Toyota Verblitz

Toyota Verblitz
トヨタ自動車ヴェルブリッツ

Full name

Toyota Verblitz

Union

Japan Rugby Football Union

Founded

1941

Location

Toyota, Aichi, Japan

Ground(s)

Mizuho Rugby Stadium (Capacity: 15,000)

Coach(es)

Filo Tiatia

1st kit

2nd kit

Toyota Verblitz is a Japanese rugby union team in the Top League. Verblitz is a conflation of verde (Portuguese for 'green') and blitz (German for 'lightning'). The team is owned by Toyota Jidosha (Toyota Motors) and is separate from, and not to be confused with, the Toyota Industries Shuttles rugby team, owned by Toyota Industries. They share Toyota Stadium in the city of Toyota, Aichi with the football club Nagoya Grampus which also used to be owned by Toyota Motors.

Slogan for 2006 season: 克己　Kokki (Self-Control)

Honours

All-Japan Championship
- Champions: 1969, 1968, 1987
- Runner-up: 2007

Results

Verblitz (surprisingly given the team's pedigree) failed to make the cut for the first season of the Top League (2003-4) but entered the Top League in the second season and were a contender for the second Microsoft Cup. They lost the Japan Championship final on February 27, 2005 to NEC Green Rockets 13-17.

In August 2005 Verblitz beat Newcastle Falcons at home. On February 12, 2006 they lost to Waseda University RFC in the Japan Championships, 24-28. This was the first time a Top League team had lost to a university team.

Current squad

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

Toyota Verblitz squad
Props Kohei Asahori Yoto Ioki Yoshiki Nakamura Ruan Smith Yōsuke Takahashi Yuki Uchida Kohei Yoshida Hookers Yoshikatsu Hirosaka Tomoharu Kawanishi Ryuta Ueno Locks Dominic Day Toshizumi Kitakawa Daijiro Nakamura Koichi Sugimoto Tomoaki Taniguchi	Loose Forwards Taiyo Ando (c) Tatsuya Araki Ryo Fujii Kota Makihara Taufua Olive Wycliff Palu Fetsuani Rautaimi Joji Sato Kojiro Yoshida Scrum-halves Koki Hirano Kota Iwamura Takehito Namekawa Kohei Yuasa Fly-halves Ryota Kabashima Ben Lucas Takaya Monji Yusho Takeda	Centres Yuta Haruyama Taiki Masuda Silivenusi Taumoepeau Takayuki Yamauchi Steven Yates Wingers Masakatsu Hikosaka Seiyu Kohara Hiroki Mizuno Dai Ozawa Koji Wada Fullbacks Yuki Kido Kaoru Matsushita Robbie Robinson Yoshizumi Takeda

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

Former players

Troy Flavell - lock (now back in New Zealand with the Blues)
Tamaiti Horua - No. 8 (formerly Brumbies), now Western Force in 2008 season
Orene Aii
Filo Tiatia - No. 8 (now in Wales with the Ospreys}

References

↑ "Toyota Verblitz: The Team" (in Japanese). Top League. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

External links

Toyota Verblitz - official site

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

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

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 Verblitz squad

Forwards	Taiyo Ando Tatsuya Araki Kohei Asahori Dominic Day Ryo Fujii Yoshikatsu Hirosaka Yoto Ioki Tomoharu Kawanishi Toshizumi Kitakawa Kota Makihara Daijiro Nakamura Yoshiki Nakamura Taufua Olive Wycliff Palu Fetsuani Rautaimi Joji Satu Ruan Smith Koichi Sugimoto Yōsuke Takahashi Tomoaki Taniguchi Yuki Uchida Ryuta Ueno Kohei Yoshida Kojiro Yoshida

Backs	Yuta Haruyama Koki Hirano Masakatsu Hirosaka Kota Iwamura Ryota Kabashima Yuki Kido Seiyu Kohara Ben Lucas Taiki Masuda Kaoru Matsushita Hiroki Mizuno Takaya Monji Takehito Namekawa Dai Ozawa Robbie Robinson Yoshizumi Takeda Yoshu Takeda Silivenusi Taumoepeau Koji Wada Takayuki Yamauchi Steven Yates Kohei Yuasa

Coach	Hiroshi Sugawara

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