Honoka Tsutsumi
Japanese rugby sevens player
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| Born | 19 June 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 154 cm (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb; 8 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
