Twelve men and women have been announced as the Japan national rugby sevens team for the Tokyo Olympics.
I will introduce each female member one by one.
The representatives of boys are introduced in another article.
Mei Otani
Mei Otani is 21 years old from Kyoto prefecture.
He started playing rugby in junior high school and was selected as a candidate for the Japanese national team in his second year of high school.
It is my characteristic to use speed and steps to overtake the opponent and connect it to a try, so this time I was appointed as the Olympic representative for the first time.
Kajiki Marin
Marin Kajiki is 21 years old from Fukuoka prefecture and belongs to the Self-Defense Forces Physical Training School.
This is the first time that he has been appointed as the representative of the Olympic Games because of his physical strength and physical strength cultivated by practicing with boys from the age of 4 to high school.
Mifuyu Koide
Mifuyu Koide is 25 years old from Yokohama.
With a breakthrough that makes the most of his speed, he became a representative of Japan in his third year of high school, and participated in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics at the youngest age of 20.
After that, I was separated from the representative due to repeated injuries, but I returned in November last year and this time I was appointed as the representative of the Tokyo tournament.
Mayu Shimizu
Mayu Shimizu is 23 years old from Gunma prefecture.
In high school, he continued to play with boys in a team led by his father, and has sharp steps and running, as well as a strong core that is comparable to foreign players.
In 2017, he participated in the 15-a-side World Cup as a full-back, and even with a 7-a-side system, his high offensive power was recognized, and this time he was appointed as the representative of the Olympic Games for the first time.
In the national team, he will be the co-captain with Bativa Carolo Rachel Kaiharu.
Miyu Shirako
Miyu Shirako is 26 years old from Tokyo.
He played basketball until high school and as a lacrosse player at university. He has a unique career as an adult (2019) and participated in a training camp for the Japanese national team as a trainee with no competition experience.
With a height of 1 meter and 73 centimeters, speed and power cultivated in basketball and lacrosse, and highball processing that makes the most of the height, he has become a representative of the team, and this time he was appointed as the Olympic representative for the first time.
Tsutsumi Honoka
Honoka Tsutsumi is 24 years old from Saga prefecture.
At the age of three, he started playing rugby with his twin brother at a school where his father coached him.
Despite being small with a height of 1 meter and 54 centimeters, it is a scoring source for teams who decide to try with speed and skillful steps.
He also participated in the 2017 15-man World Cup and gained experience, and this time he was appointed as the Olympic representative for the first time.
Hanana Nagata
Kana Nagata is 21 years old from Fukuoka City.
I practiced with boys at Fukuoka High School, the school where Kenki Fukuoka, a former representative of Japan who retired only this season to become a doctor, and gained confidence in contact play.
With a height of 1 meter and 68 centimeters, he was appointed as the Olympic representative for the first time because he had a big stride with long limbs and a highly accurate kick that made use of his experience in soccer, which he had been working on until junior high school.
Bativa Carolo Rachel Sea Far
Bativa Carolo Rachel Kaiharu is 23 years old from Tokyo.
Born to a Fijian father and a Japanese mother, he started playing rugby at the age of four under the influence of his father.
When he was in his third year of high school, he represented Japan in both the 15s and 7s, and contributed to winning the first gold medal in the 2018 Asian Games with the 7s.
Not only does it break through with powerful driving, but it also has excellent judgment, and it has a bright personality that pulls the team as a mood maker.
This time, I was appointed as the Olympic representative for the first time.
As a representative, he will be the co-captain with Mayu Shimizu.
Hara Wakahana
Wakahana Hara is 21 years old from Niigata prefecture.
Although he is 1 meter and 56 centimeters tall, he has the deciding power to make a try by taking advantage of his speed.
When I was in my second year of high school, I studied abroad in New Zealand, the home of rugby, to improve my abilities, and during the period of self-restraint due to the new coronavirus, I tried to strengthen my physical strength.
This is the first time I have been appointed as the representative of the Olympics.
Yume Hirano
Yume Hirano is 21 years old from Tokyo.
The position is a scrum-half and plays the role of a game maker, but he also has a personal skill to overtake the opponent with various step work and bullish running.
At the 2018 Asian Games, we mass-produced tries and contributed to the first victory of the Japanese national team, and this time we were appointed as the Olympic representative for the first time.
Yu Hirotsu
Yu Hirotsu is 20 years old from Hyogo prefecture.
He had a father, Eiji, who was a former representative of Japan for boys and supported the golden age of Kobe Steel, a team of working people, and until high school he was able to play both rugby and basketball.
In addition to the dexterity cultivated in basketball, he pulled the team with a strong defense and was appointed as the first Olympic representative.
Rin Matsuda
Rinhi Matsuda is 19 years old from Tokyo.
His father is Tsutomu, a former Japanese national team who has been selected as the Japanese national team for four consecutive World Cup tournaments and has been active until the age of 42.
The dynamic running that makes the best use of the physique of 1 meter and 70 centimeters in height and the skillful steps inherited from his father are the characteristics.
This time, I was appointed as the Olympic representative for the first time at the youngest age of 19.