The Japan Wheelchair Rugby Federation is pleased to announce that the “Mitsui Fudosan Wheelchair Rugby SHIBUYA CUP 2025” will be held from April 18 (Fri.) to 20 (Sun.) at the Yoyogi National Stadium 1st Gymnasium. The Yoyogi National Stadium 1st Gymnasium was the venue for the Wheelchair Rugby competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games and this will be the first time in the history of the SHIBUYA CUP that the event will be held at this venue. We are also pleased to announce the members of the Japanese National Team who will be participating in the event.

The event is positioned as a legacy event for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, with the aim of sustaining the continued growth of interest in Para sports and creating opportunities for future generations to watch live sports. It will also be held as an international event to develop young athletes, enabling the growth of world-class wheelchair rugby athletes by allowing the next generation of athletes from around the world to compete in an environment on the same scale as a regular international event.

We are pleased to announce that Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. will support this event as an event partner. We are grateful to Mitsui Fudosan for supporting our event concept, as well as for its support of the federation since 2016, and for being our top partner since 2017.

In addition, this time the event will be co-hosted by the Shibuya City, where the venue, Yoyogi National Stadium, is located.
Shibuya City has been continuously promoting wheelchair rugby in schools across the city since before the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, making it an area of particular interest for the sport, and will be working with us as a co-host of the event.

Information about this event will be updated and announced as necessary. Please check this website and our social media for updates.

◆“Mitsui Fudosan Wheelchair Rugby SHIBUYA CUP 2025” Event Details

Event name: Mitsui Fudosan Wheelchair Rugby SHIBUYA CUP 2025
Date : April 18 (Fri.) – April 20 (Sun.), 2025
Location: Yoyogi National Stadium 1st Gymnasium　(2-1-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0041)
Participating Teams: Japan, USA, Australia National Teams (Total 3)
Live stream: Scheduled for the Japan Wheelchair Rugby Federation YouTube channel
Host: Japan Wheelchair Rugby Federation
Co-host: Shibuya City
Support: Japanese Para Sports Association, Japanese Paralympic Committee / Japan Rugby Football Union / Australian Embassy Tokyo
Event title partner: Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.
Event media partnerｰ: LIVE BOARD, INC.
Admission : Free / Free entry and exit
Venue Open: April 18 (Fri.) – April 20 (Sun.) 10:00- each day
 
◆Event Schedule（※The schedule is subject to change.）

	Start Time	Game	Main Court
4/18(Fri.) -Day 1-	10:30	G1	Australia vs Japan
	14:00	G2	Australia vs USA
	18:00	G3	Japan vs USA
4/19(Sat.) -Day 2-	10:30	G4	Japan vs USA
	14:00	G5	Japan vs Australia
	17:00	G6	Australia vs USA
4/20(Sun.) -Day 3-	10:30	G7	Australia vs USA
	14:00	G8	Japan vs USA
	17:00	G9	Japan vs Australia
	19:00		Award Ceremony

 

◆Japan National Team Athletes

Point	名前	Name	No	所属	Age
0.5	鈴木 康平	Suzuki Kohei	51	株式会社アイ工務店	27
0.5	川口 健太郎	Kawaguchi Kentaro	25	株式会社アイ工務店	26
1.0	草場 龍治	Kusaba Ryuji	11	三建設備工業株式会社	24
1.5F	月村 珠実	Tsukimura Tamami	10	ペプチドリーム株式会社	34
2.0	河江 大輝	Kawae Hiroki	31	クラブチーム「WAVES」	32
2.0	角 佳樹	Sumi Yoshiki	53	クラブチーム「Freedom」	27
2.0	壁谷 知茂	Kabetani Tomoshige	8	AIGジャパン・ホールディングス株式会社	37
2.0	中町 俊耶	Nakamachi Shunya	14	三菱オートリース株式会社	30
2.5	青木 颯志	Aoki Soshi	54	東海大学	19
3.0	白川 楓也	Shirakawa Fuya	44	テスホールディングス株式会社	26
3.5	橋本 勝也	Hashimoto Katsuya	32	日興アセットマネジメント株式会社	22
3.5	洞 皓貴	Hora Hiroki	45	クラブチーム「WAVES」	26

※Captian：Hashimoto Katsuya, Vice-Captain：Kabetani Tomoshige
※Members may change at short notice.
※Age is as of April 18, 2025 Japan time.

 

◆Japan National Team Staff Members

Role	名前	Name
Head Coach	中谷 英樹	Nakatani Hideki
Assistant Coach	池 透暢	Ike Yukinobu
Manager	太田 知子	Ota Tomoko
Analyst	田中 咲希	Tanaka Saki
Trainer	中村 奈津美	Nakamura Natsumi
Trainer	杉本 麻美	Sugimoto Asami
Trainer	森川 優	Morikawa Yu
Trainer	藤永 美羽	Fujinaga Miwa
Nurse	中村 恭子	Nakamura Kyoko
Mechanic	川﨑 芳英	Kawasaki Yoshihide
Interpreter	二階堂 のり子	Nikaido Noriko
Sports Psychologist	河津 慶太	Kawazu Keita
Nutritionist	飯野 直美	Iino Naomi
High Performance Director	岸 光太郎	Kishi Kotaro

※Members may change at short notice.

 

◆（Reference）Australia National Team Athletes

Point	Name	No	Age
0.5	James McQuillan	5	31
0.5	Damien Mortaud	13	32
1.0	Peter Campbell-Rogers	30	21
1.5	Tai Martin-Page	23	35
2.0F	Lilliana Prucha	7	24
2.0	Josh Nicholson	21	29
2.0	Jayden Jackson	9	25
2.5	Conor Tweedy	22	24
3.0F	Robyn Lambird	24	28
3.0	Cooper Blackwood	25	27
3.5	Andrew Holloway	20	34

※Captain：James McQuillan / Jayden Jackson, Vice-Captain：Conor Tweedy
※Members may change at short notice.
※Age is as of April 18, 2025 Japan time.

 

◆（Reference）USA National Team Athletes

Point	Name	No	年齢
0.5	Chris Fleace	33	35
0.5F	Mandy Marchinano	7	35
1.0	Lee Fredette	11	41
1.0	Brad Hudspeth	12	36
1.5	Jeff Andrews	13	36
1.5	Travis Baker	1	29
2.0	Mason Symons	55	36
2.5F	Sarah Adam	8	34
2.5	Alex Pabon	23	33
2.5	Clay Brackett	21	31
3.0	Kevin Hamilton	14	27
3.5	Zion Redington	44	18

※Captain：Sarah Adam
※Members may change at short notice.
※Age is as of April 18, 2025 Japan time.

*Original news article in Japanese: https://jwrf.jp/news/shibuyacup2025ver1/