Riho Kurogi

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Riho Kurogi
Born (1998-05-02) 2 May 1998 (age 27)
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb; 10 st 6 lb)
Rugby union career
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International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015– Japan
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
Japan 7s
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Team

Riho Kurogi (born 2 May 1998) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. She represented Japan in the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Early career

Kurogi played soccer in elementary school. She switched to rugby in her first year of junior high school at Hyuga Rugby School Junior.

Rugby career

In 2015, she was selected for the Japanese women's fifteens team at the age of 17. [1] Her side won the Asian Women's Championship for the first time. [2]

She featured for Japan in the Asia-Oceania regional qualification matches for the 2017 World Cup against Fiji and Hong Kong in 2016. [3] [4]

In July 2017, she was part of the team that successfully defended their Asian Championship title. [5] She was eventually selected in Japan's squad to the Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland. [6]

She represented Japan in sevens at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples. [7] She also competed in the Asian Women's Sevens Series a month later. [8] Kurogi appeared for the side again in December during the Dubai leg of the 2019–20 World Series. [9] However, she was injured in their match against New Zealand on Day 1 and was stretchered off in the first half. [9]

In June 2021, she was initially selected as a reserve player for the Japanese women's sevens team for the delayed Tokyo Olympics. [10] She was later called up to the main squad in July because of player injuries. [11] [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Mixed feelings in Japan camp following eventful day in Hong Kong". Japan Rugby Football Union. 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2026-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "Japan's women crowned Asian champions for first time". www.world.rugby. 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2026-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ Ratulevu, Pate (2016-12-13). "Japan and Hong Kong qualify for Women's World Cup". Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 2026-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Japan head to World Cup as Asia's top seeds". www.world.rugby. 2016-12-17. Retrieved 2026-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "Japan Beat Hong Kong To Claim Asia Women's Rugby Championship". Asia Rugby. 2017-07-15. Retrieved 2026-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ "Japan Squad Completes WRWC 2017 Line-Up". Irish Rugby. 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2026-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ "FISU Rugby sevens: Men, women have medal hopes dashed after Day 2 losses". Rugby Canada. 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2026-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ "Japan beat China 19-5 - Japan women record opening series win". Asia Rugby. 2019-09-01. Retrieved 2026-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. 1 2 Deo, Rohit (2019-12-06). "Six teams victorious as world's best put on a show in Dubai". The Fiji Times. Retrieved 2026-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ "東京2020オリンピック競技大会 ラグビー男子日本代表内定選手・ラグビー女子日本代表内定選手決定のお知らせ｜日本ラグビーフットボール協会". www.rugby-japan.jp (in Japanese). 2021-06-19. Retrieved 2026-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ "TOKYO2020ラグビー女子日本代表最終スコッドの交替のお知らせ｜日本ラグビーフットボール協会". www.rugby-japan.jp (in Japanese). 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2026-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ "Sakura Sevens: Riho Kurogi remplace Rinka Matsuda dans le groupe final". Asierugby (in French). 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2026-01-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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