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The 2023–24 Japan Rugby League One – Division 1 season is the thirteenth top flight league season played from December 2023 through to May 2024, [1] in the newly rebranded Japan Rugby League One. The competition consisted of twelve teams, including one promoted team from Division 2, the Mie Heat .
Japan Rugby League One (Japanese: ジャパンラグビーリーグワン, romanized: Japanragubīrīguwan), formerly known as the Top League (Japanese: トップリーグ, romanized: Toppurīgu), is a rugby union competition in Japan. It is the highest level of professional rugby competition in the country.
The 2022–23 Japan Rugby League One – Division 1 season was the twentieth top flight league season played from December 2022 through to May 2023, [1] in the newly rebranded Japan Rugby League One. The competition consisted of twelve teams, including two promoted teams from Division 2 , Sagamihara Dynaboars and Hanazono Liners .
The 2022 Japan Rugby League One – Division 1 was the inaugural season of Japan's new professional three-tier Rugby union competition. It consisted of twelve franchises and played five teams twice and six teams once resulting in each team playing a total of sixteen games home and away. [1]
Shimizu Koto Blue Sharks – nicknamed the Blue Sharks – are a Japanese rugby union team, currently playing in the Japan Rugby League One. [1] The team is the rugby team of architectural, civil engineering and general contracting firm Shimizu, based in Chūō in Tokyo. The team was created in 1976 as the rugby union team for Shimizu Corporation.
Chugoku Electric Power Rugby Football Club – nicknamed the Red Regulions – is a Japanese rugby union team, currently playing in the Japan Rugby League One. [1] The team is the rugby team of electric utilities provider Chugoku Electric Power, based in Hiroshima in the Chūgoku region. The team was created in 1987 as the rugby union team for ...
The first rugby league team to visit, and play, against Japan, was a New South Wales Group 20 representative team in 1997, followed by the Lebanese national rugby league team in 1998. Distance from any other rugby league competitions, and problems with player availability due to short Japanese holidays , have made regular competition for the ...
Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo is a Japanese rugby union team in the Japan Rugby League One.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.