# Chugoku Red Regulions

Chugoku Electric Power Rugby Football Club – nicknamed the Red Regulions – is a Japanese rugby union team, currently playing in the Japan Rugby League One. The team is the rugby team of electric utilities provider Chugoku Electric Power, based in Hiroshima in the Chūgoku region.
The team was created in 1987 as the rugby union team for Chugoku Electric Power. When rugby union in Japan was restructured in 2003 with the introduction of the Top League, Chugoku Electric Power was allocated to the second tier Top Kyūshū League. They remained in that league until a further restructuring prior to the 2017–18 saw the team promoted to a newly established Top Challenge League. In July 2017, they also adopted the name Red Regulions for the team.

## Current squad

The Chugoku Red Regulions squad for the 2024–25 season is:
| Chugoku Red Regulions squad |
| Props Kojiro Arito Seiya Kitajima Keisuke Maeda Kento Miyata Toshiyuki Oki Haruki Miyata Riku Iwai Hookers Yuki Asai Kentaro Iwanaga Yuta Nishihama Locks Noriyuki Kureyama Tomonari Aoki Taro Nishikawa (cc) Taiki Washiya Hayato Moriyama Kota Moriyama | Flankers Kengo Ishiwata Shintaro Matsuda Kohei Matsunaga Connor Anderson Ed Quirk No8s Scrum-halves Rintaro Kawashima Atsushi Mizofuchi Syohei Tsukamoto Fly-halves Hashizo Yoshida Hayato Miyazaki | Centres Sebastian Sialau Motoki Arai Shinya Hirayama Masaaki Morita Makoto Torikai (cc) Syougo Azuma Riki Yamaguchi Wingers Kentaro Fujii Hirofumi Higashikawa Yuto Matsuoka Masahiro Nakano Kenta Kitayama Fullbacks Keigo Hatanaka Utility Backs |
| (c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped |

## Season history

Chugoku Electric Power's record in the top two tiers since the formation of the Top Kyūshū League in 2003 was:
| Chugoku Electric Power season history |
| Season | Competition | Phase | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts | Pos | Notes |
| 2003–04 | 2003 Top Kyūshū League | First Phase | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 333 | 236 | +97 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3rd | Qualified to the Second Phase |
| 2003–04 | 2003 Top Kyūshū League | Second Phase | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 147 | −130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd | |
| 2004–05 | 2004 Top Kyūshū League | First Phase | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 206 | 378 | −172 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5th | |
| 2005–06 | 2005 Top Kyūshū League | First Phase | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 183 | 253 | −70 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4th | |
| 2006–07 | 2006 Top Kyūshū League | First Phase | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 149 | 171 | −22 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 3rd | Qualified to the Second Phase |
| 2006–07 | 2006 Top Kyūshū League | Second Phase | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 141 | −127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd | |
| 2007–08 | 2007 Top Kyūshū League | First Phase | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 145 | 118 | +27 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 2nd | Qualified to the Second Phase |
| 2007–08 | 2007 Top Kyūshū League | Second Phase | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2nd | Qualified to Challenge Series 2 |
| 2007–08 | 2008 Top League Challenge Series | Challenge 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 192 | −187 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd | |
| 2008–09 | 2008 Top Kyūshū League | First Phase | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 138 | −16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3rd | Qualified to the Second Phase |
| 2008–09 | 2008 Top Kyūshū League | Second Phase | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 73 | −37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd | |
| 2009–10 | 2009 Top Kyūshū League | First Phase | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 319 | 91 | +228 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2nd | Qualified to the Second Phase |
| 2009–10 | 2009 Top Kyūshū League | Second Phase | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2nd | Qualified to Challenge Series 2 |
| 2009–10 | 2010 Top League Challenge Series | Challenge 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 218 | −201 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd | |
| 2010–11 | 2010 Top Kyūshū League | First Phase | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 148 | 192 | −44 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5th | |
| 2011–12 | 2011 Top Kyūshū League | First Phase | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 200 | 147 | +53 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4th | |
| 2012–13 | 2012 Top Kyūshū League | First Phase | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 180 | 201 | −21 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3rd | Qualified to the Second Phase |
| 2012–13 | 2012 Top Kyūshū League | Second Phase | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 122 | −112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd | |
| 2013–14 | 2013 Top Kyūshū League | First Phase | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 197 | 120 | +77 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 3rd | Qualified to the Second Phase |
| 2013–14 | 2013 Top Kyūshū League | Second Phase | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 123 | −110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd | |
| 2014–15 | 2014 Top Kyūshū League | First Phase | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 264 | 86 | +178 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 2nd | Qualified to the Second Phase |
| 2014–15 | 2014 Top Kyūshū League | Second Phase | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 65 | −38 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2nd | Qualified to Challenge Series 2 |
| 2014–15 | 2014–15 Top League Challenge Series | Challenge 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2nd | |
| 2015–16 | 2015 Top Kyūshū League | First Phase | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 302 | 178 | +124 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 4th | Qualified to the Second Phase |
| 2015–16 | 2015 Top Kyūshū League | Second Phase | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 120 | −83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | |
| 2016–17 | 2016 Top Kyūshū League | First Phase | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 297 | 84 | +213 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1st | Qualified to the Second Phase |
| 2016–17 | 2016 Top Kyūshū League | Second Phase | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2nd | Qualified to Challenge Series 2 |
| 2016–17 | 2016–17 Top League Challenge Series | Challenge 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 81 | −54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd | Promoted to Top Challenge League |
| 2017–18 | 2017 Top Challenge League | First Stage | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 88 | 369 | −281 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7th | Qualified to Second Stage Group B |
| 2017–18 | 2017 Top Challenge League | Second Phase Group B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 67 | +28 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6th | |
| 2018–19 | 2018 Top Challenge League | First Phase | Not yet played | Not yet played | Not yet played | Not yet played | Not yet played | Not yet played | Not yet played | Not yet played | Not yet played | Not yet played | Not yet played | |