Japan women's national rugby sevens team

Japan
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Sakura Sevens
Coach(es)	Keiko Asami
Captain(s)	Chiharu Nakamura
	Team kit
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World Cup Sevens
Appearances	2 (First in 2009)
Best result	13th place (2009, 2013)

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, 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 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

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.^[3]

Summer Olympics

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2016	Placement round	10th	5	1	4	0
2020	11th Place Playoff	12th	5	0	5	0
2024	9th Place Playoff	9th	5	3	2	0
Total	0 Titles	3/3	15	4	11	0

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup Sevens
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
2009	Bowl Quarterfinalists	13th	4	0	4	0
2013	Bowl Quarterfinalists	13th	4	0	4	0
2018	Challenge Trophy	10th	2	0	2	0
2022	Challenge Trophy	9th	4	3	1	0
Total	0 Titles	4/4	14	3	11	0

World Rugby Women's Sevens Series

Results

Players

Current squad

2023–24 Series
Player	Date of birth (age)	Matches	Points
Sakura Mizutani	(2003-12-13) 13 December 2003 (age 20)	54	40
Emii Tanaka	(1999-10-19) 19 October 1999 (age 25)	45	42
Arisa Nishi	(2004-05-29) 29 May 2004 (age 20)	4	10
Seika Ohashi	(2004-05-22) 22 May 2004 (age 20)	3	0
Mayu Yoshino	(2001-06-23) 23 June 2001 (age 23)	21	5
Raichelmiyo Bativakalolo	(1997-09-18) 18 September 1997 (age 27)	52	80
Fumio Ohtake	(1999-02-02) 2 February 1999 (age 25)	58	75
Mio Yamanaka	(1995-10-27) 27 October 1995 (age 28)	56	42
Hanako Utsumi	(2000-03-16) 16 March 2000 (age 24)	15	14
Sakurako Yazaki	(2004-01-19) 19 January 2004 (age 20)	4	5
Wakaba Hara	(2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 (age 24)	65	230
Yukino Tsujisaki	(1994-06-21) 21 June 1994 (age 30)	26	30
Chiharu Nakamura	(1988-04-25) 25 April 1988 (age 36)	169	225

Olympic squads

References

^ "Sakura Sevens qualify for Rio Olympics". JRFU.org. 29 November 2015. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
^ "Tokyo 2020 Rugby Sevens Results: How did the Asian Teams do?". RugbyAsia247. 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
^ worldrugby.org. "Japan secure core place on women's series". Retrieved 2017-04-07.

External links

[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.

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v t e Japan Women – 2024 Summer Olympics Squad
Squad	Hara Hirano (c) Kajiki Matsuda Mizutani Nakamura Nishi Ohtani Saegusa Tanaka Tsujisaki Tsutsumi Utsumi
Coach	Suzuki

v t e Japan Women's – 2020 Summer Olympics Squad
Squad	Wakaba Hara Yume Hirano Haruka Hirotsu Marin Kajiki Mifuyu Koide Mio Yamanaka Riho Kurogi Hana Nagata Mei Ohtani Raichel Bativakalolo (c) Mayu Shimizu (c) Miyu Shirako Honoka Tsutsumi
Coach	Hare Makiri

v t e Japan Women's squad - 2016 Summer Olympics
Squad	Chiharu Nakamura (c) Noriko Taniguchi Marie Yamaguchi Mio Yamanaka Mifuyu Koide Ayaka Suzuki Yume Okuroda Ano Kuwai Yuka Kanematsu Chisato Yokoo Makiko Tomita Kana Mitsugi Aya Takeuchi
Coach	Keiko Asami

v t e Women's national rugby sevens teams
WR Women's Sevens core teams	Australia Brazil Canada Fiji France Great Britain Ireland New Zealand Spain United States
Teams with World Cup Sevens experience	China Italy Japan Mexico Netherlands Papua New Guinea Russia South Africa Thailand Tunisia Uganda
Other teams	Algeria American Samoa Andorra Argentina Austria Barbados Belgium Botswana Bulgaria Burundi Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Czech Republic Finland Germany Ghana Great Britain Guam Guyana Hong Kong India Iran Israel Ivory Coast Jamaica Kazakhstan Kenya Lithuania Madagascar Malaysia Malta Moldova Morocco Nauru New Caledonia Nigeria Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Scotland Senegal Serbia Singapore Solomon Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Syria Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela Wales Zambia Zimbabwe
Competitions	Rugby World Cup Sevens World Rugby Women's Sevens Series IRB Women's Sevens Challenge Cup

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