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| Born | 18 October 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jennifer Nduka (born 18 October 2000) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Nduka was born to a Nigerian father and a Japanese mother. [1] Her brothers, Boniface and Charles Nduka, are both football players. [1] [2]
She graduated from Shohei High School in 2019 and entered Ryutsu Keizai University. She played basketball until high school and participated in the Winter Cup. [1] [2] She graduated from Ryutsu Keizai University in 2023.
Nduka joined the Hokkaido Barbarians Diana in 2023, and on 16 September, she made her Test debut for Japan against Fiji. [2] [3]
On 28 July 2025, she was named in the Japanese side to the Women's Rugby World Cup in England. [4] [5] In the Sakura's final pool game against Spain, she scored the last try in her sides first pool match win in 31 years. [6] [7]