Yuka Sadaka
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| Born | 2 November 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb; 13 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Rugby career
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ↑ Burnes, Campbell (2022-09-24). "Woodman bags seven tries in Japan rout". www.allblacks.com. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Rugby: Sakura Fifteen thrashed 95-12 by World Cup hosts New Zealand". Japan Wire by KYODO NEWS. 2022-09-24. Retrieved 2025-12-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Sakura Fifteen Team Announced for Samoa WXV Match". Japan Rugby Football Union. 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2025-12-24.
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