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| Born | 11 September 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Manami Mine (born 11 September 2003) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Mine started playing rugby at Sasebo Rugby School in Nagasaki. [1] She also participated in karate and judo from elementary school through junior high school. [1]
She graduated from Saga Technical High School in 2022 and entered Nippon Sport Science University. [1]
On 28 May 2023, she earned her first Test cap for Japan against Kazakhstan in the Asia Rugby Championship final. [1]
Mine scored a try in her sides 64–0 thrashing of Kazakhstan in the 2024 Asia Rugby Women's Championship. [2]
On 28 July 2025, she was named in the Japanese side to the Women's Rugby World Cup in England. [3] [4]