.
References
External links Kurita Water Official Site