JAPAN · ELITE PROFESSIONAL CLUB RUGBY · 2026/27
NTT Japan Rugby League One Division 1 · 2026/27
The new single-table Japan Rugby League One Division 1 begins 12 December 2026. Explore all 108 official regular-season fixtures, 18 selectable rounds and 12 professional clubs, plus the route to the 6 June 2027 final. The standings are pre-season: no league match results have been played.
Coming up · Round 1
12–13 December 2026 · kick-off times in Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9)
2026/27 Division 1 standings
Pre-season table · all 12 clubs have played zero league matches · names are alphabetical, not a ranking
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | BP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | BlackRams Tokyo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | Kobelco Kobe Steelers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo-Bay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | Saitama Wild Knights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | Shizuoka BlueRevs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | Tochigi Honda HEAT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | Toshiba Brave Lupus Musashi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | Toyota Verblitz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | Urayasu D-Rocks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| — | Yokohama Canon Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No teams are highlighted as qualifiers or relegated before the first game. Every club currently has zero points. Division 1 promotion and relegation rules are handled separately from the regular-season play-offs.
2026/27 · All 18 league rounds
108 published home-and-away fixtures, six games per round. The first-round match dates and kick-off times are confirmed; later rounds are grouped by their official date windows because individual kick-offs can change.
All 12 Division 1 clubs
Each club is scheduled for 18 league matches, nine at home and nine away. Choose a team in the standings or Match Centre to jump to its card.
BlackRams Tokyo
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Kobelco Kobe Steelers
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Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo-Bay
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Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars
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Saitama Wild Knights
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Shizuoka BlueRevs
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Tochigi Honda HEAT
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Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath
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Toshiba Brave Lupus Musashi
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Toyota Verblitz
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Urayasu D-Rocks
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Yokohama Canon Eagles
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How the 2026/27 Japan Rugby League One season works
The old conference system has been discontinued. All 12 teams share one Division 1 table, playing seven opponents twice and four opponents once. Each team plays 18 games, giving 108 regular-season fixtures in 18 rounds. Teams start at zero points and no standings position can be assumed before the season begins.
The top six at the end of the regular season advance to the play-off tournament, with first and second entering directly in the semi-finals. The final is scheduled for 6 June 2027. Division 2 (eight clubs) and Division 3 (seven) are separate competitions and do not contribute scores to this page.
2026/27 season preview
Defending champions Kobelco Kobe Steelers begin at home against Toyota Verblitz at Noevir Stadium Kobe on 12 December. Another opening-round meeting features Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath against BlackRams Tokyo. The format has changed, so prior-season conference standings are not being carried into this new table.
2027 play-off calendar
Sources and verification
All 108 regular-season pairings are transcribed from the Japan Rugby League One official 2026–27 Division 1 schedule, revised in October. The 18-round structure was checked for six matches per round, 18 matches and nine home games per club. Kick-off times are shown only where confirmed. The table is intentionally unranked before Round 1. Independent, manually maintained coverage; not live.
- Official 2026/27 fixture schedule
- Official 2026/27 draw and format
- League One: division structure and play-off dates
Verified 15 October 2026 · future fixtures and venues may change