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]

Nasu Blasen

Team information
UCI code	NAS
Registered	Japan
Founded	2013
Disbanded	2023
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	National (2013–2014) UCI Continental (2015–2022)
Bicycles	Boma
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Kota Iwai
Team manager(s)	Atsuhito Wakasugi Takaaki Higuchi
Team name history
2013–2022	Nasu Blasen

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] A new amateur team, Blasen Cycling Club, inherited the name and emblem, managed by a former Blasen rider Takeaki Amezawa.^[5]

Team roster

As of 21 February 2021.^[6][7]

Rider Date of birth  Daisuke Kaneko (JPN) (1991-11-13) 13 November 1991 (age 33)  Daigo Kon (JPN) (1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 27)  Hayato Nishio (JPN) (1994-01-09) 9 January 1994 (age 31)  Keito Nishio (JPN) (1995-07-06) 6 July 1995 (age 30)  Hiroshi Sato (JPN) (1999-12-09) 9 December 1999 (age 25)  Takashi Sato (JPN) (1999-12-09) 9 December 1999 (age 25)  Masayuki Shibata (JPN) (1994-11-03) 3 November 1994 (age 30)

Rider Date of birth  Shota Shimano (JPN) (2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24)  Ryuji Shinkai (JPN) (2000-07-14) 14 July 2000 (age 25)  Taku Takemura (JPN) (1997-09-28) 28 September 1997 (age 27)  Junsei Tani (JPN) (1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 (age 31)  Shotaro Watanabe (JPN) (1994-08-29) 29 August 1994 (age 30)  Ryuta Yamashina (JPN) (2002-01-12) 12 January 2002 (age 23)

Major results

2022

1st Stage 2 Tour de Hokkaido, Junsei Tani