Date of birth | 29 October 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Haruka Hirotsu (弘津悠, born 29 October 2000) is a Japanese rugby sevens player.[1] She competed in the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
Hirotsu was born in Hyogo and attended Waseda University's School of Sport Sciences in 2019.[4] Her father, Eiji Hirotsu, is a former Japan international and was a member of the Kobe Steel Rugby Club.[4][5]
In 2019, she was part of Japan's training squad for the Tokyo Olympics.[4][5]
Hirotsu was named in Japan's second test against the Fijiana's for 16 September 2023 at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo.[6][7] She also featured in her sides victory against Italy on 30 September.[8][9] She was named in the Sakura fifteens squad for the inaugural WXV 2 tournament in Cape Town.[10][11]