Honoka Tsutsumi
| Born | 19 June 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 154 cm (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb; 8 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honoka Tsutsumi (堤ほの花, born 19 June 1997) is a Japanese rugby union and sevens player.[1] She represented Japan at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Rugby career
In 2016, Tsutsumi scored a try in the Sakura fifteens 55–0 thrashing of Fiji as her side qualified for the World Cup in Ireland.[2][3]
Tsutsumi featured for the Sakura fifteens team at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[3][4] Following the World Cup, she appeared for the Sakura sevens side in the Asian Women's Sevens Series in their bid to qualify for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[5]
In 2018, she ran in three tries on day one of the Korean round of the Asian Sevens Series as her side defeated hosts, South Korea, 48–0.[6]
During the Chinese leg of the 2019 Asian Women's Sevens Series, she scored a sudden death try in extra time to help her team beat China and win the second round of the series.[7]
She competed in the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8] She also competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[9][10]
References
- ^ "Honoka Tsutsumi". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ Ratulevu, Pate (13 December 2016). "Japan and Hong Kong qualify for Women's World Cup". Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "#WRWC2017 Team Profile: Japan". Irish Rugby. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Top eight the goal for determined Japan". www.rwcwomens.com. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Japan Women Halfway To Sevens heaven". Asia Rugby. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Japan impress as China lose in Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series". Asia Rugby. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Japan women record incredible victory in China Sevens". Asia Rugby. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Rugby Sevens - Australia vs Japan - Pool C Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Japan's Olympic Sevens Teams Revealed Alongside New National Sevens Jersey". Japan Rugby Football Union. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Japan - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". www.world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
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