Kyushu Electric Power Kyuden Voltex

Kyushu Electric Power Kyuden Voltex
九州電力キューデンヴォルテクス
Full name	Kyushu Electric Power Kyuden Voltex
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname	Kyuden Voltex
Founded	1951
Location	Fukuoka, Japan
Ground(s)	Kashii, Fukuoka city
Coach	Zane Hilton
League(s)	Japan Rugby League One, Division Two
2022	4th
	Team kit
	Team kit
Official website
	www.kyudenvoltex.com

Kyushu Electric Power Kyuden Voltex (commonly known as Kyuden Voltex) is a Japanese rugby team owned by Kyushu Electric Power Co. (Kyūshū Denryoku). The nickname "Voltex" is a conflation of "Voltage" and "Techniques" and was decided after the team won promotion to the Top League. The team is based in Kashii, Fukuoka and from the 2007-8 season is playing in the semi-professional Top League at the top of Japanese domestic rugby. It is the third team based in Kyūshū to play in the league, the other two being Coca-Cola Red Sparks and Munakata Sanix Blues.

In the fifth season of the Top League (2007-8) Kyuden managed to avoid the play-offs and stay in the league. They also won the league's "Fair Play" prize.

Team colours

Main: red with yellow trimmed jersey, black shorts; Second: white jersey and shorts with blue trim. See here. The former are Kyuden's traditional colours since founding of the club. The colours to be used in the Top League were announced on October 12, 2007.　

Sanix v Kyuden at Global Arena, Top League Round 11, January 20, 2008. Kyuden won this local derby 13-5. Nathan Grey is at outside centre (No. 12).

Squad

The Kyuden Voltex squad for the 2025-26 season is:^[1]

Kyuden Voltex squad
Props Samuel Nozomu Faialaga Kazuto Tokunaga Ryosuke Kagoshima Yasuo Saruwatari Kosuke Oike Shinpei Kamata Taro Uesugi Takehiro Kitsuki Riki Takebe Hookers Kanta Fujita Wang Kyung-mun* Hayato Yoshida Hiroki Murakawa Keisuke Yamzoe Locks Yoshihiro Sononaka Ray Tatafu* Tomotaka Ishimatsu Syuma Kanayama Sean Robinson Aaron Carroll	Flankers Shinichi Tanaka Michiro Takai Colby Fainga'a Ken Nakashima Kim Ki-hyun* Yuki Yamada No8s Alex Takuya Walker Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco Scrum-halves Yusaku Kanda Kotaro Nakao Shunta Takenouchi Spencer Jeans Fly-halves Shogo Matsushita Kiichi Uezato Kohei Kire Jude Gibbs	Centres Shimpei Fukada Hayato Kojyo (c) Noriaki Nakazuru Sione Likuata Teaupa* Koga Yoshida Kenji Hayata Pepesana Patafilo Masaya Kanado Ezra Paulo ^REP ^[a] ^[b] Wingers Ren Hagiwara Yasunari Isoda Goki Saito Naoki Takaya Akihito Yamada Hiroto Nishi Fullbacks Charlie Worthington Makoto Kato Keito Honda Takumi Takeshita Utility Backs

(c) denotes team captain. ^ January 27 2026, Paulo was Joined as an early entry(graduating from university this academic year) from the team after the round 5. ^ Paulo is eligible to compete starting from Round 5.

Coach

Zane Hilton

References

^ "Player". Kyuden Voltex. Retrieved 16 December 2019.

External links

Official Home Page
Kyuden v Sanix Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine (QuickTime movie, Top League game, January 20, 2008)

[Early_Entry-2] January 27 2026, Paulo was Joined as an early entry(graduating from university this academic year) from the team after the round 5.

[Early_Entry_match-3] Paulo is eligible to compete starting from Round 5.

[Kyuden_Voltex_squad-1] "Player". Kyuden Voltex. Retrieved 16 December 2019.

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