Chisato Yokoo

Chisato Yokoo (横尾 千里, Yokoo Chisato, born May 22, 1992) is a female Japanese rugby sevens player. She was part of Japan's sevens team that won silver at the 2014 Asian Games. She played at the 2016 Summer Olympics as a member of the Japan women's national rugby sevens team.[1][2][3][4]

Chisato Yokoo
Date of birth (1992-05-22) May 22, 1992
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
UniversityWaseda University
Rugby union career
Current team Tokyo Phoenix RC
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Team

Yokoo was part of the Sakura sevens team that played in a curtain raiser match against Australia ahead of the 2015 Rugby Championship match between the Wallabies and the All Blacks in Sydney.[5][6]

References
  1. "YOKOO Chisato". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  2. "Japan names Olympic 7s squads". Americas Rugby News. 2016-07-18. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  3. "Japan announce Olympic Sevens squads". Planetrugby.com. 2016-07-18. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  4. "Sakura Sevens squad revealed for Rio Games". The Japan Times Online. 2016-07-16. ISSN 0447-5763. Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  5. "Playing for the Love of the Game". rugbynewsjapan.com. 2015-08-08. Archived from the original on 2017-01-15. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  6. "Aussie Sevens squads set for Japanese test". www2.rugby.com.au. 2015-08-06. Archived from the original on 2017-01-15. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
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