Skyactivs Hiroshima

Skyactivs Hiroshima
マツダスカイアクティブス広島
Full nameSkyactivs Hiroshima
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
NicknameSkyactivs
CoachDamian Karauna
CaptainTomoki Ashida
League(s)Japan Rugby League One, Division Three
20251th
Relegated to Division Three
Team kit
Official website
www.skyactivs.com

Skyactivs Hiroshima (formerly Mazda Blue Zoomers) are a Japanese rugby union team who compete in the Japan Rugby League One. They were formerly owned by car manufacturers Mazda based in Fuchū, Hiroshima, Japan. The team rebranded as Skyactivs Hiroshima, dropping the Mazda name, ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One in 2022.[1]

Squad

The Skyactivs Hiroshima squad for the 2025-26 season is:[2]

Skyactivs Hiroshima squad

Props

  • Japan Haruki Umemoto
  • Japan Koshi Kato
  • Japan Ryoto Tomita
  • Japan Koshiro Shigenobu
  • Japan Tadatsugu Kanayama
  • Japan Tomonori Koyanagi
  • Japan Tomoya Otake
  • Japan Yuji Takahashi
  • Japan Shota Kasai

Hookers

  • Japan Yusuke Kitabayashi
  • Japan Tomohiro Takeda
  • Japan Taichi Yoko
  • Japan Taisei Hiranuma DEP [a]
  • Japan Koki Nakano

Locks

  • Japan Kaiha Noda
  • Australia Tye Nash*
  • Japan Ramo Sato
  • Japan Yutaro Tanaka
  • Scotland Andrew Davidson
  • Japan Kanto Watanabe

Flankers

No8s

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Dai Goto
  • Japan Taiyo Fukuyama
  • Japan Kotaro Tatsuno

Fly-halves

Centres

  • Australia Jake Abel
  • Japan Shunya Motoyama
  • South Korea Lee Soo-pyung*
  • South Africa Clynton Knox*
  • Japan Kaito Sasaoka
  • Japan Takehiro Watanabe
  • Japan Shunpei Matsuzawa

Wingers

  • Japan Tsubasa Kono
  • Japan Kohei Kamei
  • Japan Hayato Kanamaru
  • Japan Haruki Kitajima
  • Japan Kohei Tanaka
  • Japan Yuto Nakamura

Fullbacks

  • Japan Keisuke Nakamoto
  • Japan Ren Ouchi
  • Japan Ginjiro Sakiguchi

Utility Backs

(c) denotes team captain.
  1. ^ February 10 2026,Hiranuma was released from the team after round 6
  2. ^ December 16 2025,Waaka was released from the team after round 1
  3. ^ January 22 2026,Craig-Ranga was joined from the team after round 3

See also

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. ^ "Skyactivs Hiroshima". Asie Rugby. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
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