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Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars
横河武蔵野アトラスターズ
Full name	Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Atlastars
Founded	1946; 78 years ago
Location	Musashino, Japan
Coach(es)	Leo Lafaiali'i
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Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars is a Japanese rugby union team based in Musashino, Tokyo. They won promotion to the Top League for one season in 2008–09 being relegated that same season.

History edit

The team was founded as Yokogawa Denki in 1946.

Squad edit

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Syunsuke Nukamori	Hooker	Japan
Masahiro Suzuki	Hooker	Japan
Akiyoshi Satou	Hooker	Japan
Takashi Yamada	Prop	Japan
Ryouta Sudou	Prop	Japan
Noboru Fujita	Prop	Japan
Hideyuki Sakao	Prop	Japan
Masahiro Kobori	Lock	Japan
Youn Kwon Woo	Lock	Korea
Tsuyoshi Yamazaki	Lock	Japan
Kimihiro Naitou	Lock	Japan
Osamu Arakawa	Flanker	Japan
Cho Hyun Duk	Flanker	Korea
Pauliasi Taumoepeau	Flanker	Australia
Jun Takenaka	Flanker	Japan
Philip O'Reilly	Flanker	Japan
Osamu Arakawa	Number 8	Japan

Player	Position	Union
Yoshiyuki Koike	Scrum-half	Japan
Tadaharu Ikehara	Scrum-half	Japan
Hideki Nishida	Scrum-half	Japan
Fa'atonu Fili	Fly-half	Samoa
Matthew Brandon	Fly-half	Australia
Kentarou Nagao	Fly-half	Japan
Shinya Fujiyama	Centre	Japan
Sione Tuʻipulotu	Centre	Tonga
Takashi Tanuma	Centre	Japan
Takenori Ooishi	Centre	Japan
Makoto Kasahara	Centre	Japan
Makoto Nishi	Centre	Japan
Yusuke Kikuchi	Centre	Japan
Kouji Satou	Wing	Japan
Shinnosuke Satou	Fullback	Japan

Former players and coaches edit

Yoshihito Yoshida - former Japan wing
Daisuke Mori - wing three-quarter back
Radike Samo - Australian back-row

Fa'atonu Fili Signed on 2 year deal with option of 3rd

External links edit

Official Site

Summary

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Squad edit

Former players and coaches edit

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