Riho Kurogi
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| Born | 2 May 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Riho Kurogi (born 2 May 1998) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. She represented Japan in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Early career
[edit]Kurogi played soccer in elementary school. She switched to rugby in her first year of junior high school at Hyuga Rugby School Junior.
Rugby career
[edit]In 2015, she was selected for the Japanese women's fifteens team at the age of 17.[1] Her side won the Asian Women's Championship for the first time.[2]
She featured for Japan in the Asia-Oceania regional qualification matches for the 2017 World Cup against Fiji and Hong Kong in 2016.[3][4]
In July 2017, she was part of the team that successfully defended their Asian Championship title.[5] She was eventually selected in Japan's squad to the Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[6]
She represented Japan in sevens at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples.[7] She also competed in the Asian Women's Sevens Series a month later.[8] Kurogi appeared for the side again in December during the Dubai leg of the 2019–20 World Series.[9] However, she was injured in their match against New Zealand on Day 1 and was stretchered off in the first half.[9]
In June 2021, she was initially selected as a reserve player for the Japanese women's sevens team for the delayed Tokyo Olympics.[10] She was later called up to the main squad in July because of player injuries.[11][12]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Mixed feelings in Japan camp following eventful day in Hong Kong". Japan Rugby Football Union. 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Japan's women crowned Asian champions for first time". www.world.rugby. 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Ratulevu, Pate (2016-12-13). "Japan and Hong Kong qualify for Women's World Cup". Fiji Rugby Union. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Japan head to World Cup as Asia's top seeds". www.world.rugby. 2016-12-17. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Japan Beat Hong Kong To Claim Asia Women's Rugby Championship". Asia Rugby. 2017-07-15. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Japan Squad Completes WRWC 2017 Line-Up". Irish Rugby. 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "FISU Rugby sevens: Men, women have medal hopes dashed after Day 2 losses". Rugby Canada. 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Japan beat China 19-5 - Japan women record opening series win". Asia Rugby. 2019-09-01. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - 1 2 Deo, Rohit (2019-12-06). "Six teams victorious as world's best put on a show in Dubai". The Fiji Times. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "東京2020オリンピック競技大会 ラグビー男子日本代表内定選手・ラグビー女子日本代表内定選手決定のお知らせ｜日本ラグビーフットボール協会". www.rugby-japan.jp (in Japanese). 2021-06-19. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "TOKYO2020ラグビー女子日本代表最終スコッドの交替のお知らせ｜日本ラグビーフットボール協会". www.rugby-japan.jp (in Japanese). 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Sakura Sevens: Riho Kurogi remplace Rinka Matsuda dans le groupe final". Asierugby (in French). 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Japanese female rugby union players
- Japan women's international rugby union players
- Japan international women's rugby sevens players
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Japan
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games gold medalists in rugby sevens
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Japan