Mie Pearls

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Mie Women's Rugby Football Club Pearls
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Full name	Mie Women's Rugby Football Club Pearls
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Mie Pearls
Founded	2016; 8 years ago (2016)
Location	Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan
League(s)	National Women’s Rugby Championship
2024	Runner-up
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Mie Women's Rugby Football Club Pearls (commonly known as Mie Pearls) is a Japanese women's rugby union team based in Yokkaichi, Mie. They compete in Japan's National Women’s Rugby Championship.

History

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The Mie Women's Rugby Football Club Pearls was established in May 2016 with the slogan "From Mie to the World!". Their aim is to become number one in Japan's domestic tournaments and to develop players who can perform on the world stage.^[1]

Mie Pearls won the 2020–21 National Women’s Rugby Championship competition.^[2]^[3]

MoU deal with Chiefs Manawa

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In 2024, Mie Pearls signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chiefs Manawa of New Zealand's Super Rugby Aupiki competition.^[4]^[5] The agreement operates alongside the existing MoU that New Zealand Rugby and the Japan Rugby Football Union has already established.^[6]^[7] Furthermore, the deal allows both clubs to "explore opportunities that enhance the game for players, coaches and management through the sharing of knowledge and resources".^[4]^[5]

Mie Pearls met Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix for the 2023–2024 National Women’s Rugby Championship final which was played for the first time at the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium.^[2]^[3] They were defeated by Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix 24–40.^[8]^[9]

Current squad

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

Player	Position	Union
Michika Doi	Forward	Japan
Kei Fukuzawa	Forward	Japan
Kyoko Hosokawa	Forward	Japan
Reina Iizuka	Forward	Japan
Soyoka Kinoshita	Forward	Japan
Wako Kitano	Forward	Japan
Nijiho Nagata	Forward	Japan
Saya Nakamura	Forward	Japan
Sato Reina	Forward	Japan
Kai Sachiko	Forward	Japan
Seina Saito	Forward	Japan
Yuuki Sue (cc)	Forward	Japan
Mei Takahashi	Forward	Japan
Moeri Wada	Forward	Japan

Player	Position	Union
Ayuka Akiyama	Back	Japan
Ria Anoku	Back	Japan
Murata Ayano	Back	Japan
Monique Coffey	Back	Canada
Mizuki Furuya	Back	Japan
Akari Katsushima	Back	Japan
Le'Oxeayn Maiu'u	Back	New Zealand
Satsuki Mitani (cc)	Back	Japan
Rika Miwa	Back	Japan
Sora Nishimura	Back	Japan
Janet Okelo	Back	Kenya
Grace Okulu	Back	Kenya
Nia Sutherland	Back	New Zealand
Nozomi Watanabe	Back	Japan
Sakurako Watanabe	Back	Japan
Mio Yamanaka	Back	Japan
Sayo Yasui	Back	Japan

Coaching staff

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Position	Name
General Manager	Hisashi Saito
Head Coach	Janna Vaughan
Asst. Coach / Asst. Manager	Takashi Tomikawa
S&C Coach	Luke Vasu
Trainer	Yuko Shinzaki
Team Manager	Emi Ito

References

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^ "クラブ｜ＰＥＡＲＬＳ（パールズ）". mie-pearls.com. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
^ ^a ^b "Japan National Women's Rugby Championship Final 2024". RugbyAsia247. 2024-02-02. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
^ ^a ^b "Tokyo Set to Host National Women's Rugby Championship Final". Japan Rugby Football Union. 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
^ ^a ^b "Chiefs sign MoU with Mie Pearls". Chiefs. 2024-02-07. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
^ ^a ^b "Chiefs deepen ties with Japanese rugby via women's partnership". www.stuff.co.nz. 2024-02-07. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
^ Knowler, Richard (2023-05-10). "NZ Rugby keeps door shut on offshore All Blacks despite deal with Japan". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
^ "Chiefs create tie to assist women's rugby in New Zealand and Japan". NZ Herald. 2024-05-29. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
^ "Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix Rugby Club wins the 10th National Women's Rugby Football Championship for the second consecutive year". www.osp-holdings.co.jp. 2024-02-06. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
^ "Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix champion du Japon pour la 2ème fois de son histoire!". Asierugby (in French). 2024-02-03. Retrieved 2024-06-01.

External links

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Mie Pearls (Official website)

Rugby union in Japan

Governing body

Japan Rugby Football Union

National teams

Men's	Japan A U-20 7's
Women's	Women's 7's

Competitions

International	Super Rugby
National	Japan Rugby League One Lixil Cup Top Challenge League All-Japan Rugby Football Championship
Amateur	All-Japan University Rugby Championship National High School Rugby Tournament
Hosted events	2019 Rugby World Cup Japan Sevens Japan Women's Sevens 2001 World Games Sanix World Youth Tournament
Defunct	Japan Company Rugby Football Championship

Major figures

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Commons

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