Yuka Sadaka
Rugby player
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Yuka Sadaka (born 2 November 1994) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2021 Rugby World Cup.
Born2 November 1994
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb; 13 st 12 lb)
Position
Prop
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Rugby career
Sadaka started playing rugby in her first year of junior high school.
She earned her first cap for Japan in May 2014 in the Asian Championship match against Hong Kong.
In 2022, she scored one of two tries in the Sakura's historic match against the Black Ferns before the World Cup.[1][2] She was selected in Japan's squad for the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
She featured for Japan at the inaugural WXV 2 tournament in 2023.[3]