| Date of birth | 22 October 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marie Yamaguchi (山口真理恵; born 22 October 1989) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. [1] She plays as a Winger.
Yamaguchi started to play tag rugby when she was ten years old. [2] Her coach Keiko Asami taught her to play rugby when she was twelve. [3] Yamaguchi was also a member of a track and field club for three years at junior high school, in which she did sprint and jump. [2] She was good at that level but could not attend the Nations due to injury from rugby training. [2] Yamaguchi was a member of the Yokohama Rugby Academy until she was fifteen years old. She joined Tokyo Phoenix when she was sixteen. [2] She was also selected as a national team player. [2]
Yamaguchi went to Australia as an exchange student when she was nineteen years old, where she played for the Women's Club Team of the University of Sydney for three years. [3] After graduating, she had a short stint at the Huia rugby football in New Zealand in 2012. Yamaguchi then returned to Japan and started working full-time as an office worker. In 2012, she joined Rugirl-7, [4] where she attended rugby practices three times a week and in the weekend she attended training camps or rugby practices as a member of the Japanese national team.
Throughout her career, Yamaguchi was a regular for the Japanese rugby national team. [2] She represented Japan at Asia Sevens in 2007, 2009 and 2010, Asian Rugby Union Game in 2008, Sevens World Cup in 2009, the Asian World Cup Qualification in 2009 and the Asian Four Nations in China in 2012. Yamaguchi was part of the Japanese rugby sevens national team that won silver in the 2014 Asian Games. Yamaguchi also took part in the 2016 Rio Olympics, in which she participated in the Rugby sevens event. Although Japan did not win any medals, Yamaguchi scored two tries against Kenya. [5]
In April 2017, Marie Yamaguchi announced her retirement from rugby. She got married in March 2017 and has since relocated to Brazil with her family. [6]
Yuriko Yamaguchi is a Japanese voice actress and narrator. She was previously affiliated with Vi-Vo and is currently affiliated with Aoni Production. Her major roles include, Nico Robin in One Piece, Ritsuko Akagi in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Sonia in Eureka Seven and Nurse Joy in Pokémon.
Yoshiko Yamaguchi was a Japanese singer, actress, journalist, and politician. Born in China, she made an international career in film in China, Hong Kong, Japan and the United States.
Satoshi Yamaguchi is a Japanese professional football manager and former player who is the manager of J1 League club Shonan Bellmare.
Aika Ota, is a former member of the Japanese idol group HKT48, the captain of its Team KIV. She has also been a member of AKB48 and Watarirouka Hashiritai, and portrayed Kazue Kae in Tomie Unlimited (2011).
Tetsuya Yamaguchi is a former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League.
Shun Yamaguchi is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama BayStars/Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Yomiuri Giants, and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Mami Yamaguchi is a Japanese football coach and former player. She is currently an assistant coach with the NWSL's Washington Spirit. She played for the Japan national team and last played for Detroit City FC.
Hotaru Yamaguchi is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Vissel Kobe. He is also a member of the Japan national team.
Yuko Yamaguchi is a Japanese character designer and illustrator. She is well known as the third character designer of Hello Kitty.
Mai Yamaguchi is a former Japanese volleyball player who played for Okayama Seagulls. She was part of Japan's 2012 bronze medal-winning team.
Renofa Yamaguchi FC is a Japanese professional football club based in Yamaguchi, the capital of Yamaguchi Prefecture. They currently play in the J2 League, the second tier of professional football in Japan's football league system.
Akane Yamaguchi is a Japanese badminton player. She was a two-time world champion who won gold medals in the women's singles at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships. She was a member of the winning Japanese team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and won the World Junior Championships in 2013 and 2014, the Asian Junior Championships in 2014, and the Asian Championships in 2019.
NGT48 is a Japanese girl group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. NGT48 is named after Niigata City of Niigata Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at the NGT48 Theater which is located in the fourth floor of the LoveLa2 shopping mall in Niigata City.
Chen Yufei is a Chinese badminton player. She won the gold medal in Badminton singles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In her junior career, she won the girls' singles titles at the 2016 Asian and the World Junior Championships. At the same year, Chen clinched her first senior title at the Macau Open. She won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships and was awarded as the Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year in 2017. On 17 December 2019, she reached a career-high BWF World Ranking as world number 1, and finished the year as the year-end no.1. Other achievements include winning the World Tour Finals in 2019 and silver medals at the 2022 World Championships and Asian Games.
Sayuri Yamaguchi is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.
Izumi Yamaguchi is a Japanese actress. She is represented with F Road. Her son is actor Kento Yamaguchi.
Cado Lee Ka ToMH is a Hong Kong rugby union and rugby sevens player. He plays for USRC Tigers RFC, the Hong Kong national sevens team and the Hong Kong national rugby union team.
On December 8, 2018, Maho Yamaguchi, then a member of the idol girl group NGT48, was assaulted by two male fans of the group inside of her apartment building. Details of the incident were not disclosed until January 8, 2019, when Yamaguchi personally did on social media, also explaining that her personal information was leaked to the men through other members of NGT48, and denouncing the group's management for inaction on the issue. She was then allegedly pressured into apologizing in public, sparking outrage in Japan and abroad, with many celebrities including fellow NGT48 members accusing the group's management of victim blaming.
Koki Yamaguchi is a professional Japanese baseball player. Selected in the fourth round of the 2018 NPB Draft from Meioh High School in Akita Prefecture, he plays outfield and first base for the Chiba Lotte Marines.
Tsukui Moe is a Japanese rugby union player. She plays for Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars and for the Japanese national team. She competed for Japan at the 2017 and 2021 Rugby World Cup's.
