Nijiho Nagata
Date of birth (2000-12-06) 6 December 2000
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2021–Present  Japan 13 (0)

Nijiho Nagata ( 永田虹歩 born 6 December 2000) is a Japanese rugby union player, who plays hooker for the Japan women's national rugby union team.[1][2][3][4][5]

Career

She competed at the 2021 Rugby World Cup.[6] and 2023 Asia Rugby Women's Championship.[7]

She played for International Budo University.

References

  1. "永田虹歩 Japan Women's National Rugby Team Player Profiles". Japan Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  2. "Scotland rally from half-time deficit to defeat 14-woman Japan". www.rugbypass.com. 2021-11-14. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  3. worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  4. "Scotland overwhelm Japan in autumn Test". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  5. "Women's Rugby World Cup USA Women vs Japan Women Rugby Union fixture | USA Eagles". eagles.rugby. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  6. World, Rugby (2022-10-22). "Japan Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – Japan 8-21 Italy". Rugby World. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  7. rugbyasia247 (2023-09-15). "Japan Sakura Fifteen Look To Close Out Taiyo Seimei Japan Rugby Challenge Series 2023 Against Fiji". RugbyAsia247. Retrieved 2023-09-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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