Full name | Toshiba Brave Lupus |
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Union | Japan Rugby Football Union |
Nickname(s) | Brave Lupus |
Founded | 1948 |
Location | Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan |
Ground(s) | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, 27,188 capacity |
Coach(es) | Tomohiro Segawa |
League(s) | Top League |
2016–17 | 9th |
Toshiba Brave Lupus (Lupus is wolf in Latin) is a Japanese rugby union team in the Top League. They are based in Fuchu, Tokyo, as is their local rival Suntory Sungoliath. They won the second ever Top League championship in the 2004-5 season and the Microsoft Cup in 2005 under their innovative and inventive coach Masahiro Kunda, himself a former hooker for Toshiba and Japan. They are particularly known for the strength of their mauls. Before the Top League was created, the team was called Toshiba Fuchu after their location. Their slogan for 2006 season is "Once again to the Pinnacle (Restart)".
On 14 March 2008, Bristol Rugby player David Hill announced he'd leave the English club for Toshiba at the end of the season.
The provisional Toshiba Brave Lupus squad for the 2016–17 Top League season is:
Props
Hookers
Locks
Loose Forwards
Scrum-halves
Fly-halves
Centres
Wingers
Fullbacks