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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.
| 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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Early life and career
editHirayama 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
editOn 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
edit- 1 2 "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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