Mizuho Kataoka

Rugby player

Mizuho Kataoka

Date of birth

(1994-10-11) 11 October 1994 (age 29)

Place of birth

Tokyo

Height

1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)

Weight

67 kg (148 lb)

Rugby union career

Provincial / State sides
Position(s)	Hooker
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2023	Auckland Storm	8	(5)
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2014–	Japan

Mizuho Kataoka (片岡瑞帆, born 11 October 1994 ) is a Japanese women's rugby union player.^[1] She competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup .

Early career

She started playing rugby in high school. After graduating from Shiba Commercial High School in 2013, she entered Nippon Sport Science University. In 2015, she was appointed captain of the women's team at Nippon Sport Science University.^[2]

Rugby career

She competed at the 2014, 2016, and the 2017 Asia Rugby Championship's.^[3]^[4] In 2017, she was named in Japan's squad for the Rugby World Cup in Ireland.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

In 2023, Kataoka had a stint with the Auckland Storm in the Farah Palmer Cup competition.^[9]

References

^ "片岡瑞帆 Player Profiles". Japan Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
^ "日本体育大学ラグビー部女子 I 選手紹介". wrfc (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-12-04.
^ "Asian 4 Nations: Seven try win for Japan". Scrum Queens. 2014-05-18. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
^ "Japan Women vs Hong Kong Women - Commentary - Women's Rugby World Cup 2018 - 26 Aug, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
^ Rugby, Asia (2017-08-01). "Top Eight The Goal For Determined Japan | Women's Rugby World Cup". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
^ "Top eight the goal for determined Japan". 2017-09-01. Archived from the original on 2017-09-01. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
^ "Japan teach Wales youngsters a lesson - Welsh Rugby Union". Welsh Rugby Union | Wales & Regions. 2017-06-11. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
^ djcoilrugby (2017-08-09). "France dominates Japan to Open Women's Rugby World Cup 2017". djcoilrugby. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
^ "2023 Auckland Storm Squad Announced". www.aucklandrugby.co.nz. 2023-07-03. Retrieved 2024-05-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)