Shimizu Blue Sharks
Shimizu Rugby Football Club – nicknamed the Blue Sharks – are a Japanese rugby union team, currently playing in the country's second tier Top Challenge League competition. The team is the rugby team of architectural, civil engineering and general contracting firm Shimizu, based in Chūō in Tokyo.
The team was created in 1976 as the rugby union team for Shimizu Corporation. When rugby union in Japan was restructured in 2003 with the introduction of the Top League, Shimizu Blue Sharks was allocated to the second tier :ja:トップイーストリーグ|Top East League. They were relegated after the 2007–08 season, and played in lower leagues for a decade. They won promotion back for the 2017–18 season, where they secured a fourth-place finish. The following season, they won the competition, and also won their promotion play-off match against Chugoku Red Regulions to be promoted to the Top Challenge League for 2019.Squad
The Shimizu Blue Sharks squad for the 2019–20 season is:
