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Munakata Sanix Blues
, formerly ''Fukuoka Sanix Blues'' and ''Fukuoka Sanix Bombs'', was a Japanese rugby union team based in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Founded in April 1994 (Heisei 6), the team rose rapidly through the Kyūshū leagues and was in the Top League for the first season (2003-4) as Kyūshū's sole representative, but lost a relegation battle with Kintetsu Liners 42-45 and was demoted. But Sanix managed to return to the Top League for the 2005-6 season, beating Secom Rugguts and Toyota Jido Shokki in the Top League Challenge Series 2005. In March 2022, Sanix Inc., the operators of the club, announced the disbandment of the team following the conclusion of the 2022 Japan Rugby League One season. Current squad The Munakata Sanix Blues squad for the 2022 season was: Former players * Graeme Bachop *André Esterhuizen *Jamie Joseph * John Leslie * Matua Parkinson - blindside flanker *Bad Luck Fale * Damian Karauna - utility back * Reuben Parkinson - centre * Jacques Potgi ...
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Japan Rugby Football Union
The Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU; ) is the governing body for rugby union in Japan. It was formed 30 November 1926, and organises matches for the Japan national rugby union team, Japan national team. The JRFU is currently one of only two federations from outside the Rugby Union Six Nations Championship, Six Nations and The Rugby Championship with a seat on the executive council of World Rugby, the sport's international governing body (the other is Rugby Canada). Former Prime Minister of Japan, Japanese prime minister Yoshirō Mori served as the JRFU's current president until 2015, when Tadashi Okamura took over the position. Historical background Rugby union was first introduced to Japanese students at Keio University in Japan by Professor Edward Bramwell Clarke (who was born in Yokohama) and Tanaka Ginnosuke, both graduates of University of Cambridge, Cambridge University, in 1899. It had been played at the treaty ports (Kobe and Yokohama especially) before that, betwee ...
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Paddy Ryan (rugby Union, Born 1988)
Paddy Ryan (born 9 August 1988) is an Australian rugby union player who plays as a tight-head prop. Ryan played eight seasons for the New South Wales Waratahs, where he surpassed one hundred caps in Super Rugby. He was also capped for the Australian national team. Early life Ryan was born and raised in Tamworth in northern New South Wales. He went to St. Nicholas primary school before attending St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill in Sydney, Australia as a boarding student. Professional rugby career Ryan made his senior debut for the Waratahs during the 2011 Super Rugby season against the Chiefs. Leaving the Waratahs in 2018, Ryan subsequently played for the Munakata Sanix Blues in the Japan Rugby League One, and the San Diego Legion in Major League Rugby Major League Rugby (MLR) is a professional rugby union competition in the United States. The league comprises 11 teams. While operating outside of the governance and oversight of the national governing body, the leag ...
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Dallas Tatana
Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the most populous city in and the county seat, seat of Dallas County, Texas, Dallas County, covering nearly 386 square miles into Collin County, Texas, Collin, Denton County, Texas, Denton, Kaufman County, Texas, Kaufman, and Rockwall County, Texas, Rockwall counties. With a 2020 United States census, 2020 census population of 1,304,379, it is the List of United States cities by population, ninth-most populous city in the U.S. and the List of cities in Texas by population, third-most populous city in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. Located in the North Texas region, the city of Dallas is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern Unite ...
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Hibiki Noda
Hibiki is a Japanese word which can be translated as "echo" or "resonance" among other meanings. It may refer to: People *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese long jumper *Reine Hibiki, a Japanese illustrator whose work includes art for ''Maria-sama ga Miteru'' *, Japanese AV actress and an idol singer *, Japanese video artist *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese scientist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese stage actress and voice actress Fictional characters *Dan Hibiki, a character in the fighting game series ''Street Fighter'' *Hibiki Amawa, a character in the anime ''I My Me! Strawberry Eggs'' * Hibiki Takane, a character in the ''Last Blade'' fighting game series *Hibiki Tokai, a character in the anime ''Vandread'' *Go Hibiki, the Japanese name for the character Speed Racer in the 1997 series *, a character in the anime series ''Gatchaman Crowds'' *Kamen Rider Hibiki, a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series **Kamen Rider Hibiki (character), the title character of the ...
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Toshihiro Nishii
Toshihiro is a masculine Japanese given name. Written forms Toshihiro can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples: *敏弘, "agile, vast" *敏宏, "agile, wide" *敏浩, "agile, wide" *敏博, "agile, doctor" *敏広, "agile, wide" *敏洋, "agile, ocean" *敏裕, "agile, abundant" *俊弘, "talented, vast" *俊裕, "talented, abundant" *俊博, "talented, doctor" *俊大, "talented, big" *寿広, "long life, wide" *寿弘, "long life, vast" *利弘, "benefit, vast" *年弘, "year, vast" The name can also be written in hiragana としひろ or katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ... トシヒロ. Notable people with the name *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese rower *, Japanese Nordic combined skier *, Japanese footballer * ...
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Kazuki Kato (rugby Union)
is a Japanese actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Daisuke Kazama, also known as Kamen Rider Drake, in ''Kamen Rider Kabuto'' and Keigo Atobe in ''The Prince of Tennis'' musicals. In 2011, he formed a band called Joker and their first single debuted on December 7, 2011. Filmography Drama * ''Kamen Rider Kabuto'' as Daisuke Kazama/Kamen Rider Drake * ''Jigoku Shoujo'' as Ichimoku Ren * ''Hotaru no Hikari'' as Teshima Makoto * ''Cafe 吉祥寺で'' (2008) * ''Indigo no yoru'' (2010) * ''Oddboys'' (2024) as Keita Kamoshida Film * '' Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love'' as Daisuke Kazama/Kamen Rider Drake * ''Kamen Rider The Next'' as Shiro Kazami/Kamen Rider V3 * '' The Monster X Strikes Back/Attack the G8 Summit'' * ''Kamigakari'' (2008) * ''HaPPYダーツ'' (2008) * ''Neko Rahmen Taisho'' (2008) * ''Koikyokusei'' (2009) * ''Wangan Midnight'' (2009) as Tatsuya Shima * ''Sanada 10 Braves'' (2016) * '' Kaitō Queen wa Circus ga Osuki'' (2022) as Joker * ''Th ...
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Kim Ho Bum
Kim may refer to: People and fictional characters * Kim (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Kim (surname), a list of people and fictional characters ** Kim (Korean surname) *** Kim dynasty (other), several dynasties *** Kim family (other), various Korean families and clans **** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il Sung in 1948 ** Kim, Vietnamese form of Jin (Chinese surname) * Kim (footballer, born 1933), Brazilian footballer Alcy Martha de Freitas * Kim (footballer, born 1980), Brazilian footballer Carlos Henrique Dias * Kim people, an ethnic group of Chad * Kimberly "Kim" Wexler, a fictional character in the Breaking Bad spin off series, Better Call Saul. Arts, entertainment and media * ''Kim'' (album), a 2009 album by Kim Fransson * "Kim" (song), 2000 song by Eminem * "Kim", a song by Tkay Maidza, 2021 * ''Kim'' (novel), by Rudyard Kipling ** ''Kim'' (1950 film), an American adventure film based on the ...
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Jean Droste
Jean Droste (born 21 January 1994) is a South African professional rugby union player for the in the Currie Cup and the in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is lock, but he can also play as a flanker. Rugby career 2007–2014 : Youth rugby / Blue Bulls Droste was born in Pretoria. He was selected to represent the Pretoria-based as early as primary school level, when he played for them at the 2007 Under-13 Craven Week. He didn't win any call-ups at high school level, but joined the Blue Bulls academy after finishing school. He made nine starts and two appearances as a replacement in the s' Under-19 Provincial Championship campaign in 2013, appearing both as a lock and a flanker. He scored tries in home victories over and as the Blue Bulls won all twelve of their matches during the regular season to finish top of the log, before beating the Leopards in the semi-final and the Golden Lions in the final to secure the title. He found his involvement more limited fo ...
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Takuma Takashima
Takuma (written: 拓磨, 拓真, 拓馬, 琢磨, 匠馬, 卓磨, 卓真 or 卓馬) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese motorcycle racer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese rugby union player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese businessman *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese martial artist *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese photographer and critic *, Imperial Japanese Army general *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese voice actor and singer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese economist F ...
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Tatsuya Miyazaki
is a common masculine Japanese given name. Written forms Tatsuya can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *達也, "master/accomplished, to be" *達矢, "master/accomplished, arrow" *竜也, "dragon, to be" *竜哉, "dragon, how" *竜弥, "dragon, all the more" *辰也, "sign of the dragon, to be" *龍也, "dragon, to be" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People with the name *, Japanese footballer *Tatsuya Egawa (達也, born 1961), Japanese manga artist *, Japanese manga artist *Tatsuya Enomoto (達也, born 1979), Japanese footballer *Tatsuya Fuji (born 1941), Japanese film actor *Tatsuya Fujiwara (竜也, born 1982), Japanese actor *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese volleyball player *Tatsuya Futakami, Japanese shogi player *Tatsuya Furuhashi (born 1980), Japanese football player *Tatsuya Hiruta (達也), Japanese manga artist * Tatsuya Hori (born 1935), Japanese politician * Tatsuya Isaka (達也, born 1985), Japanese actor *Tatsuya Is ...
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Nozomi Kuraya
Nozomi may refer to: *Nozomi (given name) * Nozomi (book), a photobook by Nozomi Sasaki *Nozomi Entertainment, the anime license and distribution division of retailer The Right Stuf International *Nozomi (spacecraft), a failed Mars space probe *Nozomi (train) is the fastest train service running on the Tokaido and San'yō Shinkansen lines in Japan. The service stops at only the largest stations, and services using N700 series equipment reach speeds of along the stretch between and . The trip b ..., a high-speed train service in Japan * Sony Xperia S, a Sony smartphone codenamed ''Nozomi'' See also *'' Nozomi Witches'', a manga series by Toshio Nobe {{disambiguation ...
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