Aoi Mimura

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Aoi Mimura
Born (1989-08-24) 24 August 1989 (age 36)
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb; 10 st 6 lb)
Rugby union career
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Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Yokohama TKM
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Japan
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2013– Japan 7s

Aoi Mimura (born 24 August 1989) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.

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Early career

After graduating from Asuwa High School in 2008, she joined Yamanashi Gakuin University. She played basketball until college. [1] She graduated Yamanashi Gakuin University in 2012.

Rugby career

Mimura made her international sevens debut for Japan in 2013, she suffered a serious knee injury in a match against China. [1] She had torn the ligaments in her right knee, which took her a year to recover. [1]

She joined Yokohama TKM after graduating from university.

In December 2016, she participated in the regional qualifiers for the Women's Rugby World Cup. [1]

In 2017, she was part of the Japanese side that won their third Asian Rugby Championship. [2] [3] She was selected in the Sakura fifteens side to the Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland. [4] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "女子15人制ラグビー日本代表として12月のワールドカップ地区予選に出場した 三村 亜生(あおい)さん 戸塚区在勤 27歳 | 戸塚区・泉区". タウンニュース (in Japanese). 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2025-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Japan Beat Hong Kong To Claim Asia Women's Rugby Championship". Asia Rugby. 2017-07-15. Retrieved 2025-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Japan power past Hong Kong to retain Asian crown". www.world.rugby. 2017-07-15. Retrieved 2025-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "「女子ラグビーワールドカップ2017 アイルランド大会」女子日本代表メンバー及び遠征スケジュール|日本ラグビーフットボール協会". www.rugby-japan.jp (in Japanese). 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2025-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Top Eight The Goal For Determined Japan | Women's Rugby World Cup". Asia Rugby. 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2025-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)