Waseda University Rugby Football Club

(Redirected from Waseda University RFC) Rugby team

Full name

Waseda University Rugby Football Club

Union

Nickname(s)

Waseda

Founded

1918

Chairman

Yoichi Shimada

Coach(es)

Daigo Yamashita

Team kit

Official website

Waseda University R.F.C. was founded in 1918. It is one of the top rugby union clubs for students in Japan, together with Kanto Gakuin University RFC, Keio University RFC and Doshisha University RFC.

It is the representative club of Waseda University and has produced many players for the Japan national rugby union team.

Notable victories

1966 - Waseda win their first All-Japan Rugby Football Championship and the University championship rugby title.
1971 - Waseda win their second All-Japan Rugby Football Championship, beating Shinnitetsu Kamaishi 30–16.
1972 - Waseda win their third All-Japan Rugby Football Championship, beating Mitsubishi Jikou 14–11.
1988 - Waseda win their fourth All-Japan Rugby Football Championship, beating Toshiba Fuchuu 22–16.
Waseda, coached by Katsuyuki Kiyomiya, beat Toyota Verblitz 28–24 in the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship at Chichibunomiya on February 12, 2006. It was thus the first Japanese university to beat a Top League team. (In the semi-final Waseda lost to Toshiba Brave Lupus 0-43.)

Onishi Tetsunosuke
Katsuyuki Kiyomiya (2001-2006). He was formerly a player for Waseda and Suntory. In February 2006 a book was published by him in Japanese entitled Kyukyoku no Shori:Ultimate Crush ISBN 4-06-213271-0 He has been hugely successful with Waseda. The book has been translated into English. See here.
Ryuji Nakatake (2006-

ULTIMATE CRUSH: Waseda University Rugby, Leadership and Building the Strongest Winning Team in Japan by Katsuyuki Kiyomiya, translated into English by Ian Ruxton (September 2006) ISBN 978-1-4303-0321-3

v t e Waseda University
Located in: Tokyo, Japan
Undergraduate Schools	International Liberal Studies
Graduate Schools	Asia-Pacific Studies
Facilities	Ōkuma Auditorium Ōkuma Garden Waseda El Dorado Waseda University Library Waseda University Junior and Senior High School Waseda University Honjo Senior High School Waseda Shibuya Senior High School in Singapore Waseda University Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Organizations	Waseda University Rugby Football Club Cheerleading Club Waseda Big Bears football
Miscellaneous	History Campus Library Faculty Alumni Waseda–Keio rivalry Waseda-SAT2
Founded: 1882 Students: 51,129 Endowment: Category Commons