Ai Hirayama
| Born | 7 May 1992 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 156 cm (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Ai Hirayama (born 7 May 1992) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2021 Rugby World Cup.
Early life and career
Hirayama played basketball at Kiryu Commercial High School, after graduating from high school in 2011 she joined the Japan Self-Defense Force at the age of 20.[1] She only started playing rugby at the age of 21.[1]
Rugby career
On 16 November 2019, Hirayama earned her first cap for Japan as a starter against Italy during her sides European tour.[2]
In 2022, she was selected for Japan's squad to the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[3]
References
- ^ a b "ラグビーリパブリック". rugby-rp.com (in Japanese). 2019-11-24. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "女子日本代表対女子イタリア代表の試合結果及びHC、キャプテンのコメントのお知らせ｜日本ラグビーフットボール協会". www.rugby-japan.jp (in Japanese). 2019-11-17. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "（10月16日更新) 女子日本代表ニュージーランド遠征メンバーのお知らせ｜日本ラグビーフットボール協会". www.rugby-japan.jp (in Japanese). 2022-10-16. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
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