2025 Asia Rugby Women's Championship

The 2025 Asia Rugby Women's Championship was the 14th edition of the Asia Rugby Women's Championship. The tournament was held in Fukuoka, Japan and took place from 15 to 25 May.^[1][2] Matches were played at Japan Rugby’s high performance national rugby training centre.^[3]

2025 Asia Rugby Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host	Japan
Date	15–25 May 2025
Countries	Hong Kong  Japan  Kazakhstan
Teams	3
Final positions
Champions	Japan (7th title)
Runner-up	Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Tries scored	33 (11 per match)
Most tries	Natsuki Ouchida (4)
← 2024

Japan won their seventh championship title after defeating Hong Kong in the final match.^[4][5]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	153	5	+148	25	1	2	0	10
2	Hong Kong	2	1	0	1	34	75	−41	6	13	1	0	5
3	Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2	12	119	−107	2	19	0	0	0

Source: Asia Rugby^[6]

Fixtures

15 May 2025 13:00 JST (UTC+09:00)

(1BP) Japan	90–0	Kazakhstan
Try: Kanako Kobayashi 5' c Mele Yua Havili Kagawa 8' c Mio Nishimura (2) 15' c, 70' c Sakurako Korai (3) 25' m, 66' c, 79' m Hinata Komaki 40' m Ayumu Kokaji 41' c Saya Nakamura 45' c Miho Matsunaga (2) 52' c, 76' c Nao Ando 62' c Kotono Yasuo 73' m Con: Ayasa Otsuka (3/4) 6', 9', 16' Sora Nishimura (7/10) 42', 46', 53', 63', 67', 70', 77'	report	Cards: Anna Melnikova  40'

Japan Base, Fukuoka Referee: Sunny Lee (HKCR)

Team details

1 Hinata Komaki 2 Ayumu Kokaji 3 Miharu Machida 4 Saya Nakamura 5 Mio Nishimura 6 Sakurako Korai (c) 7 Kyoko Hosokawa 8 Sakura Mizutani 9 Anan Seo 10 Ayasa Otsuka 11 Nana Tarekado 12 Kanako Kobayashi 13 Nao Ando 14 Mele Yua Havili Kagawa 15 Sora Nishimura Replacements: 16 Haruna Kojima 17 Nami Yoshida 18 Yuka Sadaka 19 Miho Matsunaga 20 Moe Nagaoka 21 Mio Yamanaka 22 Kotono Yasuo 23 Arisa Nishi Coach: Lesley McKenzie 1 Yelena Yurova 2 Xeniya Kim 3 Natalya Kamendrovskaya (c) 4 Yuliya Oleinikova 5 Symbat Zhamankulova 6 Anna Chebotar 7 Mariya Grishina 8 Anzhelika Pichugina 9 Alyona Drobovskaya 10 Yekaterina Savina 11 Amina Tulegenova 12 Anna Melnikova 13 Veronika Stepanyuga 14 Oxana Shadrina 15 Tatyana Kruchinkina Replacements: 16 Darya Simakova 17 Darya Tkachyova 18 Irina Balabina 19 Viktoriya Kuznetsova 20 Svetlana Malezhina 21 Ayaulym Bakytpek 22 Amina Sharip 23 Angelina Kuznetsova Coach: Fabian Juries Assistant referees: Craig Chan (HKCR) Television match official: Just Wang (SRU)

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20 May 2025 13:00 JST (UTC+09:00)

Hong Kong China	29–12	Kazakhstan
Try: Tanya Dhar 10' m Kea Marie Herewini 29' c Shanna Forrest 40' m Jessica Eden 59' m Grace Hood 78' c Con: Wing-Yin Lo (1/3) 30' Tsz Ting Lee (1/2) 79'		Try: Oxana Shadrina 54' m Natalya Kamendrovskaya 63' c Con: Tatyana Kruchinkina (1/2) 64'

Japan Base, Fukuoka Referee: Ano Kuwai (JRFU)

Team details

1 Lau Nga-wun 2 Tanya Dhar 3 Kea Marie Herewini 4 Chow Mei-Nam 5 Roshini Turner 6 Chloe Baltazar 7 Pun Wai-Yan 8 Shanna Forrest 9 Au King-To 10 Wing-Yin Lo 11 Jessica Eden 12 Qian Jiayu 13 Abigail Chan 14 Chong Ka-Yan 15 Hoi-Yan Poon Replacements: 16 Iris Lam 17 Ki Sum Ng 18 Wing Yi Vincci Leung 19 Naomi Netanya Emile Peeters 20 Sin Yi Au Yeung 21 Tsz Yau Wan 22 Tsz Ting Lee 23 Grace Hood Coach: Lewis Wilson 1 Yelena Yurova 2 Xeniya Kim 3 Natalya Kamendrovskaya (c) 4 Anna Chebotar 5 Symbat Zhamankulova 6 Svetlana Malezhina 7 Mariya Grishina 8 Anzhelika Pichugina 9 Alyona Drobovskaya 10 Yekaterina Savina 11 Amina Tulegenova 12 Anna Melnikova 13 Veronika Stepanyuga 14 Oxana Shadrina 15 Tatyana Kruchinkina Replacements: 16 Darya Simakova 17 Darya Tkachyova 18 Irina Balabina 19 Viktoriya Kuznetsova 20 Yuliya Oleinikova 21 Ayaulym Bakytpek 22 Liliya Kibisheva 23 Natalya Vlassova Coach: Fabian Juries Assistant referees: Hibiki Ikeda (JRFU) Koki Yamamuchi (JRFU) Television match official: Tasuku Kawahara (JRFU)

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25 May 2025 13:00 JST (UTC+09:00)

Japan	63–5	Hong Kong China
Try: Kanako Kobayashi (3) 9' m, 16' c, 69' c Sakura Mizutani 12' m Natsuki Ouchida (4) 23' m, 26' c, 44' m, 77' m Sakurako Korai 49' c Mele Yua Havili Kagawa 60'm Arisa Nishi 74' m Con: Ayasa Otsuka (2/6) 16', 27' Sora Nishimura (2/5) 49', 70'	report	Try: Chong Ka-yan 58' m

Japan Base, Fukuoka Referee: Christabelle Lim (SRU)

Team details

1 Hinata Komaki 2 Ayumu Kokaji 3 Miharu Machida 4 Saya Nakamura 5 Mio Nishimura 6 Sakurako Korai (c) 7 Kyoko Hosokawa 8 Sakura Mizutani 9 Anan Seo 10 Ayasa Otsuka 11 Natsuki Ouchida 12 Kanako Kobayashi 13 Nao Ando 14 Mele Yua Havili Kagawa 15 Sora Nishimura Replacements: 16 Moe Nagaoka 17 Nami Yoshida 18 Yuka Sadaka 19 Miho Matsunaga 20 Kasumi Murase 21 Mio Yamanaka 22 Nana Tarekado 23 Arisa Nishi Coach: Lesley McKenzie 1 Lau Nga-wun 2 Iris Lam 3 Lee Ka-Shun 4 Chow Mei-Nam 5 Roshini Turner 6 Pun Wai-Yan 7 Winnie Siu 8 Shanna Forrest 9 Au King-To 10 Wing-Yin Lo 11 Chong Ka-Yan 12 Jessica Eden 13 Grace Hood 14 Zoe Smith 15 Hoi Yan Poon Replacements: 16 Fion Yuei-Tein Got 17 Ki Sum Ng 18 Kea Herewini 19 Naomi Netanya Emile Peters 20 Sin Yi Au Yeung 21 Tsz Yau Wan 22 Tsz Ting Lee 23 Haruka Uematsu Coach: Lewis Wilson Assistant referees: Qu Shanggang (CRFA) Television match official: Tony Duminy (UAERF)