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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

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.

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

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

Secom Rugguts squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Flankers

No8s

Loose forwards

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

Wings

Fullbacks

Utility backs

Notable players

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Source:[3][4]

Japan

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Other Nationalities

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Marist ST Pats Player )

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 一般社団法人ジャパンラグビーリーグワン. "ジャパンラグビー リーグワン 新規参入チーム名称およびエンブレム・ロゴのお知らせ | 【公式】ジャパンラグビー リーグワン ニュース". 【公式】NTTジャパンラグビー リーグワン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  2. ^ "Secom Rugguts: Members" (in Japanese). Secom Rugguts. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
  3. ^ SECOM RUGGUTS | RUGBY: FOR ALL
  4. ^ SECOM RUGGUTS | RUGBY: FOR ALL
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Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sayama_Secom_Rugguts&oldid=1327812826"
    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

    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.

    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]

    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 Yuto Takano
    • Japan Makoto Kurata

    Hookers

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

    Locks

    Flankers

    No8s

    • New Zealand Ash Parker*

    Loose forwards

    Scrum-halves

    • Japan Rikuya Takashima
    • Japan Kanaru Takahashi
    • Japan Eito Tsutsumi
    • Japan Keito Tahara
    • Japan Ryotaro Shimizu

    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

    Wings

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

    Fullbacks

    Utility backs

    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

    Marist ST Pats Player )

    See also

    Notes

    1. ^ 一般社団法人ジャパンラグビーリーグワン. "ジャパンラグビー リーグワン 新規参入チーム名称およびエンブレム・ロゴのお知らせ | 【公式】ジャパンラグビー リーグワン ニュース". 【公式】NTTジャパンラグビー リーグワン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-10-06.
    2. ^ "Secom Rugguts: Members" (in Japanese). Secom Rugguts. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
    3. ^ SECOM RUGGUTS | RUGBY: FOR ALL
    4. ^ SECOM RUGGUTS | RUGBY: FOR ALL
    • Secom Rugguts - official home page
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