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The Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) has officially announced the 32-player squad that will represent the Sakura Fifteen at the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025, set to be held in England from August 22.

The squad features 18 forwards and 14 backs, with experienced flanker Iroha Nagata (39 caps) named as captain. The team brings solid international experience, with 12 players holding 25 or more caps, and only three players entering the tournament with fewer than 10.

Japan is drawn in Pool C, where they will face Ireland, Spain, and defending champions New Zealand. Prior to the tournament, the squad will travel to Italy on August 2, where they will play a final warm-up test against the Azzurre on August 9 in Calvisano, before continuing to England.

Japan’s World Cup schedule begins on August 24 at Franklin’s Gardens in Northampton, followed by matches against New Zealand in Exeter and Spain in York.


🔹 Japan Squad – Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025

Forwards (18 players)

PlayerClubCaps
Sachiko KatoYOKOGAWA Musashino Artemi-Stars29
Wako KitanoMIE Pearls21
Hinata KomakiTokyo Sankyu Phoenix21
Nijiho NagataMIE Pearls29
Miharu MachidaJapan University of Economics3
Manami MineNippon Sport Science University11
Asuka KugeARUKAS Queen Kumagaya21
Ayumu KokajiTokyo Sankyu Phoenix11
Kotomi TaniguchiYOKOGAWA Musashino Artemi-Stars25
Ayano SakuraiYOKOGAWA Musashino Artemi-Stars22
Yuna SatoTokyo Sankyu Phoenix23
Otoka YoshimuraARUKAS Queen Kumagaya28
Masami KawamuraYOKOGAWA Musashino Artemi-Stars21
Sakurako KoraiNippon Sport Science University21
Seina SaitoMIE Pearls49
Iroha Nagata (C)ARUKAS Queen Kumagaya39
Kyoko HosokawaMIE Pearls17
Jennifer NdukaHokkaido Barbarians Diana14

Backs (14 players)

PlayerClubCaps
Megumi AbeARUKAS Queen Kumagaya31
Moe TsukuiYOKOGAWA Musashino Artemi-Stars41
Ayasa OtsukaARUKAS Queen Kumagaya35
Minori YamamotoYOKOHAMA TKM37
Nao AndoBrave Louve12
Kanako KobayashiYOKOGAWA Musashino Artemi-Stars20
Sakurako HatadaNippon Sport Science University8
Mana FurutaTokyo Sankyu Phoenix35
Haruka HirotsuNanairo PRISM Fukuoka16
Komachi ImakugiARUKAS Queen Kumagaya30
Mele Yua Havili KagawaNanairo PRISM Fukuoka5
Misaki MatsumuraTokyo Sankyu Phoenix12
Sora NishimuraMIE Pearls20
Rinka MatsudaTokyo Sankyu Phoenix14

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