18 November,2021
Japan Team Announced to Take on Ireland
Japan Head Coach Lesley McKenzie has today announced the Sakura Fifteen Team to take on Ireland this Saturday, November 20 at RDS Arena in Dublin.
Captained by Saki Minami, the team will be looking to finish strongly, as they take to field for the final fixture of their three match European tour. Otoka Yoshimura is set to earn her first test cap for Japan, after being named in the second-row.
| No. | Name | Club Team | cm | ｋｇ | D・O・B | Caps |
| 1 | Sachiko KATO | Exeter
Chiefs Women/ YOKOGAWA Musashino Artemi-Stars | 164 | 78 | 2000/02/19 | 8 |
| 2 | Nijiho NAGATA | International Budo Univ. | 163 | 77 | 2000/12/06 | 2 |
| 3 | Makoto LAVEMAI | YOKOGAWA Musashino Artemi-Stars | 164 | 67 | 1997/07/02 | 10 |
| 4 | Kie TAMAI | MIE WOMEN’S RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB PEARLS | 168 | 76 | 1992/10/24 | 6 |
| 5 | Otoka YOSHIMURA | ARUKAS
QUEEN KUMAGAYA/ Rissho Univ. | 175 | 83 | 2001/05/15 | － |
| 6 | Seina SAITO | MIE WOMEN’S RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB PEARLS | 164 | 67 | 1992/05/30 | 25 |
| 7 | Misaki SUZUKI | Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix | 164 | 66 | 1992/04/09 | 24 |
| 8 | Ayano NAGAI | YOKOHAMA TKM | 169 | 86 | 1997/10/14 | 4 |
| 9 | Moe TSUKUI | YOKOGAWA
Musashino Artemi-Stars / Aoyama Gakuin Univ. | 153 | 53 | 2000/03/28 | 15 |
| 10 | Ayasa OTSUKA | RKU GRACE | 163 | 60 | 1999/05/05 | 3 |
| 11 | Komachi IMAKUGI | ARUKAS QUEEN KUMAGAYA/Rissho Univ. | 158 | 60 | 2002/01/06 | 3 |
| 12 | Kanako KOBAYASHI | Exeter
Chiefs Women/ YOKOGAWA Musashino Artemi-Stars | 162 | 70 | 1998/11/13 | 4 |
| 13 | Mana FURUTA | Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix | 167 | 68 | 1997/11/16 | 8 |
| 14 | Hinano NAGURA | YOKOGAWA Musashino Artemi-Stars | 170 | 71 | 1997/03/22 | 4 |
| 15 | Ria ANOKU | MIE WOMEN’S RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB PEARLS | 160 | 57 | 1996/10/02 | 3 |
| 16 | Hinata KOMAKI | Nippon Sport Science Univ. | 166 | 75 | 2001/05/09 | 1 |
| 17 | Ayumu KOKAJI | Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix | 160 | 80 | 2000/11/24 | 5 |
| 18 | Wako KITANO | RKU GRACE | 166 | 79 | 1999/09/08 | 3 |
| 19 | Saki MINAMI | YOKOGAWA Musashino Artemi-Stars | 163 | 72 | 1995/11/18 | 18 |
| 20 | Iroha NAGATA | ARUKAS QUEEN KUMAGAYA | 167 | 70 | 1998/12/21 | 9 |
| 21 | Yuki ITO | MIE WOMEN’S RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB PEARLS | 163 | 64 | 1996/10/24 | 7 |
| 22 | Megumi ABE | ARUKAS QUEEN KUMAGAYA | 147 | 53 | 1998/04/28 | 4 |
| 23 | Minori YAMAMOTO | MIE
WOMEN’S RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB PEARLS/ Worcester Warriors Women | 168 | 72 | 1996/12/09 | 16 |