Rugby Sevens National Teams Selected for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

The Japan Rugby Football Union is pleased to announce the 12 players selected for Japan’s men’s and women’s Rugby Sevens teams for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The announcement coincides with the unveiling of the new jersey for the national Sevens teams, replacing the current jersey which has been worn by the national teams since the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco.

Chihito Matsui has been appointed captain of the Japan Men’s Sevens by Head Coach Kensuke Iwabuchi, while the Japan Women’s Sevens Head Coach Hare Makiri has named co-captains in Mayu Shimizu and Bativakalolo Raichelmiyo. In the men’s team, Kameli Soejima, Kazushi Hano and Lote Tuqiri all played at the Rio Olympic 2016, while Mifuyu Koide is the only player in the current women’s team to represent Japan at Rio 2016.

Japan Men’s Sevens National Team Captain Chihito Matsui
Japan Women’s Sevens National Team Co-Captain Mayu SHIMIZU
Japan Women’s Sevens National Team Co-Captain Raichelmiyo BATIVAKALOLO

The men’s team will train at Fuchu, Tokyo until June 21, before moving to their training camp in Hokkaido from June 25 to July 5. They will resume training from their base in Fuchu from July 11 until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Men’s Sevens begin on July 26.

The women’s team will move to their training camp in Okinawa from June 22 until June 29, before heading into their final training camp from June 30 until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Women’s Sevens begin on July 29.

Japan Men’s Sevens National Team

Name Birthday Height Weight Caps
Kippei ISHIDA 4/28/2000 167 73 6
Ryota Kano 5/10/1992 172 72 22
Jose Seru 2/9/1991 197 115 11
Kameli Raravou Latianara SOEJIMA 6/1/1983 190 92 34
Lote TUQIRI 11/12/1987 188 98 50
Kazushi HANO 6/21/1991 185 87 29
Masakatsu HIKOSAKA 1/18/1991 177 92 22
Yoshikazu FUJITA 9/8/1993 184 90 27
Brackin HENRY 7/31/1988 180 95
Colin Raijin BOURKE 10/15/1984 190 110
Chihito MATSUI 11/11/1994 182 78 23
Naoki MOTOMURA 4/11/1992 184 88 25

Japan Women’s Sevens National Team

Name Birthday Hefight Weight Caps
Mei Ohtani 5/28/2000 162 61
Marin Kajiki 9/20/1999 164 68
Mifuyu Koide 12/21/1995 165 58 19
Mayu SHIMIZU 1/19/1998 164 62 6
Miyu SHIRAKO 7/22/1995 173 68
Honoka TSUTSUMI 6/19/1997 154 56 16
Hana NAGATA 5/19/2000 168 60 8
Wakaba HARA 1/6/2000 156 56 6
Raichelmiyo BATIVAKALOLO 9/18/1997 160 60 21
Yume HIRANO 3/15/2000 160 60 22
Haruka HIROTSU 10/29/2000 169 68 2
Rinka MATSUDA 12/5/2001 170 74 2

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