Back منتخب اليابان لاتحاد الرغبي للسيدات Arabic Selección femenina de rugby de Japón Spanish Japoniako emakumezkoen errugbi selekzioa Basque Équipe du Japon féminine de rugby à XV French Nazionale di rugby a 15 femminile del Giappone Italian ラグビー女子日本代表 Japanese Japonya kadın millî ragbi birliği takımı Turkish 日本國家女子橄欖球隊 Chinese
| Nickname(s) | Cherry Blossom 15 (桜十五 (kanji), さくらフィフティーン (kana), Sakura fifutīn) | ||
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| Union | Japan Rugby Football Union | ||
| Head coach | Lesley McKenzie | ||
| Captain | Saki Minami | ||
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| World Rugby ranking | |||
| Current | 11 (as of 4 September 2023) | ||
| Highest | 10 (2023) | ||
| First international | |||
 France 62–0 Japan  (Aberavon, Wales; 6 April 1991) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Japan 82–0 Hong Kong  (Almaty, Kazakhstan; 4 September 2013) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Japan 0–121 United States  (Melrose, Scotland; 15 April 1994) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 5 (First in 1991) | ||
| Best result | 8th (1994) | ||
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.[1]
- ^ JRFU (April 8, 2004). "女子ラグビー15年の歴史 - 海外遠征と外国チーム招聘の記録｜日本ラグビーフットボール協会｜RUGBY：FOR ALL「ノーサイドの精神」を、日本へ、世界へ。" [15 years of Women rugby football - Visiting overseas and hosting international games | Japan Rugby Football Union | Rugby football : For All; propagate the spirit of "no sides" to Japan and to the World.]. www.rugby-japan.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-27.