Akita Northern Bullets

Akita Northern Bullets

Full name	Akita Northern Bullets Rugby Football Club
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Founded	1958
Ground	Akigin Stadium (Capacity: 4,992)
President	Kunihiro Chida
Coach	Yasushi Ishizuka
League	Top East League
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Official website
www.northern-bullets.com

Akita Northern Bullets are a Japanese rugby union team that play in the Top East League. The team is based in Akita, Akita, Japan. In 1958, the Akita City Government created a rugby union team. The new Bullets team was formed in 2004, and allocated to the Top North League. As of 2017, the club is in the Top East Division 1, the third-highest level of rugby competition in the country

Notable players and coaches

• Joshua Kerevi
• Clynton Knox
• Manueli Nawalu
• Temo Raibevu
• Tiuana Takapu
• Alaska Taufa
• Setareki Tawake
• Bryce Tevita
• Tone Tukufuka
• Sio Moceituba
• Jacob Mackellar
• Connor Wihongi
• Mosese Sokiveta

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Makoto Somazawa Prop Japan Keigo Koide Prop Japan Eito Kanamori Prop Japan Ken Saito Prop Japan Motoi Yagi Prop Japan Masaki Hachinohe Prop Japan Shota Hirono Prop Japan Ryūichi Natsui Prop Japan Ryuju Murata Prop Japan Haruki Itoi Prop Japan Lai Takuji Chris Hooker Japan Masahiro Sato Hooker Japan Ryotaro Uemura Hooker Japan Taisho Hirose Hooker Japan Ryuto Koike Hooker Japan Syunta Nakazono Lock Japan Ryo Kato Lock Japan Kyohei Yasuda Lock Japan Kavaia Tagivetaua Lock Japan Tomoki Yasuda Flanker Japan Ryūta Imai Flanker Japan Yuito Kobayashi Flanker Japan Yūma Asano Flanker Japan Viliami Mafi Flanker Tonga Kūkai Murata Number 8 Japan

Player Position Union Naoki Yasuda Scrum-half Japan Yoshifumi Hashimoto Scrum-half Japan Naoya Nagata Scrum-half Japan Seiji Takahashi Scrum-half Japan Shotaro Shibata Scrum-half Japan Hayase Akashi Fly-half Japan Ken Hashimoto Fly-half Japan Shinji Hirota Fly-half Japan Shuto Fukushima Centre Japan Itsuki Kodama Centre Japan Tsubasa Ando Centre Japan Rikiya Sato Centre Japan Shoto Nishizono Centre Japan Ryūhei Oida Centre Japan Andrew Hayward Centre New Zealand Viliame Sokiveta Centre Fiji Moseituba Sio Wing Fiji Keanu Coetzee Wing South Africa Hideyuki Shimizu Wing Japan Taiga Kajiwara Wing Japan Ryogo Sato Wing Japan Shaun Williams Fullback South Africa

Honors and titles

Top North League

• Champions (2): 2004-05, 2005-06
• Runners-up (3) 2001, 2002, 2003-04

National Sports Festival of Japan

• Champions (1): 2007

Songs and chants

City emblem

• City Anthem of Akita - Audio

Lyrics

Official	Rōmaji
朝太平の峰に明け、岸壁輝く秋田港 羽越奥羽の交わる所 北日本を開きゆく使命に燃える大秋田	Asa Taihei no Mine ni ake Ganpeki Kagayaku Akitako Uetsu Ou no Majiwarutokoro Kitanippon wo hirakiyuku Shimei ni moeru Daiakita

External links

• Official Site