Honoka Tsutsumi

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Honoka Tsutsumi
Born (1997-06-19) 19 June 1997 (age 28)
Ureshino, Japan
Height154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb; 8 st 11 lb)
Rugby union career
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2016–PresentFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Team

Honoka Tsutsumi (堤ほの花, born 19 June 1997) is a Japanese rugby union and sevens player. [1] She represented Japan at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.

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Rugby career

In 2016, Tsutsumi scored a try in the Sakura fifteens 55–0 thrashing of Fiji as her side qualified for the World Cup in Ireland. [2] [3]

Tsutsumi featured for the Sakura fifteens team at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland. [3] [4] Following the World Cup, she appeared for the Sakura sevens side in the Asian Women's Sevens Series in their bid to qualify for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. [5]

In 2018, she ran in three tries on day one of the Korean round of the Asian Sevens Series as her side defeated hosts, South Korea, 48–0. [6]

During the Chinese leg of the 2019 Asian Women's Sevens Series, she scored a sudden death try in extra time to help her team beat China and win the second round of the series. [7]

She competed in the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [8] She also competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [9] [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Honoka Tsutsumi". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Ratulevu, Pate (13 December 2016). "Japan and Hong Kong qualify for Women's World Cup". Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 31 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 1 2 "#WRWC2017 Team Profile: Japan". Irish Rugby. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Top eight the goal for determined Japan". www.rwcwomens.com. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Japan Women Halfway To Sevens heaven". Asia Rugby. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ "Japan impress as China lose in Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series". Asia Rugby. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ "Japan women record incredible victory in China Sevens". Asia Rugby. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ "Rugby Sevens - Australia vs Japan - Pool C Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Japan's Olympic Sevens Teams Revealed Alongside New National Sevens Jersey". Japan Rugby Football Union. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Japan - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.


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