Nasu Blasen

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Nasu Blasen
Team information
UCI codeNAS
RegisteredJapan
Founded2013
Discipline(s)Road
StatusNational (2013–2014)
UCI Continental (2015–2022)
BicyclesBoma
WebsiteTeam home page
Key personnel
General managerKota Iwai
Team manager(s)
  • Atsuhito Wakasugi
  • Takaaki Higuchi
Team name history
2013–
Nasu Blasen

Nasu Blasen (那須ブラーゼン, Nasu Burāzen) is a Japanese UCI Continental cycling team established in 2013.[1] It gained UCI continental status in 2015,[2][3] and the team was led by 2014 Japanese National Road Race Championships winner Junya Sano.[2]

In 2023, the team joined with Saitama Dreve and raced as the Saitama Nasu Sunbrave. In 2024, the operating company NASPO stopped business by the end of February and it was reported to file bankruptcy.[4]

Team roster[edit]

As of 21 February 2021.[5][6]
Rider Date of birth
 Daisuke Kaneko (JPN) (1991-11-13) 13 November 1991 (age 32)
 Daigo Kon (JPN) (1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 26)
 Hayato Nishio (JPN) (1994-01-09) 9 January 1994 (age 30)
 Keito Nishio (JPN) (1995-07-06) 6 July 1995 (age 28)
 Hiroshi Sato (JPN) (1999-12-09) 9 December 1999 (age 24)
 Takashi Sato (JPN) (1999-12-09) 9 December 1999 (age 24)
 Masayuki Shibata (JPN) (1994-11-03) 3 November 1994 (age 29)
Rider Date of birth
 Shota Shimano (JPN) (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 23)
 Ryuji Shinkai (JPN) (2000-07-14) 14 July 2000 (age 23)
 Taku Takemura (JPN) (1997-09-28) 28 September 1997 (age 26)
 Junsei Tani (JPN) (1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 (age 29)
 Shotaro Watanabe (JPN) (1994-08-29) 29 August 1994 (age 29)
 Ryuta Yamashina (JPN) (2002-01-12) 12 January 2002 (age 22)

Major results[edit]

2022
1st Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido, Junsei Tani

References[edit]

  1. ^ "那須ブラーゼンが始動 那須高原から風を巻き起こす地域密着型チーム". Cyclowired (in Japanese). 16 February 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b "エース佐野淳哉に吉岡直哉、鈴木龍が加わったコンチネンタル登録の那須ブラーゼン". Cyclowired (in Japanese). 19 December 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Nasu Blasen 2015". Archived from the original on 2015-03-18.
  4. ^ 「那須ブラーゼン」運営会社NASPOが事業停止破産申請へ 負債総額は推定6千万円 (in Japanese). Tochigi Television. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Nasu Blasen". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  6. ^ "レーサー・スタッフ" [Racer・Staff]. Nasu Blasen (in Japanese). NASPO Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

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