Full name | Toyota Verblitz | ||
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Union | Japan Rugby Football Union | ||
Founded | 1941 | ||
Location | Toyota, Aichi, Japan | ||
Ground(s) | Toyota Stadium Mizuho Rugby Stadium (Capacity: 45,000 15,000) | ||
Director of Rugby | Steve Hansen | ||
Coach(es) | Ben Herring | ||
Captain(s) | Kaito Shigeno | ||
League(s) | Japan Rugby League One | ||
2022 | 5th | ||
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Toyota Verblitz is a Japanese rugby union team in the Japan Rugby League One. Verblitz is a portmanteau of verde (Italian, Spanish and Portuguese for 'green') and blitz (German for 'lightning'). The team is owned by Toyota Motor Corporation and is not to be confused with the Toyota Industries Shuttles rugby team, owned by Toyota Industries. It shares Toyota Stadium in the city of Toyota, Aichi with the football club Nagoya Grampus which also used to be owned by Toyota Motors.