Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix

Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix is a Japanese women's rugby union team based in Shibuya, Tokyo. They compete in Japan's National Women’s Rugby Championship.

The club was established in 2002, with the women's team being founded in 2013.

In 2023, Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix signed a partnership with Australian Super Rugby Women's side the Western Force.^[1][2] The agreement would allow for pre-season trial games, the sharing of knowledge, exchange of players, management, coaches, training staff and media staff, co-creation branding and academy planning.^[1][2]

Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix met Mie Pearls for the 2023–2024 National Women’s Rugby Championship final which was played for the first time at the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium.^[3][4] They defeated the Mie Pearls 24–40.^[5][6]

After being crowned national champions, they played the Western Force in a pre-season trial match on 23 February at HBF Park; they won the game 24–14.^[7][8]

On 2 February 2025, they successfully defended their championship title which they have won for the third consecutive year.^[9] They defeated Mie Pearls in the final to win the 11th Japan Women's Rugby Football Championship.^[10]

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Yuna Sato Forward Japan Iroha Kishimoto ?? Japan Haruna Okada ?? Japan Wakaba Okuno ?? Japan Misato Kuramochi ?? Japan Yui Masuda ?? Japan Mao Ishida ?? Japan Fumiko Otake ?? Japan Suzuha Okamoto ?? Japan Sokiveta Natsuki ?? Japan Momoko Kadowaki ?? Japan Aoi Kurokawa ?? Japan Ayumu Kokaji ?? Japan Mibu Kosaka ?? Japan Suzuka Nakashima ?? Japan Megumi Takagi ?? Japan Mana Furuta Centre Japan Sakura Mizutani ?? Japan

Player Position Union Reeko Tanaka ?? Japan Sayaka Tanaka ?? Japan Rikka Tabuchi ?? Japan Arisa Nishi ?? Japan Misaki Matsumura ?? Japan Yuina Yamamoto ?? Japan Karin Ozaki ?? Japan Hinata Komaki Prop Japan Savannah Bodman Back New Zealand Mei Jizodo ?? Japan Karen Sugiura ?? Japan Anan Seo Back Japan Yuna Nozawa ?? Japan Yuho Nozawa ?? Japan Rinka Matsuda ?? Japan Kasumi Murase ?? Japan Rizuki Yamamoto ?? Japan

• Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix (Official website)