NTT Shining Arcs

NTT Shining Arcs
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Full name

NTT Communications Shining Arcs

Founded

1976

Location

Chiba Prefecture, Kantō, Japan

Ground(s)

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium (Capacity: 27,188)

Coach(es)

Rob Penney (Head Coach)

Captain(s)

Hiraku Tomoigawa

League(s)

Top League

2011–12

9th

1st kit

2nd kit

Official website

www.ntt.com/rugby/

NTT Shining Arcs is a Rugby Union Team owned by NTT Communications and is part of Japan's Top League Competition. The current coach is Masato Hayashi, the previous Head Coach of Keio University Rugby Team.

The team is based in Ichikawa city, Chiba Prefecture in the Kantō region.

History

The club was founded in 1976. They won promotion to the expanded Top League of 14 teams at the end of the 2009–10 season. They made their Top League debut for the 2010–11 season. After their first season, they finished 12th place with 4 wins and 9 losses. They had to play a play-off to keep themselves in the Top League, in which they beat Canon Eagles 31-19. In the 2011–12 season, they finished in 9th place.

Current squad

The provisional NTT Shining Arcs squad for the 2016–17 Top League season is:^[1]

NTT Shining Arcs squad
Props Toshikazu Akiba Kabuto An-oku Naoya Kai Naoyuki Narayama Shinsuke Ono Yūto Satō Ryutaro Ueda Hookers Takayoshi Haku Ryo Miura Takuru Suto Naoto Tanemoto Locks Masaru Ishigami Hiroyuki Mezaki Shingo Nakashima Isaac Ross Naoto Sugiura Masataka Tsuruya	Loose Forwards Willie Britz Shokei Kin Noriya Kobayashi Daisuke Kurihara Amanaki Mafi Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco Kosuke Yamashita Yuta Yatogo Scrum-halves Hayato Mitsui Hayato Nishibashi Wataru Nishimura Fly-halves Elton Jantjies Yuki Kawamoto Jumpei Ogura Hirotomo Ono	Centres Bin Je-gal Shane Gates Takuya Ishibashi Yuya Mizoguchi Haruki Sato Harinori Tsuruya Wingers Calugay Franklin Koichiro Kikuchi Tasuku Koizumi Yusuke Ogawa Yuya Taka Hiraku Tomoigawa Ryo Tsuruda Fullbacks Kazushi Hano Brackin Karauria-Henry Daiki Numajiri

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

Notable former players

Mark Gerrard - Melbourne Rebels and former Wallaby
Brad Mika - current Auckland Blues player and played for New Zealand
Adam Wallace-Harrison - Former Queensland Reds player
Sosene Anesi - Player for Chiefs and NSW Waratahs and New Zealand
Craig Wing - Former rugby league player for Australia
JP Nel - Former Blue Bulls player
Fotunuupule Auelua - Plays for Brumbies
Alesana Tuilagi - Plays for Newcastle Falcons

Home ground

NTT Grand Chiba Stadium,^[2] Ichikawa, Chiba 717 Futamata

References

↑ "NTT Communications ShiningArcs Players Guide 2015–16 season" (PDF). NTT Shining Arcs. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
↑ "NTT Grand Chiba Stadium(Japanese)".

External links

- official website

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

Rugby union in Japan

Governing body

Japan Rugby Football Union

National teams

Men's	Japan Sunwolves A U-20 7's

Women's	Women's 7's

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

Category
Commons

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone

Main Companies	AutoWeb Communication Inc HKNet Nippon Telegraph & Telephone East Corp Nippon Telegraph & Telephone West Corp NTT Communications NTT Communicationware Corp NTT Comware Corp NTT Data Corp NTT Facilities Inc NTT Finance Japan Co Ltd NTT Leasing Co Ltd NTT Worldwide Telecommunications Corp NTT America, Inc. NTT Europe Ltd

Main Services	Verio Plala Open Computer Network

Media and broadband companies	Docomo Pacific

Mobile Networks	NTT DoCoMo NTT Docomo USA Tata DoCoMo

Related Articles	Omiya Ardija NTT Publishing

NTT Shining Arcs squad

Forwards	Toshikazu Akiba Kabuto An-oku Willie Britz Takayoshi Haku Masaru Ishigami Naoya Kai Shokei Kin Noriya Kobayashi Daisuke Kurihara Amanaki Mafi Hiroyuki Mezaki Ryo Miura Shingo Nakashima Naoyuki Narayama Shinsuke Ono Isaac Ross Yūto Satō Naoto Sugiura Takuru Suto Naoto Tanemoto Masataka Tsuruya Ryutaro Ueda Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco Kosuke Yamashita Yuta Yatogo

Backs	Bin Je-gal Calugay Franklin Shane Gates Kazushi Hano Takuya Ishibashi Elton Jantjies Brackin Karauria-Henry Yuki Kawamoto Koichiro Kikuchi Tasuku Koizumi Hayato Mitsui Yuya Mizoguchi Hayato Nishibashi Wataru Nishimura Daiki Numajiri Yusuke Ogawa Jumpei Ogura Hirotomo Ono Haruki Sato Yuya Taka Hiraku Tomoigawa Ryo Tsuruda Harinori Tsuruya

Coach	Rob Penney

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