Date of birth | 9 December 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Yokohama, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Tokai University Sagami High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | Nippon Sport Science University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Minori Yamamoto (山本実 born 9 December 1996) is a Japanese rugby union and rugby sevens player. She plays fly-half for the Japan women's national rugby union team and for Sale Sharks Women in Premiership Women's Ruby[1]
Yamamoto competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.[2] She played for MIE Pearls.[3] She later played for Worcester Warriors Women in 2021.[1][4][5][6][7]
Yamamoto also competed for Japan at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup that was held in New Zealand.[8][9][10][11]
On 8 December 2023 Sale Sharks Women announced that Yamamoto had signed for the club following the withdrawal of Worcester Warriors Women from the league.[12]