Toyota Industries Shuttles

Toyota Industries Shuttles

Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Shuttles
Founded	1984
Location	Aichi, Mizuho
Ground(s)	Mizuho Rugby Stadium (Capacity: 15,000)
Chairman	Jun Matsuda
Coach(es)	Masaya Niu

Toyota Sports

Football	Basketball (Men's)	Basketball (Men's)

Basketball (Men's)	Basketball (Men's)	Basketball (Men's)

Basketball (Women's)	Basketball (Women's)	Basketball (Women's)

Volleyball (Men's)	Volleyball (Men's)	Baseball

Volleyball (Women's)	Volleyball (Women's)	Sailing

Handball	Handball	Handball

Handball	Rugby union	Rugby union

Wrestling	Racing

Toyota Jido Shokki (also called Toyota Industries as distinct from Toyota, which was renamed Toyota Verblitz) is a Japanese rugby team owned by Toyota Industries. They were promoted to Japan's top-flight league Top League for the first time in the 2010-11 season. Its home base is Kariya City.

Name and colours

Toyota Shokki kit

The team name "Shuttles" derives from a part used in the Non-Stop Shuttle Change Toyoda Automatic Loom (for weaving fabrics), invented by Sakichi Toyoda, the founder of Toyota Industries.

The team and plays in a sky blue jersey with white shorts and sky blue socks.

History

The Toyota Industries rugby team was founded in 1984. In the late 1990s, the team played in the Kansai League and competed in the Companies National Tournament. From 2003–04, Toyota Industries competed in the West Regional League.

Toyota Industries gained promotion to the Top League for the first time in 2010-11, but only stayed up for one season.

Under Australian coach Tai McIsaac, Toyota Shokki defeated Fukuoka Sanix Blues in a promotion-relegation match in 2013 to gain entry to the 2013–14 Top League.

Stadium

Toyota Shokki Kariya ground

Toyota Shokki play their Top League home games at Mizuho Rugby Stadium in Nagoya. The stadium holds 15,000 people and was originally built in 1941. It has also been used to host international rugby matches, including for the 2014 Asian Five Nations.

The team trains at the Toyota Industries ground in Kariya.

Current squad

The provisional Toyota Industries Shuttles squad for the 2016–17 Top League season is:^[1]

Toyota Industries Shuttles squad
Props Masashi Debuchi Shota Hirono Kenji Igarashi Yoshihisa Kawasaki Kentaro Komura Yusuke Nagae Yuki Namioka Kenji Ode Yusuke Yamada Hookers Hiroki Murakawa Tomoya Watanabe Shinsuke Yoshida Locks Toshiki Fujii Yuji Hasegawa Tetsuo Imamura Peniasi Iowane Tsuyoshi Matsuoka	Loose Forwards Chong Chi Hong Scott Fuglistaller Ryan Kankowski Takeshi Oyamada Yuga Takada (c) Kento Takeuchi Takuya Takeuchi Sosiceni Tokoqio Sione Vatuvei Scrum-halves Takahiro Kimura Daiki Konishi Ryoya Shimohira Masaaki Yoshida Fly-halves Sam Greene Manato Hasegawa Yasunori Katagiri	Centres JJ Engelbrecht Wataru Kawai Hitoshi Matsumoto Shin Ohashi Katsuyuki Sakai Benjamin Saunders Joseph Wilson Vaka Wingers Rikiya Asami Kento Masui So Kil-ryong Takashi Toyomae Fullbacks Mark Gerrard Hajime Yamashita

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

Former players

Anthony Monahan
Dion Waller
Ben Gollings
Ellis Young
Daniel Turner
Rowan Varty
Ifereimi Rawaqa
Tyson Wulf

References

↑ "Toyota Industries Shuttles: The Team" (in Japanese). Toyota Shokki. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

External links

Toyota Jido Shokki - official rugby home page

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

Toyota

Marques

Subsidiaries

Joint ventures

Current models

Cars	86 Agya Allion Auris Aurion Avalon Avensis Aygo Camry Camry Hybrid Comfort Corolla Corolla Altis Corolla Axio Corolla Fielder Corolla iM Crown Crown Athlete Crown Comfort Crown Hybrid Crown Majesta Crown Royal Century Etios Mark X Mirai Passo Premio Porte Prius Prius Plug-in Hybrid Prius c Probox Roomy Sai Succeed Tank Verso Vios Vitz Yaris Yaris iA

Pickup trucks/Utilities	Hilux Hilux Vigo Land Cruiser 79 Series Pixis Truck Tacoma Tundra

SUVs/Crossovers	4Runner Fortuner Harrier Harrier Hybrid Highlander Kluger Highlander Hybrid Kluger Hybrid Land Cruiser 200 Land Cruiser Prado Land Cruiser 74 Series Land Cruiser 76 Series Land Cruiser 78 Series RAV4 Rush Sequoia

Vans	Alphard Avanza Calya Estima Estima Hybrid HiAce Innova Isis Kijang LiteAce Noah Pixis Van Previa Prius v/Prius +/Prius α ProAce Sienna Sienta TownAce Voxy WISH

Commercial trucks	Dyna ToyoAce Type 73 Medium Truck

Buses	Coaster

Discontinued
models

Concepts and
prototypes

Other

¹A brand of Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor
²Toyota holds a 16.1% stake in Subaru's parent company Fuji Heavy Industries

Category
Commons

Toyota Industries Shuttles squad

Forwards	Chong Chi Hong Masashi Debuchi Scott Fuglistaller Toshiki Fujii Yuji Hasegawa Shota Hirono Kenji Igarashi Tetsuo Imamura Peniasi Iowane Ryan Kankowski Yoshihisa Kawasaki Kentaro Komura Tsuyoshi Matsuoka Hiroki Murakawa Yusuke Nagae Yuki Namioka Kenji Ode Takeshi Oyamada Yuga Takada Kento Takeuchi Takuya Takeuchi Sosiceni Tokoqio Sione Vatuvei Tomoya Watanabe Yusuke Yamada Shinsuke Yoshida

Backs	Rikiya Asami JJ Engelbrecht Mark Gerrard Sam Greene Manato Hasegawa Yasunori Katagiri Wataru Kawai Takahiro Kimura Daiki Konishi Kento Masui Hitoshi Matsumoto Shin Ohashi Katsuyuki Sakai Benjamin Saunders Ryoya Shimohira So Kil-ryong Takashi Toyomae Joseph Wilson Vaka Hajime Yamashita Masaaki Yoshida

Coach	Masaya Niu

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