Reigning Top League champions Kobelco Steelers have added a pair of All Blacks veterans to their already impressive ranks ahead of the new campaign.
Carter, Retallick, Kerevi, Giteau, Buckman, and Li go head to head in the Japanese Top League.
Amanaki Saumaki Blindside Flanker 
Ardie Savea Flanker 7 
Brodie Retallick Lock 
Gerrard Cowley-Tuioti Lock 
Go Maeda Blindside Flanker 
Hayato Fukunishi Blindside Flanker 
Hikaru Hashimoto Blindside Flanker 
Hiroaki Ushihara Hooker 
Hiroshi Yamashita Prop 
Ikuma Yamada Hooker 
Jiwon Koo Prop 
Kenta Matsuoka Hooker 
Koki Yamamoto Prop 
Rinpei Sakaki Hooker 
Ryo Inoue Blindside Flanker 
Seokhwan Jang Lock 4 
Sho Maeda Lock 4 
Takara Imamura Lock 4 
Tiennan Costley Number 8 
VakautaIsileli Nakajima Lock 
Waisake Raratabu Lock 4 
Ataata Moeakiola Wing 
Atsushi Hiwasa Scrum Half 
Bryn Gatland Fly half 
Daiki Nakajima Fullback 
Gentaro Ikenaga Inside Centre 
Haruto Takahashi Fullback 
Junta Hamano Inside Centre 
Kanta Matsunaga Fullback 
Kenta Tokuda Scrum Half 
Kentaro Obata Scrum Half 
Kosuke Naka Right Wing 
Maki Shimizu Scrum Half 
Michael Little Centre 
Naohiro Kotaki Fullback 
Ngani Laumape Centre 
Quinton Mahina Inside Centre 
Rakuhei Yamashita Right Wing 
Ryohei Yamanaka Fly half 
Seungsin Lee Fly Half 
Shigure Takao Fullback 
Shinsuke Iseki Fullback 
Shintaro Hayashi Inside Centre 
Sione Tapu'osi Right Wing 
Soma Sugimoto Left Wing 
Suguru Igarashi Fullback 
Taihei Kusaka Fullback 
Takayuki Watanabe Fullback 
Takuya Kitade 
Tali Ioasa Inside Centre 
Timothy Lafaele Centre 
Willie Potgieter Fullback 
