Toshiba Brave Lupus

Toshiba Brave Lupus
東芝ブレイブルーパス

Full name

Toshiba Brave Lupus

Union

Japan Rugby Football Union

Nickname(s)

Brave Lupus

Founded

1948

Location

Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan

Ground(s)

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, 27,188 capacity

Coach(es)

Teppei Tomioka

Team kit

2nd kit

Toshiba Brave Lupus (Lupus is wolf in Latin) is a Japanese rugby union team in the Top League. They are based in Fuchu, Tokyo, as is their local rival Suntory Sungoliath. They won the second ever Top League championship in the 2004-5 season and the Microsoft Cup in 2005 under their innovative and inventive coach Masahiro Kunda, himself a former hooker for Toshiba and Japan. They are particularly known for the strength of their mauls. Before the Top League was created, the team was called Toshiba Fuchu after their location. Their slogan for 2006 season is "Once again to the Pinnacle (Restart)".

On 14 March 2008, Bristol Rugby player David Hill announced he'd leave the English club for Toshiba at the end of the season.

Honours

All-Japan Championship
- Champions: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006 (joint champions with NEC Green Rockets), 2007
Top League:
- Champions: 2004-05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09

Current squad

The provisional Toshiba Brave Lupus squad for the 2016–17 Top League season is:^[1]

Toshiba Brave Lupus squad
Props Takuma Asahara Ryota Fukamura Kim Gwan-tae Masataka Mikami Keiichi Tanaka Yuu Chi-nen Hookers Daigo Hashimoto Futoshi Mori Ren Murayama Hiroki Yuhara Locks Kyosuke Kajikawa Naohiro Kotaki Keisuke Matsuda Eiri Nakada Hitoshi Ono	Loose Forwards Lee Song Chang Takahiro Fujita Malgene Ilaua Michael Leitch Liam Messam Yuta Mochizuki Yoshitaka Tokunaga Hiroki Yamamoto Hiroshi Yamamoto Scrum-halves Jun Fujii Takahiro Ogawa Shuhei Yamaguchi Tomoki Yoshida Fly-halves Yoshikazu Morita (c) Hikaru Tamura Ryohei Yoshida	Centres Richard Kahui Keisuke Masuda Taiki Matsunobu Hisayoshi Matsuoka Taiki Watanabe Wingers Kai Ishii Shin Ito Cory Jane Tani Kojiro Nicolas Kraska Shuhei Oshima Takehisa Usuzuki Fullbacks Tsuyoshi Higashiguchi Daisuke Natsui Shohei Toyoshima Coenie van Wyk

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

Past players

Francois Steyn - fly half and full back for Toshiba
Shogo Mukai - full back for Toshiba and Japan, now head coach of Coca-Cola Red Sparks
Masahiro Kunda - hooker for Toshiba and Japan
Andrew McCormick - centre, former captain of the Japan national rugby union team, now coaching at Coca-Cola Red Sparks
Wataru Murata - scrum half (before he went to France and then played for Yamaha Jubilo)
Shinji Ono - number 8
Yohei Suzuki - full back
Ruatangi Vatuvei - lock/centre (moved to Kintetsu Liners before 2007-8 season)
Kei Yasuda - lock
Mamoru Ito - scrum half
Scott McLeod - centre

References

↑ "Toshiba Brave Lupus: The Team" (in Japanese). Toshiba Sports. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

External links

Toshiba Brave Lupus official site
NEC, Toshiba share title, Daily Yomiuri, February 27, 2006
Toshiba teaches Waseda a lesson, Daily Yomiuri, February 20, 2006
Toshiba downs Suntory, wins Microsoft, Daily Yomiuri, February 6, 2006
Brave Lupus add name to rugby Cup- Japan Times, February 7, 2005
Toshiba, Yamaha set to do battle in Microsoft Cup final - Japan Times, January 31, 2005
Inventive approach from Toshiba's coach is rewarded with Top League crown Japan Times, December 30, 2004

Top League

2016–17 teams	Canon Eagles Coca-Cola Red Sparks Honda Heat Kintetsu Liners Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers Kubota Spears Munakata Sanix Blues NEC Green Rockets NTT Shining Arcs Panasonic Wild Knights Ricoh Black Rams Suntory Sungoliath Toshiba Brave Lupus Toyota Industries Shuttles Toyota Verblitz Yamaha Júbilo

Former teams	IBM Big Blue Kyuden Voltex Mitsubishi Dynaboars NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes Secom Rugguts World Fighting Bull Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Champions JRFU

Rugby union in Japan

Governing body

Japan Rugby Football Union

National teams

Men's	Japan Sunwolves A U-20 7's

Women's	Women's 7's

Competitions

International	Japan at the Rugby World Cup Asian Rugby Championship Asian Sevens Series

Transnational	Super Rugby

National	Top League Lixil Cup Challenge series All-Japan Rugby Football Championship

Amateur	All Japan University Rugby Championship National High School Rugby Tournament

Hosted events	2019 Rugby World Cup Japan Sevens Japan Women's Sevens 2001 World Games Sanix World Youth Tournament

Defunct	Japan Company Rugby Football Championship

Major figures

Category
Commons

Toshiba

Divisions and
subsidiaries

Current	Digital Products Group Toshiba Telecommunication Systems Division Electronic Devices & Components Group Infrastructure Systems Group Westinghouse Electric Company Landis+Gyr OCZ Storage Solutions Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation

Defunct	Sord Computer Corporation¹

Joint ventures and
shareholdings

Current	Ikegami Tsushinki (20%) Japan Display (10%) TMEIC TMEIC Corporation (50%) Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology (51%)

Defunct	Toshiba EMI (Founded as Toshiba Music Industries)² Youmex Co. ¹

Predecessors

Products, services
and standards

Current	AP1000 Cell JNR Class ED76 JNR Class EF58 JNR Class EF60 JNR Class EF64 JNR Class EF65 JR Freight Class EH500 JR Freight Class HD300 Media-embedded processor Regza SpursEngine Portégé Tecra TG01 TS921 TOSLINK

Past	902T DeKi 600 HD DVD Libretto Qosmio Satellite Thrive JNR Class EF62 JNR Class EF63 JNR Class EH10 SmartMedia e310 T1000 T1000LE T1100 T1200 T3100

People

Places

Lazona Kawasaki Plaza

Other

¹Now integrated into other Toshiba divisions or business groupings ²Sold

Category
Commons

Toshiba Brave Lupus squad

Forwards	Takuma Asahara Takahiro Fujita Ryota Fukamura Daigo Hashimoto Kyosuke Kajikawa Kim Gwan-tae Malgene Ilaua Naohiro Kotaki Lee Song Chang Michael Leitch Keisuke Matsuda Liam Messam Masataka Mikami Yuta Mochizuki Futoshi Mori Ren Murayama Eiri Nakada Hitoshi Ono Keiichi Tanaka Yoshitaka Tokunaga Hiroki Yamamoto Hiroshi Yamamoto Hiroki Yuhara Yuu Chi-nen

Backs	Jun Fujii Tsuyoshi Higashiguchi Kai Ishii Shin Ito Cory Jane Richard Kahui Tani Kojiro Nicolas Kraska Keisuke Masuda Taiki Matsunobu Hisayoshi Matsuoka Yoshikazu Morita Daisuke Natsui Takahiro Ogawa Shuhei Oshima Hikaru Tamura Shohei Toyoshima Takehisa Usuzuki Coenie van Wyk Taiki Watanabe Shuhei Yamaguchi Ryohei Yoshida Tomoki Yoshida

Coach	Teppei Tomioka

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