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| Born | 26 April 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb; 9 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eriko Hirano (born 26 April 1992) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Originally from Ōtsuchi, Iwate, Hirano started playing rugby in first grade. [1] [2] She lost her home in the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, which struck ten days after she graduated from Kamaishi High School. [1] [2]
She graduated from Nippon Sport Science University in 2015. [2]
Hirano was selected to represent Japan in the women's sevens competition at the World University Championships in 2014. [3] She joined Yokohama TKM in 2015. [1] [4]
In May 2016, she made her international debut for the Sakura fifteens against Hong Kong in the Asian Women's Championship. [3] She scored a try in her side's 39–3 win over Hong Kong in the first game of their home and away series. [5] [6]
In 2017, she was selected in Japan's squad to the Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland. [1] [4] She had a stint in Australia in 2018, she played for the Warringah Rugby Club while studying English for six months. [7]
Hirano joined Spanish club, Corteva Cocos in 2020, in preparation for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [1] [4] She later joined Azalea Seven in 2021.
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