Kobelco Kobe Steelers

The Kobelco Kobe Steelers are a Japanese rugby union team owned by Kobe Steel, and based in Kobe. They were the first ever Top League champions when the League started in the 2003-2004 season. The team rebranded as Kobelco Kobe Steelers ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One in 2022.

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Honours

Top League:

* Champions: 2003–04, 2018-19

Personnel

Current management team

Position

Name

Nationality

Director of rugby and head coach

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Current squad

The Kobelco Kobe Steelers squad for the 2025-26 season is:

Past players

Yuta Imamura Centre, Japanese international
Itaru Taniguchi Loose forward, Japanese international
Shoji Ito Lock, Japanese international

Japanese players

Foreign players