Japan’s Olympic Sevens Teams Revealed Alongside New National Sevens Jersey

Following the unveiling of the pools for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Sevens Tournament by World Rugby and Paris 2024, the Japan Rugby Football Union has announced the members of both Japan’s Wen’s and Women’s teams. The news was announced in front of a large press gathering in Tokyo where the new Japan National Sevens Team uniforms were also revealed for the first time.

The striking new designs, featuring a red home strip alongside a white away strip, incorporate traditional Japanese designs that symbolise power, tradition and good fortune. The seven diagonal lines, in the style of calligraphy brush strokes create a sense of speed and express the unity of the team.

The new jerseys will feature for the first time when Japan Men line up in Pool A against New Zealand, Ireland and South Africa. Competing in Pool C, Japan Women will take on the USA, Brazil and hosts France.

The two teams consist of 12 members, along with two back up players per side. Japan Men are set to depart for France on Friday, July 12 ahead of their tournament which takes place on July 24, 25 and 27. The Japan Women depart two days later, on Sunday, July 14, for their tournament which takes place from July 28 to 30.

Having featured in both the inaugural Olympic Rugby Sevens in Rio in 2016 and as hosts in Tokyo in 2021, Paris will be the third straight Olympics at which both Japan’s men’s and women’s sides will compete in Olympic rugby sevens.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games Sevens Men’s Japan National Team

Captain (C)

NAME	Affiliation	Alumni	Height (cm)	Weight (kg)	DOB
Kippei ISHIDA (C)	YOKOHAMA CANON EAGLES	Meiji Univ.	167	75	2000/4/28
Taiga ISHIDA	Japan Rugby Football Union Urayasu D-Rocks	Nippon Sport Science Univ.	176	88	1997/10/1
Kazuma UEDA	Kindai Univ.	Hotoku Gakuen HS.	176	83	2002/12/4
Yu OKUDAIRA	JRFU Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Sagamihara Dynaboars	Kwansei Gakuin Univ.	188	95	1999/5/26
Josua KEREVI	Toyota Industries Shuttles Aichi	Tenri Univ.	190	100	1992/6/18
Yoshiyuki KOGA	RICOH BlackRams Tokyo	Waseda Univ.	175	83	1998/8/28
Kippei TANINAKA	TOYOTA VERBLITZ	Teikyo Univ.	177	77	2000/6/4
Shotaro TSUOKA	JRFU Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan	Teikyo Univ.	181	85	1996/3/22
Yoshihiro NOGUCHI	SECOM RUGGUTs	Senshu Univ.	170	77	1994/12/26
Moeki FUKUSHI	HINO RED DOLPHINS	Kanto Gakuin Univ.	184	100	1999/3/11
Junya MATSUMOTO	JRFU Urayasu D-Rocks	Meiji Univ.	171	80	2000/3/17
Takamasa MARUO	JRFU Kanagawa Tamariver Club	Waseda Univ.	185	94	1999/1/8

Men’s backup members:

• Naoki Motomura (Mie Honda Heat),
• Taichi Yoshizawa (Japan Rugby Football Union/Red Hurricanes Osaka)

Paris 2024 Olympic Games Sevens Women’s Japan National Team

Captain (C)

NAME	TEAM	Company	Height (cm)	Weight (kg)	DOB
Hanako UTSUMI	YOKOHAMA TKM	Human Lifecare Yokohama	160	60	2000/3/16
Mei OHTANI	Nagato Blue Angels	Yamane Corporation	162	61	2000/5/28
Marin KAJIKI	JSDF Physical Training School	JSDF Physical Training School	164	68	1999/9/20
Chiaki SAEGUSA	Hokkaido Barbarians Diana	Medical System Network	167	68	1997/3/21
Emii TANAKA	Nagato Blue Angels	Yamane Corporation	167	65	1999/10/19
Honoka TSUTSUMI	Nippon Sport Science Univ.	DIC Solution Engineering	154	56	1997/6/19
Chiharu NAKAMURA	Nanairo PRISM FUKUOKA	Dentsu East Japan	162	64	1988/4/25
Arisa NISHI	Tokyo SANKYU Phoenix Rugby Club	Rikkyo Univ.	164	63	2004/5/29
Wakaba HARA	Tokyo SANKYU Phoenix Rugby Club	Sankyu Inc.	156	56	2000/1/6
Yume HIRANO (C)	Nagato Blueangels	Yamane Corporation	160	60	2000/3/15
Rinka MATSUDA	Tokyo SANKYU Phoenix Rugby Club	Toppan Inc.	170	73	2001/12/5
Sakura MIZUTANI	Tokyo SANKYU Phoenix Rugby Club	Tokyo Athletic United	166	65	2003/12/13

Women’s backup members:

• Fumiko Otake (Tokyo SANKYU Phoenix Rugby Club)
• Yukino Tsujizaki (Nagato Blue Angels)

Game schedule: https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/olympics/paris-2024/matches