Haruka Hirotsu (弘津悠, born 29 October 2000) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. She competed in the

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at the

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Background

Hirotsu was born in Hyogo and attended

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's School of Sport Sciences in 2019. Her father, Eiji Hirotsu, is a former Japan international and was a member of the Kobe Steel Rugby Club.

Rugby career

In 2019, she was part of Japan's training squad for the Tokyo Olympics. Hirotsu was named in Japan's second test against the Fijiana's for 16 September 2023 at

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. She also featured in her sides victory against

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on 30 September. She was named in the Sakura fifteens squad for the inaugural WXV 2 tournament in

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* 2000 births Living people Olympic rugby sevens players for Japan Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Japan international women's rugby sevens players Japan women's international rugby union players Japanese female rugby union players 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-rugbyunion-bio-stub