Chugoku Electric Power Rugby Football Club – nicknamed the Red Regulions – is a Japanese rugby union team, currently playing in the Japan Rugby League One. The team is the rugby team of electric utilities provider Chugoku Electric Power, based in Hiroshima in the Chūgoku region.

The team was created in 1987 as the rugby union team for Chugoku Electric Power. When rugby union in Japan was restructured in 2003 with the introduction of the Top League, Chugoku Electric Power was allocated to the second tier Top Kyūshū League. They remained in that league until a further restructuring prior to the 2017–18 saw the team promoted to a newly established Top Challenge League. In July 2017, they also adopted the name Red Regulions for the team.

Current squad

The Chugoku Red Regulions squad for the 2026–27 season is:

Chugoku Red Regulions squadProps Kojiro Arito Kenji Nigara Haruki Miyata Toshiyuki Ōki Seiya Kitajima Kento Miyata Riku Iwai Riki Yamaguchi Takuto Miwa

Hookers Kentaro Iwanaga Yūta Nishihama Kaen Hirano

Locks Noriyuki Kureyama Tomonari Aoki Taro Nishikawa (c) Taiki Washiya Hayato Moriyama Kota Moriyama Takehiro Kimura Taiyo KuboFlankers Shintaro Matsuda Kohei Matsunaga Ollie Harvey

No8s Makavaha Finau* Yoshiki Okazaki

Scrum-halves Rintaro Kawashima Atsushi Mizofuchi Hayato Fukumoto Taisei Higuchi

Fly-halves Hashizo Yoshida Hayato MiyazakiCentres Shinya Hirayama Masaaki Morita Makoto Torikai Syogo Azuma Taisei Shimomoto

Wingers Kentaro Fujī Hirofumi Higashikawa Yūto Matsuoka Masahiro Nakano Kenta Kitayama Taiyo Sugino

Fullbacks Dion Samuela Takato Matoba

Utility Backs (c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped

Season history

Chugoku Electric Power's record in the top two tiers since the formation of the Top Kyūshū League in 2003 was:

Chugoku Electric Power season history Season Competition Phase P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts Pos Notes 2003–04 2003 Top Kyūshū League First Phase 6 4 0 2 333 236 +97 4 0 20 3rd Qualified to the Second Phase Second Phase 2 0 0 2 17 147 −130 0 0 0 3rd 2004–05 2004 Top Kyūshū League First Phase 7 3 0 4 206 378 −172 4 0 16 5th 2005–06 2005 Top Kyūshū League First Phase 6 3 0 3 183 253 −70 3 0 15 4th 2006–07 2006 Top Kyūshū League First Phase 5 2 1 2 149 171 −22 4 1 15 3rd Qualified to the Second Phase Second Phase 2 0 0 2 14 141 −127 0 0 0 3rd 2007–08 2007 Top Kyūshū League First Phase 5 3 0 2 145 118 +27 3 1 16 2nd Qualified to the Second Phase Second Phase 2 1 0 1 49 46 +3 1 0 5 2nd Qualified to Challenge Series 2 2008 Top League Challenge Series Challenge 2 2 0 0 2 5 192 −187 0 0 0 3rd 2008–09 2008 Top Kyūshū League First Phase 5 3 0 2 122 138 −16 2 0 14 3rd Qualified to the Second Phase Second Phase 2 0 0 2 36 73 −37 0 0 0 3rd 2009–10 2009 Top Kyūshū League First Phase 5 4 0 1 319 91 +228 4 0 20 2nd Qualified to the Second Phase Second Phase 2 1 0 1 69 54 +15 1 0 5 2nd Qualified to Challenge Series 2 2010 Top League Challenge Series Challenge 2 2 0 0 2 17 218 −201 0 0 0 3rd 2010–11 2010 Top Kyūshū League First Phase 6 2 0 4 148 192 −44 2 1 11 5th 2011–12 2011 Top Kyūshū League First Phase 6 3 0 3 200 147 +53 3 0 15 4th 2012–13 2012 Top Kyūshū League First Phase 6 4 0 2 180 201 −21 4 0 20 3rd Qualified to the Second Phase Second Phase 2 0 0 2 10 122 −112 0 0 0 3rd 2013–14 2013 Top Kyūshū League First Phase 6 4 0 2 197 120 +77 3 1 20 3rd Qualified to the Second Phase Second Phase 2 0 0 2 13 123 −110 0 0 0 3rd 2014–15 2014 Top Kyūshū League First Phase 6 4 0 2 264 86 +178 4 2 22 2nd Qualified to the Second Phase Second Phase 2 1 0 1 27 65 −38 1 0 5 2nd Qualified to Challenge Series 2 2014–15 Top League Challenge Series Challenge 2 2 1 0 1 48 51 −3 0 0 4 2nd 2015–16 2015 Top Kyūshū League First Phase 7 4 0 3 302 178 +124 4 1 21 4th Qualified to the Second Phase Second Phase 3 0 0 3 37 120 −83 0 0 0 4th 2016–17 2016 Top Kyūshū League First Phase 6 6 0 0 297 84 +213 5 0 29 1st Qualified to the Second Phase Second Phase 2 1 0 1 45 31 +14 1 0 5 2nd Qualified to Challenge Series 2 2016–17 Top League Challenge Series Challenge 2 2 0 0 2 27 81 −54 0 0 0 3rd Promoted to Top Challenge League 2017–18 2017 Top Challenge League First Stage 7 1 0 6 88 369 −281 1 0 5 7th Qualified to Second Stage Group B Second Phase Group B 3 2 0 1 95 67 +28 0 0 10 6th 2018–19 2018 Top Challenge League First Phase Not yet played

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