Haruka Hirotsu
Date of birth (2000-10-29) 29 October 2000
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Rugby union career
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Nanairo Prism Fukuoka (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2023 Japan 3 (0)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2020 Japan 7s 4

Haruka Hirotsu (弘津悠, born 29 October 2000) is a Japanese rugby sevens player.[1] She competed in the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Background

Hirotsu was born in Hyogo and attended Waseda University's School of Sport Sciences in 2019.[4] Her father, Eiji Hirotsu, is a former Japan international and was a member of the Kobe Steel Rugby Club.[4][5]

Rugby career

In 2019, she was part of Japan's training squad for the Tokyo Olympics.[4][5]

Hirotsu was named in Japan's second test against the Fijiana's for 16 September 2023 at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo.[6][7] She also featured in her sides victory against Italy on 30 September.[8][9] She was named in the Sakura fifteens squad for the inaugural WXV 2 tournament in Cape Town.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Haruka Hirotsu". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Rugby Sevens - Australia vs Japan - Pool C Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Haruka Hirotsu". NHK. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "Alumni Yoshikazu Fujita and School of Sport Sciences Second-Year Haruka Hirotsu Informally Selected to Represent Japan in Rugby at Tokyo 2020!". Olympic and Paralympic Project Promotion Section , Waseda University. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  5. 1 2 Nakamura, Keita (18 March 2019). "Kobe to host World Cup in honor of Japan's "Mr. Rugby"". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Japan Sakura Fifteen Look To Close Out Taiyo Seimei Japan Rugby Challenge Series 2023 Against Fiji". RugbyAsia247. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Sakura Fifteen Team Announced for Second Home Test Against Fijiana". Japan Rugby Football Union. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Sakura Fifteen Record Historic Victory Over Italy". Japan Rugby Football Union. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  9. ↑ Perkins, Bruce (1 October 2023). "Five Down – Italy v Japan". 4 The Love Of Sport. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Sakura Fifteen Squad Announced for Inaugural WXV 2". Japan Rugby Football Union. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "WXV 2: Anticipation builds for South Africa as squads named". www.world.rugby. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
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