 Yuri Tanimoto, courtesy of Shizuoka Blue Revs (3rd photo)

 The team is in a difficult situation, having yet to play a single match in the new league due to a mass infection of the new coronavirus...

 Ayumi Goromaru, a leading figure in Japanese rugby. After retiring in 2009, he now wears a jacket instead of a lager shirt and sells tickets. We asked him to talk about his passionate ambition to open up the rugby world from the management side this time.

Ayumu Goromaru, now a businessman: &#8220;Eventually, I&#8217;ll aim to become president.

 Sports writer Born in Toyama Prefecture in 1982. Has been active as a sports writer since 2006. He has been active as a sports writer since 2006, mainly covering rugby. Author of The Challenge of the Sunwolves: Super Rugby: Records of the Fighting Wolves (Futabasha).

 Kazamiya Mukai

 Aki Nagao

 How did Ryodai Shirakuni, who came from a high school with no history of participation in the Hanazono, win his way through the elite corps?

 Teikyo University regained the title of rugby university champion for the first time in four tournaments. The man who scored three tries was a challenger from an obscure high school, while many promising high school players were in the crowd, such as Kotaro Hosoki, a PR captain from Toin Gakuen who overwhelmed the scrum of Meiji University.

A former fourth-string warrior who graduated from an obscure public high school&#8221; who led the Teikyo University rugby team to reclaim its championship

 Yuri Adachi

 They met through an introduction by an acquaintance and started living together last fall. Last month, they decided to try to get married.

 Chiji Matsui, a member of the Rugby League One Yokohama Canon Eagles, and Kaho Sakaguchi, a former beach volleyball player who retired on the 1st of this month, are married!　We interviewed the couple, who entered the marriage ceremony last November and are leading a loving newlywed life.

The new beach fairies, Kaho Sakaguchi and Chiji Matsui, in their lovey-dovey newlywed life!

 They met through an introduction by an acquaintance and started living together last fall.

 Former beach volleyball player, Kaho Sakaguchi (25) and rugby league player, Chiji Matsui (27) of the Yokohama Canon Eagles joined the club in November. We caught up with the newlyweds to find out more about their life together.

Ex-beach volleyball player Kaho Sakaguchi joined rugby player Matsui in November!

 Sports writer, born in Toyama Prefecture in 1982. Has been active as a sports writer since 2006. He has been active as a sports writer since 2006, mainly covering rugby. He is the author of "The Challenge of the Sunwolves: Super Rugby: Records of the Fighting Wolves" (Futabasha).

 Mukai Kazamiya

 "He was battling "unexpected hardships" before setting a new goal of "becoming the best back row in the world.

 After playing in the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, Kazuki Himeno started for Australia, the world's third-ranked team, on Oct. 23. Himeno, who is said to be a future "captain candidate," revealed to us himself that he was battling with hardships that "didn't give him energy.

&#8220;Japan national team player Kazuki Himeno&#8217;s recovery from the bottom

 Sports writer Born in Toyama Prefecture in 1982. Has been active as a sports writer since 2006. He has been active as a sports writer since 2006, mainly covering rugby. He is the author of "The Challenge of the Sunwolves: Super Rugby: Records of the Fighting Wolves" (Futabasha).

 Number 10" of the Japanese national soccer and rugby teams also frequented the restaurant during his school days.

 A Western-style restaurant in Hachimanyama, a quiet residential area in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, has closed its doors. In addition to celebrities, top-notch soccer, rugby, track and field, and football players from Meiji University frequented the restaurant when it was unknown. The owner of the restaurant looks back over the past half century.

The end of 50 years of history&#8230; Hikomaro and famous coaches went to the Western-style restaurant &#8220;The Last Moment&#8221;.

 Born in 1975. Sports writer who covers and writes about rugby and soccer for magazines and websites. "He has covered the World Cup for five consecutive tournaments until 2019. He has covered five consecutive World Cups until the 2019 tournament, and covered all 57 matches for the Japanese national team in the last tournament led by Eddie Jones. His recent publications include "A Dictionary of Rugby Words" (Seibundoshinkosha) and "Introduction to Watching Rugby" (Kairyu-sha). In his high school days, he played as a FB who was good at tackling.

 Kenjin Saito

 Japan's national rugby team is scheduled to play Australia, the world's third-ranked team, on October 23. Koutarou Matsushima, the only overseas player in the team, is not in the squad this time. In order to play in the French League, where the world's fiercest rugby players gather, Matsushima bought something unexpected.

Kotaro Matsushima&#8217;s 100-yen rugby products to fight in France

 Masataka Tara

 Why did the two "real top executives" have to be replaced before the new league was launched?

 There are only three months left until the new rugby league starts in January 2022. However, it is hard to get excited about it. Why is this? It is probably not unrelated to the "dark struggle" that led to the resignation of the two real heads of the league before the new league was launched.

New rugby league to open in January next year: The &#8220;dark struggle&#8221; that put a damper on the momentum

 Born in Kumamoto City in 1975. After graduating from Kumamoto High School, he went on to graduate from the School of Commerce at Waseda University. He started playing rugby at Kumamoto High School and participated in the Hanazono Tournament in his junior year. He is currently working as a freelance reporter mainly for Rugby Magazine. He is the author of "Waseda Rugby: The Struggle for Evolution" (Kodansha).

 Mitsunobu Naoe

 Kaori Matsumoto (1st) Afro

 The season opens with the Corona disaster. 39-year-old coach Tatsuhiko Otao

 In January, Waseda University was defeated 28-55 by Tenri University in the final of the Rugby University Championship, in which they were aiming for consecutive victories. The 39-year-old new coach was entrusted with the task of rebuilding the prestigious school. The new coach, 39 years old, will use his experience as an active player, which was a series of conflicts despite his seemingly glamorous career, as an extract for regaining supremacy.

39-year-old new commander of Waseda University rugby team talks about how to create an ideal team

 Sports writer Born in Toyama Prefecture in 1982. Has been active as a sports writer since 2006. He has been active as a sports writer since 2006, mainly covering rugby. He is the author of "The Challenge of the Sunwolves: A Record of the Fighting Wolves of Super Rugby" (Futabasha).

 The college rugby season has begun at the Corona disaster, and a rookie with a big-name presence has emerged at Waseda University, which is aiming to reclaim its title after two years. The rookie, who won the Hanazono championship in his second and third years of high school, has big dreams.

Unbeaten since the second year of high school! The dream of Kenji Sato, a monster rookie in the Waseda University rugby team

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 Japan's wheelchair rugby team wins its second consecutive Paralympic bronze medal! Absolute ace Daisuke Ikezaki and Rio Olympic representative Kotaro Kishi reveal

 Daisuke Ikezaki, the wheelchair rugby player who won his second consecutive bronze medal at the Tokyo Paralympics, which concluded on September 5, was interviewed immediately after the games. In this interview, he talks about the behind-the-scenes story behind his accomplishment and reveals some of the challenges he faces going forward.

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Ayumu Goromaru, now a businessman: “Eventually, I’ll aim to become president.

A former fourth-string warrior who graduated from an obscure public high school” who led the Teikyo University rugby team to reclaim its championship

The new beach fairies, Kaho Sakaguchi and Chiji Matsui, in their lovey-dovey newlywed life!

Ex-beach volleyball player Kaho Sakaguchi joined rugby player Matsui in November!

“Japan national team player Kazuki Himeno’s recovery from the bottom

The end of 50 years of history… Hikomaro and famous coaches went to the Western-style restaurant “The Last Moment”.

Kotaro Matsushima’s 100-yen rugby products to fight in France

New rugby league to open in January next year: The “dark struggle” that put a damper on the momentum

39-year-old new commander of Waseda University rugby team talks about how to create an ideal team

Unbeaten since the second year of high school! The dream of Kenji Sato, a monster rookie in the Waseda University rugby team

Behind the Scenes of Japan’s Wheelchair Rugby Team’s Accomplishment