Results

WXV 2 Women 10/27 12:00 3 Skottland Kvinner v Japan kvinner L 38-7
WXV 2 Women 10/21 14:00 2 Japan kvinner v Samoa Women W 32-10
WXV 2 Women 10/13 12:00 1 Italia kvinner v Japan kvinner L 28-15
Landskamper - Kvinner 09/16 09:10 - Japan kvinner v Fiji kvinner W 41-36
Landskamper - Kvinner 09/10 07:00 - Japan kvinner v Fiji kvinner W 29-24
Rugby World Cup - Kvinner 10/22 23:45 - Japan kvinner v Italia kvinner L 8-21
Rugby World Cup - Kvinner 10/15 04:30 - USA kvinner v Japan kvinner L 30-17
Rugby World Cup - Kvinner 10/09 02:15 - Japan kvinner v Canada kvinner L 5-41
Landskamper - Kvinner 09/24 04:30 - New Zealand kvinner v Japan kvinner L 95-12
Landskamper - Kvinner 08/27 10:00 - Japan kvinner v Irland kvinner W 29-10
Landskamper - Kvinner 08/20 10:00 - Japan kvinner v Irland kvinner L 22-57
Landskamper - Kvinner 07/30 08:45 - Japan kvinner v Sør-Afrika kvinner L 10-20

The Japan women's national rugby union team (Ragubī joshi nihon daihyō (ラグビー女子日本代表), nicknamed Sakura Fifteen) are a national sporting side of Japan, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 1991.

History

Japan made their international debut at the 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup. Since then, Japan has appeared at three other editions of the World Cup in 1994, 2002 and 2017. The team has won the Asia Rugby Women's Championship in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

Japan qualified for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand after a revision of Asia's qualification was made due to the global pandemic. As Asia's highest ranked team they qualified automatically for the tournament.

In November 2021, Japan toured Europe and played test matches against Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Wales defeated Japan 23–5, the Sakura's scoring their only try in the 77th minute with a missed conversion. Scotland ran in six tries to give the Sakura's their second loss 36–12, at the DAM Health Stadium in Edinburgh. Ireland down to 14 players pulled off an unlikely win to beat Japan 15–12.

Japan toured Australia in 2022, they played and won matches against Australia, the Australian Barbarians, and Fiji.