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| Born | 24 August 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aoi Mimura (born 24 August 1989) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Early career
[edit]After graduating from Asuwa High School in 2008, she joined Yamanashi Gakuin University. She played basketball until college.[1] She graduated Yamanashi Gakuin University in 2012.
Rugby career
[edit]Mimura made her international sevens debut for Japan in 2013, she suffered a serious knee injury in a match against China.[1] She had torn the ligaments in her right knee, which took her a year to recover.[1]
She joined Yokohama TKM after graduating from university.
In December 2016, she participated in the regional qualifiers for the Women's Rugby World Cup.[1]
In 2017, she was part of the Japanese side that won their third Asian Rugby Championship.[2][3] She was selected in the Sakura fifteens side to the Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[4][5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "女子15人制ラグビー日本代表として12月のワールドカップ地区予選に出場した 三村 亜生（あおい）さん 戸塚区在勤 27歳 | 戸塚区・泉区". タウンニュース (in Japanese). 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Japan Beat Hong Kong To Claim Asia Women's Rugby Championship". Asia Rugby. 2017-07-15. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Japan power past Hong Kong to retain Asian crown". www.world.rugby. 2017-07-15. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "「女子ラグビーワールドカップ2017 アイルランド大会」女子日本代表メンバー及び遠征スケジュール｜日本ラグビーフットボール協会". www.rugby-japan.jp (in Japanese). 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Top Eight The Goal For Determined Japan | Women's Rugby World Cup". Asia Rugby. 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
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