The Japan women's national rugby sevens team has competed in competitions such as the

Hong Kong Women's Sevens The Hong Kong Women's Sevens held the first women's international rugby sevens tournament in 1997, and has since become an annual event. The 2020 edition marked the start of a new era for the Hong Kong Women's Sevens. For the first time, the tou ...

. In 2012-13 they played two World Series tournaments, resulting 13th in China. In the 2013–14 season they resulted 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 The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

after winning the

2015 ARFU Women's Sevens Championships The 2015 Asia Rugby women's qualification series for rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held over two rounds in Hong Kong and Tokyo from 7–29 November, following a preliminary qualifying round held in Chennai Chennai (, ), for ...

. 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 The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

Tournament history

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

Women's Sevens Series

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 The 2017 Hong Kong Women's Sevens acted as a qualifier for the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 7–8 April 2017 at Hong Kong Stadium in Hong Kong alongside the 2017 Hong Kong Sevens for men. Format 12 team ...

Summer Olympics

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Players

Olympic squads

Japan's roster of 12 athletes to the

was named on 19 June 2021. Head coach:

Hare Makiri is a former Japanese people, Japanese Rugby Union, rugby union player who played as a Flanker (rugby union), flanker. He played for the in Super Rugby and Munakata Sanix Blues in the Top League. He was named in the Japan national rugby union ...

* Wakaba Hara *

Yume Hirano Yume Hirano (平野優芽, born 15 March 2000) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She captained Japan at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaaps ...

* Haruka Hirotsu * Marin Kajiki * Mifuyu Koide * Rinka Matsuda * Hana Nagata * Mei Otani * Raichel Bativakalolo ( c) *

Mayu Shimizu Mayu Shimizu (清水麻有, born 19 January 1998) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event he ...

( c) * Miyu Shirako *

Honoka Tsutsumi Honoka Tsutsumi (堤ほの花, born 19 June 1997) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. Tsutsumi featured for the Sakura fifteens team at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Ol ...

References

External links

Official websiteWorldRugby profile
{{National sports teams of Japan sevens Women's national rugby sevens teams World Rugby Women's Sevens Series core teams