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| Born | 24 October 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yuki Ito (born 24 October 1996) is a Japanese rugby union and sevens player. She competed for Japan at the 2021 Rugby World Cup.
Ito began practicing judo at the age of four, and also took part in classical ballet and gymnastics. [1] She participated in judo until junior high school. [1] After graduating from Chikushi High School in 2015, she entered Nippon Sport Science University. [2]
In 2015, she represented Japan's under-20 women's sevens team at the Asia Rugby U20 Sevens Series tournament in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. [2] [3]
She competed for Japan in the 2017 Rugby World Cup qualification rounds for Asia and Oceania in 2016. [1]
Ito joined Mie Pearls after graduating from Nippon Sport Science University in 2019.
In 2022, she was selected for the Japanese squad to the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [4] [5]
Her younger brother, Daisuke, is also a rugby player. [6] She joined the Administration Division at Sumitomo Wiring Systems in 2019. [1]
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