Kyushu Electric Power Kyuden Voltex
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Kyushu Electric Power Kyuden Voltex (commonly known as Kyuden Voltex) is a Japanese rugby union team owned by Kyushu Electric Power Co. (Kyūshū Denryoku). The nickname "Voltex" is a conflation of "Voltage" and "Techniques" and was decided after the team won promotion to the Top League. The team is based in Kashii, Fukuoka and from the 2007-8 season is playing in the semi-professional Top League at the top of Japanese domestic rugby. It is the third team based in Kyūshū to play in the league, the other two being Coca-Cola Red Sparks and Munakata Sanix Blues.
In the fifth season of the Top League (2007-8) Kyuden managed to avoid the play-offs and stay in the league. They also won the league's "Fair Play" prize.
Team colours
Main: red with yellow trimmed jersey, black shorts; Second: white jersey and shorts with blue trim. See . The former are Kyuden's traditional colours since founding of the club. The colours to be used in the Top League were announced on October 12, 2007.
Squad
The Kyuden Voltex squad for the 2025-26 season is:
| Kyuden Voltex squad | ||
|---|---|---|
| Props Japan Samuel Nozomu Faialaga Japan Kazuto Tokunaga Japan Ryosuke Kagoshima Japan Yasuo Saruwatari Japan Kosuke Oike Japan Shinpei Kamata Japan Taro Uesugi Japan Takehiro Kitsuki Japan Riki Takebe Hookers Japan Kanta Fujita South Korea Wang Kyung-mun* Japan Hayato Yoshida Japan Hiroki Murakawa Japan Keisuke Yamzoe Locks Japan Yoshihiro Sononaka Tonga Ray Tatafu* Japan Tomotaka Ishimatsu Japan Syūma Kanayama England Sean Robinson New Zealand Aaron Carroll | Flankers Japan Shinichi Tanaka Japan Michiro Takai Australia Colby Fainga'a Japan Ken Nakashima South Korea Kim Ki-hyun* Japan Yūki Yamada Japan So Ibaragi REP Japan Shogo Yahiro REP DEP No8s Japan Alex Takuya Walker Australia Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco Scrum-halves Japan Yūsaku Kanda Japan Kotaro Nakao Japan Shunta Takenouchi Australia Spencer Jeans Fly-halves Japan Shogo Matsushita Japan Kīchi Uezato Japan Kohei Kire Australia Jude Gibbs | Centres Japan Shinpei Fukada Japan Hayato Kojyo (c) Japan Noriaki Nakazuru Tonga Sione Likuata Teaupa* Japan Koga Yoshida Japan Kenji Hayata New Zealand Pepesana Patafilo Japan Masaya Kanado Australia Ezra Paulo REP Japan Takuru Kamimura REP Wingers Japan Ren Hagiwara DEP Japan Yasunari Isoda Japan Goki Saito Japan Naoki Takaya Japan Akihito Yamada Japan Hiroto Nishi Fullbacks Australia Charlie Worthington Japan Makoto Kato Japan Keito Honda Japan Takumi Takeshita Utility Backs |
| (c) denotes team captain. |
Coach
Zane Hilton
External links
- 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine (QuickTime movie, Top League game, January 20, 2008)