Yuka Sadaka

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Yuka Sadaka
Born (1994-11-02) 2 November 1994 (age 31)
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb; 13 st 12 lb)
Rugby union career
Position Prop
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Hirosaki Sakura Ovals
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2014– Japan 20 (5)

Yuka Sadaka (born 2 November 1994) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2021 Rugby World Cup.

Rugby career

Sadaka started playing rugby in her first year of junior high school.

She earned her first cap for Japan in May 2014 in the Asian Championship match against Hong Kong.

In 2022, she scored one of two tries in the Sakura's historic match against the Black Ferns before the World Cup. [1] [2] She was selected in Japan's squad for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.

She featured for Japan at the inaugural WXV 2 tournament in 2023. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Burnes, Campbell (2022-09-24). "Woodman bags seven tries in Japan rout". www.allblacks.com. Retrieved 2025-12-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "Rugby: Sakura Fifteen thrashed 95-12 by World Cup hosts New Zealand". Japan Wire by KYODO NEWS. 2022-09-24. Retrieved 2025-12-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "Sakura Fifteen Team Announced for Samoa WXV Match". Japan Rugby Football Union. 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2025-12-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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