also known as Mitsubishi Juko Sagamihara Rugby Club, are a Japanese rugby union team based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The owner of this club is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
The club was founded in 1981. It came second in the Top East 10 league in 2004-5 and entered the Top League challenge series play-off.
The club won the Top East 11 league in 2006–07 and entered the Top League in 2007–08. The team was named Dynaboars (a conflation of "dynamic" and "boars") as part of their promotion to the Top League; however, they were demoted at the end of the season.
The Dynaboars signed ex-Wales international and IRB World Player of the Year 2008 Shane Williams in 2012, retiring in 2014.
Players
Current squad
The Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars squad for the 2025-26 season is:
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Props
- Mototsugu Hachiya
- Shunsuke Sakamoto
- Ahn Chang-ho*
- Chae Yū-ji*
- Shunsuke Asaoka
- Tomoaki Ishii
- Jun Morimoto
- Rento Tsukayama
- Kanzo Schinckel
- Pieter Scholtz
Hookers
- Lee Seung-hyuk
- Yūki Miyazato
- Shoma Sagawa
- Naoki Kotera
- Naoto Yasutsune
Locks
- Daiki Yamagiwa
- Walt Steenkamp
- Epineri Uluiviti
- Koki Matsumoto
- Gideon Koegelenberg
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Flankers
- Kyo Yoshida (c)
- Friedle Olivier
- Masataka Tsuruya
- Cho Song-yu*
- Koki Sato
- Yusuke Sakamoto
- Koki Hattori
- Bunsuke Kurita <sup>REP</sup>
No8s
- Jackson Hemopo
- Jose Seru
- Marino Mikaele-Tu'u
Scrum-halves
- Kota Iwamura
- Ryūta Nakamori
- Yoshiki Yoshioka
- Jack Stratton*
- Brad Weber <sup>REP</sup>
- Dai Kawahara <sup>REP</sup>
Fly-halves
- Shun Miyake
- Shinnosuke Yamashita
- James Grayson
- Charlie Titcombe <sup>REP</sup>
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Centres
- Takumi Sugiura
- Charlie Lawrence
- Tonisio Vaihu
- Lukhanyo Am
- Riku Mishima
- Matt Vaega*
- Joape Naco*
- Haniteli Vailea*
- Shota Taira <sup>REP</sup>
Wingers
- Honeti Taumohaapai
- DJ Kashima
- Hiyu Sasaki
- Too Jr Vaega
Fullbacks
- Tai Dowling
- Semisi Masirewa
- Satoshi Koizumi
- Shoki Yoshimoto
- Ollie Horne
Utility Backs
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Former players
- Simon Kasprowicz - lock
- Blair Urlich - No. 8
- Kohei Matsui - center three-quarter back
- Troy Flavell - lock
- Isma-eel Dollie - Flyhalf
- Shane Williams – Wing
- Dave Walder - Flyhalf
- David Milo - No. 8
- Hamish Gard inside centre
Coaches
Current coaching staff
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| Head coach
| Glenn Delaney
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| Assistant coach
| Ben Franks
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| Assistant coach
| Joe Maddock
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| Assistant coach
| Yasumasa Miyamoto
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| Assistant coach
| Nicholas Ealey
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| Assistant coach
| Kensaku Akuta
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References
External links
- Mitsubishi Dynaboars - official page (Japanese)
