Hino Motors Red Dolphins are a Japanese rugby union team, currently playing in the county's top tier Japan Rugby League One competition. The team is the rugby team of commercial vehicle manufacturer Hino Motors, based in Hino in the Tokyo Metropolis.
The team was founded in 1950, and spent their formative seasons playing in the Kanto League. They were promoted to the top division of the Top East League for the 2009 season, but were relegated in their first season. They bounced back at the first attempt, again winning promotion to the Top East League for the 2010 season. This time, they remained in that league until the 2017–18 season, when they won promotion to the newly formed Top Challenge League.
Season history
Hino Red Dolphins' record in the top two tiers since their promotion to the Top East League in 2008 was:
Hino Red Dolphins season history Competition P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts Pos Notes 2008 Top East League 10 1 0 9 129 525 −396 1 1 6 10th Relegated to the Kanto League. 2010 Top East League 10 3 0 8 242 390 −148 3 2 17 8th 2011 Top East League 10 1 1 7 117 353 −236 2 1 9 8th 2012 Top East League 9 2 0 7 138 350 −212 3 0 11 9th Survived relegation play-offs 2013 Top East League 9 3 0 6 166 293 −127 3 1 16 7th 2014 Top East League 9 6 0 3 301 154 +147 5 1 30 4th 2015 Top East League 9 6 0 3 318 185 +133 7 1 32 4th 2016 Top East League 9 8 0 1 420 107 +313 5 0 37 2nd 2017 Top Challenge League 7 6 0 1 285 157 +128 4 0 28 2nd Promoted to the Top League. Legend: P = Games played, W = Games won, D = Games drawn, L = Games lost, PF = Points for, PA = Points against, PD = Points difference, TB = Try bonus points, LB = Losing bonus points, Pts = Log points, Pos = Position.
Current squad
The Hino Red Dolphins squad for the 2026-27 season is:
Hino Red Dolphins squadProps Yūtaro Danno Yūto Tokuda Junki Tokoda Norihiro Aso Shosuke Funaki Makoto Tsuchiya Kazumasa Yoshimura Sora Torigoe Shoma Kai
Hookers Daiki Nakagawa Towa Taniguchi Kosei Tamaki Atsuhiro Yoshida
Locks Yūjiro Yano Hidetora Nasu Wynand Grassmann Gideon Koegelenberg AJ WoulfFlankers Jo Kuramori Shoei Ijima Lee Jun-ya** Shun Nakashika (c) Arito Takahashi Kuniya Sonoki Noah Tovio* Syun Tomonaga
No8s Kyosuke Horie Kīchi Takagi
Scrum-halves Kotaro Hatada Yūki Kagoshima Kanta Hattori Riku Ōno
Fly-halves Junpei Noguchi Suguru Tanaka Keita Doi Piers Francis Byron SmithCentres Yū Yomogita Taroma Togo Ryūji Hirose Hinata Hori Joichiro Iwashita Christian Laui* Shogo Tokota
Wingers Sora Ōuchi Moeki Fukushi Ko Kojima
Fullbacks Kyoji Takano Takumi Isimoto Yūki Ando Kim Ang-pyong*
Utility Backs (c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped
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