Black Rams Tokyo

Japan Black Rams Tokyo
リコーブラックラムズ東京
Full nameBlack Rams Tokyo
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
NicknameBlack Rams
Founded1953 (1953)
LocationSetagaya, Tokyo, Japan
GroundKomazawa Olympic Park Stadium (Capacity: 20,010)
Director of RugbyTsutomu Nishitsuji
LeagueJapan Rugby League One
20229th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
blackrams-tokyo.com

Black Rams Tokyo (formerly Ricoh Black Rams) is a Japanese rugby union team in the Japan Rugby League One. Being ranked tenth meant that, in order to continue in the league, it had to defeat one of the top regional clubs in a play-off, which it achieved.

Slogan for 2006 season: TAFU ("Tough" in English). The acronym stands for Team, Aggression, Faith, Unity.

In January 2008 it was announced that Stephen Larkham would be joining the team next season, but the team was relegated back to the Japan East League where Larkham would begin his career in Japan. In April 2008, Todd Louden was announced as head coach, to be assisted by Pote Human (Daily Yomiuri, April 26, 2008).

The team rebranded as Black Rams Tokyo following the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One ahead of 2022.[1]

Schedule/Results

2005

February 13. Ricoh Black Rams v Toyota Jido Shokki - placed third in the Top League Challenge Series.

Players

Current squad

The Black Rams Tokyo squad for the 2025–26 season is:[2]

Black Rams Tokyo squad

Props

Hookers

  • Japan Masashi Onishi
  • Japan Shin Ouchi
  • Japan Hinata Takei
  • Japan Kou Sato
  • South Korea Lee Soon-hong*
  • Wales Tomoya Adachi*
  • New Zealand Nic Souchon

Locks

Flankers

No8s

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Toshiya Takahashi
  • Japan Seima Inaba
  • New Zealand TJ Perenara (c)
  • Japan Takanobu Minami

Fly-halves

  • Japan Ichigo Nakakusu
  • Japan Kohei Horigome
  • Japan Kotaro Ito
  • Australia Isaac Lucas*

Centres

  • Japan Yuta Kurihara
  • New Zealand Rameka Poihipi
  • Japan Yuki Ikeda
  • Japan Ryohei Isoda
  • Japan Takumi Aoki
  • Tonga Siope Tavo*
  • Tonga Penieli Jr Latu*
  • Australia Larzlow Sword
  • Japan Taichi Kugino

Wingers

  • Japan Daisuke Nishikawa
  • Japan Yuta Akihama
  • Japan Yoshiyuki Koga
  • Japan Tomu Takamoto
  • Japan Tomoya Yamamura

Fullbacks

  • Japan Taira Main

Utility Backs

(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped
  1. ^ January 30 2026, Matsubara was Joined as an early entry(graduating from university this academic year) from the team after the round 6.

Notable former players

Coaches

Notes

References

  1. ^ "La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One". Asie Rugby (in French). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Ricoh Black Rams: The Team" (in Japanese). Ricoh. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
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