Ai Tasaka
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| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ai Tasaka (born 11 June 1991) is a Japanese rugby union and sevens player. She competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Early life
Tasaka attended Saitama University's Elementary and Junior High Schools. She later attended Shukutoku Yono High School.
Rugby career
Tasaka began playing rugby in college. She graduated from Nippon Sport Science University in 2014 and joined Akagi Nyugyo. She has represented the Japanese women's sevens team.
She competed at the 2014 Asia Women's Four Nations tournament in Hong Kong.[1][2] She scored a try and successfully kicked a conversion in the Sakura's 37–5 win against Singapore in their opening game.[1]
She captained the Sakura fifteens side that won the Asia Rugby Women's Championship for the first time in 2015.[3][4] She also led the side when they won the championship again a year later.[5][6]
In 2017, she was in the Sakura fifteens team that retained their Asian championship title.[7] In August, she was subsequently selected in Japan's squad to the Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[8][9]
Personal life
On 20 November 2023, she married Tsuyoshi Enokida, who worked as an interpreter for the Toyota Verblitz.[10]
References
- ^ a b "Top seeds unscathed on Day One of ARFU Asian Women's Rugby Championships". ThePapare. 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Lai's late show hands Hong Kong crucial A4N victory over Japan". South China Morning Post. 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Japan's women crowned Asian champions for first time". www.world.rugby. 2015-05-25. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Double delight for Japan in Asia Rugby Championship". Women's and Men's Rugby World Cup. 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Agars, Sam (2016-05-07). "Hong Kong women outmuscled and outclassed by Japan in regional opener". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Seven-try Japan enjoy winning start in Asia Women's Championship". www.world.rugby. 2016-05-07. 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 Squad Completes WRWC 2017 Line-Up". Irish Rugby. 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Top Eight The Goal For Determined Japan". Asia Rugby. 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "「年上だけどいいのかな」 元女子ラグビー日本代表・田坂藍さんと通訳・榎田剛志さんの「ラグビー婚」（全文）". デイリー新潮 (in Japanese). 2024-03-01. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
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