Nippon Steel Kamaishi Seawaves (commonly known as the Kamaishi Seawaves) is a Rugby union football club in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 2001.
At its inception, it was known as Nippon Steel Corporation Kamaishi.
Current squad
The Kamaishi Seawaves squad for the 2026–27 season is:
Kamaishi Seawaves squadProps Yūsuke Yamada Sei Matsuyama Yūtaro Yamaguchi Lee Song-yong* Taiki Noguchi Riku Takahashi Rikyu Yamakawa Iwakami Ryo Nesta Mahina**
Hookers Samisoni Asaeli* Daiki Ito Hayato Nishibayashi
Locks Mahonri Ngakuru Yūga Suzuki Satoshi Hatazawa Connor Seve Ben Nee-Nee Yūki KikuchiFlankers Ryota Kono (c) Taichi Takahashi Angus Fletcher Taison Mogami
No. 8s Sione Vuna* Sam Henwood*
Scrum-halves Atsushi Minami Yohei Murakami Takumi Tokairin Shinnosuke Tafokitau Oka**
Fly-halves Mitch HuntCentres Paula Mahe Osuka-lloyd Murata Koki Saito Gerdus van der Walt* Mosese Tonga**
Wingers Larry Sulunga* Darius Thomas* Ryūji Abe Kodai Ono Gousuke Kawakami Ken Chiba Soma Sugimoto
Fullbacks Kaisei Takai Daiki Kon
Utility Backs Bryce Hegarty* (c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped
Notable players
The following former Kamaishi Seawaves players became Japanese internationals:
Masayoshi Ito Koji Miyata Osamu Koyabu Toru Wada Kazuo Muraguchi Takeshi Hatakeyama Akemi Namura Ichiro Kobayashi Kiyoshi Segawa Jiro Ishiyama Yuji Matsuo Shigetaka Mori Hideo Kobayashi Koji Horaguchi Yoshihiko Sakuraba Michihito Chida
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