Jump to content

Japan women's national rugby sevens team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Japan
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
NicknameSakura Sevens
CoachYuka Kanematsu
CaptainChiharu Nakamura
Team kit
World Cup Sevens
Appearances2 (First in 2009)
Best result13th place (2009, 2013)
Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The Japan women's national rugby sevens team has competed in competitions such as the Hong Kong Women's Sevens.

In 2012-13 they played two World Series tournaments, placing 13th in China. In the 2013–14 season they placed 7th at São Paulo and 8th at Atlanta. They were not invited to any World Series tournament in 2014–15. Japan played the full 2015–16 World Series, with a best result of 9th at the Dubai Sevens, and finished 11th in the overall standings.

Japan qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics after winning the 2015 ARFU Women's Sevens Championships.[1] The team won over Kenya but lost twice to Brazil, finishing 10th in the tournament. In 2021, the Sakura's lost all of their five games and finished last at the 2020 Olympics.[2]

Tournament history

[edit]

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within the Japan

Women's Sevens Series

[edit]

Japan qualified for the 2017-18 World Rugby Women's Sevens by defeating South Africa in the finals of the 2017 Hong Kong Women's Sevens.[3]

Summer Olympics

[edit]
Olympic Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Brazil 2016 Placement round 10th 5 1 4 0
Japan 2020 11th Place Playoff 12th 5 0 5 0
France 2024 9th Place Playoff 9th 5 3 2 0
Total0 Titles3/3154110

Rugby World Cup Sevens

[edit]
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year Round Position Pld W L D
United Arab Emirates 2009 Bowl Quarterfinalists 13th 4 0 4 0
Russia 2013 Bowl Quarterfinalists 13th 4 0 4 0
United States 2018 Challenge Trophy 10th 2 0 2 0
South Africa 2022 Challenge Trophy 9th 4 3 1 0
Total0 Titles4/4143110

World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

[edit]

Results

  1. 2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series
  2. 2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series
  3. 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  4. 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  5. 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  6. 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  7. 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  8. 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  9. 2021–22 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  10. 2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  11. 2023–24 SVNS

Players

[edit]

Current squad

[edit]
2023–24 Series
Player Date of birth (age) Matches Points
Sakura Mizutani 13 December 2003 (age 22) 54 40
Emii Tanaka 19 October 1999 (age 26) 45 42
Arisa Nishi 29 May 2004 (age 22) 4 10
Seika Ohashi 22 May 2004 (age 22) 3 0
Mayu Yoshino 23 June 2001 (age 25) 21 5
Raichelmiyo Bativakalolo 18 September 1997 (age 28) 52 80
Fumio Ohtake 2 February 1999 (age 27) 58 75
Mio Yamanaka 27 October 1995 (age 30) 56 42
Hanako Utsumi 16 March 2000 (age 26) 15 14
Sakurako Yazaki 19 January 2004 (age 22) 4 5
Wakaba Hara 6 January 2000 (age 26) 65 230
Yukino Tsujisaki 21 June 1994 (age 32) 26 30
Chiharu Nakamura 25 April 1988 (age 38) 169 225

Olympic squads

[edit]

Award winners

[edit]

The following Japan Sevens players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2013:[4]

References

[edit]
  1. ↑ "Sakura Sevens qualify for Rio Olympics". JRFU.org. 29 November 2015. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 Rugby Sevens Results: How did the Asian Teams do?". RugbyAsia247. 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  3. ↑ worldrugby.org. "Japan secure core place on women's series". Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  4. ↑ "Awards Roll of Honour - World Rugby". World Rugby. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Japan_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team&oldid=1358462488"