Yamaha Júbilo

Yamaha Jubilo
ヤマハ発動機ジュビロ

Full name

Yamaha Jubilo

Union

Nickname(s)

Jubilo

Founded

1984

Location

Ground(s)

Yamaha Stadium (Capacity: 15,165)

Coach(es)

Takanobu Horikawa

Team kit

2nd kit

Yamaha Jubilo is a rugby union team based in Iwata, Shizuoka. The team came second behind Toshiba Brave Lupus in the second season of Japanese rugby's Top League (2004–05). They were coached by former All Black Grant Batty and Fijian player-coach Tabai Matson.

The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese, which has had a notable influence on the Japanese language.^[1]

Current squad

The provisional Yamaha Júbilo squad for the 2016–17 Top League season is:^[2]

Yamaha Júbilo squad
Props Heiichiro Ito Naoya Kishi Satoshi Nakatani Sohei Nishimura Kenta Otsuka Yoshikazu Tamura Yuji Ueki Koki Yamamoto Ryō Yamamura Hookers Takeshi Hino Keita Kato Shogo Naka Taishi Takabe Locks Tenyu Aono Duke Krishnan Yuya Odo Kohei Saita	Loose Forwards Johan Bardoul Uwe Helu Kyosuke Horie Rikiya Matsumoto Yuhimaru Mimura Hayato Nishiuchi Shinya Oyama Mose Tuiali'i Keisuke Yagishita Kazuki Yamaji Scrum-halves Shinya Ikemachi Yuki Kagoshima Yuki Yatomi Fumihiro Yoshizawa Fly-halves Syoh Kiyohara Tatsuhiko Otao	Centres Katsunori Imoto Toru Kawaharada Hiroto Kobayashi Masatoshi Miyazawa Siale Piutau Male Sa'u Viliami Tahituʻa Shota Yamamoto Wingers Shohei Awata Tatsuya Fujii Rocky Havili Naoki Hayakawa Chikara Ito Shinji Nakazono Shota Tanaka Gerhard van den Heever Fullbacks Hiroaki Ishizuka

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

Jerry Collins (flanker, number 8) - 2011–2013 seasons
Micheal Kingsbeer - joined March 2007
Brendan Laney (fly half, centre, full back) - joined March 2005
Leon MacDonald (fly half, full back) - 2004–05 season
Wataru Murata (scrum half) - retired at the end of the 2007–08 Top League season and became coach of the Japan national sevens team
Nathan Williams (centre, full back)
Takayuki Yonekura (hooker)

↑ Nomikos Vaporis, Constantine (Jan 6, 2012). Voices of Early Modern Japan: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life during the Age of the Shoguns. ABC-CLIO. p. 99. ISBN 0313392013. Retrieved June 12, 2015. The Portuguese and their culture had some influence on Japanese clothing, accessories, food and language.
↑ "Yamaha Júbilo: The Team" (in Japanese). Yamaha Motors. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

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

Governing body

National teams

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

Yamaha Júbilo squad

Forwards	Tenyu Aono Johan Bardoul Takeshi Hino Uwe Helu Kyosuke Horie Heiichiro Ito Keita Kato Naoya Kishi Duke Krishnan Rikiya Matsumoto Yuhimaru Mimura Shogo Naka Satoshi Nakatani Sohei Nishimura Hayato Nishiuchi Yuya Odo Kenta Otsuka Shinya Oyama Kohei Saita Taishi Takabe Yoshikazu Tamura Mose Tuiali'i Yuji Ueki Keisuke Yagishita Kazuki Yamaji Koki Yamamoto Ryō Yamamura

Backs	Shohei Awata Tatsuya Fujii Rocky Havili Naoki Hayakawa Shinya Ikemachi Katsunori Imoto Hiroaki Ishizuka Chikara Ito Yuki Kagoshima Toru Kawaharada Hiroto Kobayashi Syoh Kiyohara Masatoshi Miyazawa Shinji Nakazono Tatsuhiko Otao Siale Piutau Male Sa'u Viliami Tahituʻa Shota Tanaka Shota Yamamoto Gerhard van den Heever Yuki Yatomi Fumihiro Yoshizawa

Coach	Takanobu Horikawa

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