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Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Sakura Sevens
Coach(es)	Keiko Asami
Captain(s)	Chiharu Nakamura
Team kit
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. 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.

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.

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

1. 2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series
2. 2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series
3. 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
4. 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
5. 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
6. 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
7. 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
8. 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
9. 2021–22 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
10. 2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
11. 2023–24 SVNS

Players

Current squad

Olympic squads

References

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.

External links

• Official website
• WorldRugby profile

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