Otoka Yoshimura

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Otoka Yoshimura
Born (2001-05-15) 15 May 2001 (age 24)
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb; 13 st 1 lb)
Rugby union career
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Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Arukas Queen Kumagaya (0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2021– Japan 32 (20)

Otoka Yoshimura (born 15 May 2001) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2021 Rugby World Cup.

Early life and career

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Yoshimura was born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.[1] She participated in track and field as a youngster, she began playing rugby for Fukuoka Ladies RFC while in junior high school.[1] After graduating from Tochiku High School in Fukuoka in 2020, she attended Rissho University.[1]

Rugby career

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Yoshimura made her international debut for Japan against Ireland on 21 November 2021 in Dublin.[1] In 2022, she was selected in Japan's squad to the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[1][2]

She featured for Japan at the 2023 Asia Rugby Women's Championship which was hosted by Kazakhstan.[3] She scored a try in the match as the Sakura's defeated hosts, Kazakhstan, 72–0 to win the tournament.[3]

On 28 July 2025, she was named in Japan's squad to the Women's Rugby World Cup in England.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "吉村 乙華 | ラグビー女子日本代表選手名鑑 | 日本代表 | ラグビー | J SPORTS【公式】". www.jsports.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  2. ^ Mockford, Sarah (22 October 2022). "Japan Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – Japan 8-21 Italy". Rugby World. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  3. ^ a b Burke, Patrick (28 May 2023). "Japan lift Asia Rugby Women's Championship title in Almaty". Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Japan announce squad for women's RWC 2025". Rugby World Cup. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Sakura Fifteen Rugby World Cup Squad Announced". Japan Rugby Football Union. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.