Nijiho Nagata
| Date of birth | 6 December 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[edit]
Nagata competed at the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[6] She also featured forJapan in the 2023 Asia Rugby Women's Championship.[7] She played for International Budo University.
In 2024, Nagata joined the Blues Women in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition as an injury cover for Esther Faiaoga-Tilo.[8][9] She previously played for Auckland Storm in the Farah Palmer Cup.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "永田虹歩 Japan Women's National Rugby Team Player Profiles". Japan Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ^ "Scotland rally from half-time deficit to defeat 14-woman Japan". www.rugbypass.com. 2021-11-14. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ^ "Scotland overwhelm Japan in autumn Test". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ^ "Women's Rugby World Cup USA Women vs Japan Women Rugby Union fixture | USA Eagles". eagles.rugby. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ^ World, Rugby (2022-10-22). "Japan Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – Japan 8-21 Italy". Rugby World. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
- ^ 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) - ^ a b "NAGATA JOINS nib BLUES". Blues Rugby. 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ Goile, Aaron (2024-03-09). "'So proud': Japan captain's groundbreaking Super Rugby Aupiki move". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-04-11.