Full name | Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo | ||
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Union | Japan Rugby Football Union | ||
Nickname(s) | Brave Lupus | ||
Founded | 1948 | ||
Location | Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan | ||
Ground(s) | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, 27,188 capacity Ajinomoto Stadium, 49,970 capacity | ||
Coach(es) | Todd Blackadder | ||
League(s) | Japan Rugby League One | ||
2023 | 5th | ||
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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. They are particularly known for the strength of their mauls. Before the Top League was created, the team was called Toshiba Fuchu after their location. Their slogan for 2006 season was "Once again to the Pinnacle (Restart)". The team rebranded as Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to Japan Rugby League One in 2022.[1]