Ricoh Black Rams

Ricoh Black Rams
リコーブラックラムズ

Full name

Ricoh Black Rams

Union

Japan Rugby Football Union

Nickname(s)

Black Rams

Founded

1953

Location

Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Ground(s)

Various stadiums

Coach(es)

Damien Hill

Team kit

2nd kit

Ricoh Black Rams is a Japanese rugby union team in the Top League. Placed 10th in the 2004-5 season which meant it had to win a play-off against one of the top regional teams to stay in the league, as it did.

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 will be joining the team next season, but the team was relegated back to the Japan East League where Larkham will 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).

Schedule/Results

2005

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

Players

Current squad

The provisional Ricoh Black Rams squad for the 2016–17 Top League season is:^[1]

Ricoh Black Rams squad
Props Takehiro Fujiwara Takao Makabe Sotaro Okawa Kazuhiro Shibata Yuta Takahashi Kenta Tsujii Alex Woonton Hookers Kazuhiro Koike Joshua Mau Yuki Mori Yoshiyuki Takizawa Kan Yoshino Locks Sakura Emosi Kauhenga Chisei Koyama Pohiva Yamato Lotoahea Takeshi Mabuchi Franco Mostert Tomohiro Oinuma Kotaro Yoshimura	Loose Forwards Tatsuhide Akabori Colin Bourke Michael Broadhurst Shohei Fukumoto Shuhei Matsuhashi Daisuke Musha Daiki Yanagawa Scrum-halves Jamie Hood Masatoshi Nakamura Toshiya Takahashi Shota Yamamoto Fly-halves Kosuke Kigami Ryo Tokunaga	Centres Tamati Ellison Daisuke Hamano Kazuki Kohama Amanaki Lotoahea Aki Makita Fumiya Santo Wingers Kengo Fukatsu Genki Hasegawa Shori Hoshino Daisuke Komatsu Yusuke Matsumoto Tim Nanai-Williams Masaki Watanabe Toshiki Yamauchi Fullbacks Takehiro Nakazawa Daniel Peters Takuya Takahira

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

Former

Coaches

Tim Lane (2005-6 season)

References

↑ "Ricoh Black Rams: The Team" (in Japanese). Ricoh. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

External links

Ricoh Black Rams - official site
Ricoh unveils Larkham - Daily Yomiuri, February 14, 2008

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

Ricoh

Acquisitions

Products and services

Digital cameras	Ricoh Caplio 400G Wide Ricoh Caplio 500SE Ricoh Caplio G3 Ricoh Caplio GX100 Ricoh Caplio R3 Ricoh Caplio RX Ricoh GR Digital Ricoh GR Digital II Ricoh GR series Ricoh GXR

Film cameras	Ricoh 500 Ricoh GR series Ricoh Mirai Ricoh XR-P

Other	Katana Print&Share Ricoh 2A03 Ricoh 5A22 Ricoh RP2C02/RP2C07 Ricoh RF5c68

Places

Other

Category
Commons

Ricoh Black Rams squad

Forwards	Tatsuhide Akabori Colin Bourke Michael Broadhurst Takehiro Fujiwara Shohei Fukumoto Sakura Emosi Kauhenga Kazuhiro Koike Chisei Koyama Pohiva Yamato Lotoahea Takeshi Mabuchi Takao Makabe Shuhei Matsuhashi Joshua Mau Yuki Mori Franco Mostert Daisuke Musha Tomohiro Oinuma Sotaro Okawa Kazuhiro Shibata Yuta Takahashi Yoshiyuki Takizawa Kenta Tsujii Alex Woonton Daiki Yanagawa Kotaro Yoshimura Kan Yoshino

Backs	Tamati Ellison Kengo Fukatsu Daisuke Hamano Genki Hasegawa Jamie Hood Shori Hoshino Kosuke Kigami Kazuki Kohama Daisuke Komatsu Amanaki Lotoahea Aki Makita Yusuke Matsumoto Masatoshi Nakamura Takehiro Nakazawa Tim Nanai-Williams Daniel Peters Fumiya Santo Toshiya Takahashi Takuya Takahira Ryo Tokunaga Masaki Watanabe Shota Yamamoto Toshiki Yamauchi

Coach	Damien Hill

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