Kyushu Women’s Sevens – Nanairo Cup 2025

The Kyushu Women’s Sevens – Nanairo Cup 2025 will this year take place in Japan from 8-9 February 2025 and again be played at the Mikuni World Stadium in North Kyushu with ten women’s teams involved including sides from Japan, Australia and Singapore.

The Japanese women’s 7s rugby tournament is organised by the Japan Rugby Football Union, and supported by Kitakyushu City and Nanairo Lab. First run in 2021, the tournament hopes to help grow the women’s game in Japan as well as helping to profile of the sport and the profile of women’s rugby.

Nanairo lab/Nanairo Prism Fukuoka CEO Hidetaka MURAKAMI told Rugby Asia 247, “We believe that international exchanges through rugby with teams from Asia and Oceania will help each player grow even further. The Japanese players are very excited. In the future, we would like to expand the number of participating teams in the tournament to create more opportunities for overseas players to excel.”

On the importance of women’s rugby especially in a Rugby World Cup year, the CEO added, “In 2025, there will be many women’s rugby events, such as the World Cup, the HSBC SVNS Series, and the domestic Taiyo Seimei Cup. Currently, I think that women’s rugby is still not well known in Japan.

 

I think that this year will be an important opportunity for both the players and the future of rugby to gain more women’s rugby fans through various tournaments, including the Nanairo Cup.”

You can see more from the 2024 edition here.

Teams Confirmed – Nanairo Cup 2025

There are ten confirmed teams for the 2025 edition of the Sevens Rugby tournament.

Domestic Japanese Clubs

• Nagato Blue Angels
• Senior Women’s Academy (JRFU）
• Nanairo Prism Fukuoka
• JSDF PTS + BRAVE LOUVE (joint team)
• Otemae University Women’s Rugby Club ” VENUS “
• Ryukyu Island Girls
• Kobe Fast Gyro

Overseas Clubs

• Briars Rugby Club (Sydney, Australia)
• Bond University Rugby Club (Gold Coast, Australia)
• B.A.C. (Singapore)

Nanairo Cup 2025 Schedule

Women’s Sevens

• Saturday, February 8th –  Kickoff at 12:00pm
• Sunday, February 9th – Kickoff at 10:00am

Junior Rugby Schedule

• Saturday, February 8th: 13:00-approx. 40 minutes, 14:50-approx. 20 minutes (Junior high school students)
• Sunday, February 9th: 11:20-approx. 20 minutes, 12:50-approx. 40 minutes (Elementary school students)

How To Watch The Nanairo Cup 2025

The organisers said they will work towards streaming the two days of women’s sevens rugby action on YouTube.

Japanese Women’s Rugby News

• 11th Japanese National Women’s Rugby Championship Semifinals 2025.
• Women’s Rugby World Cup England 2025 Match Schedule – Japan Start With Ireland.
• Portia & Renee Woodman-Wickliffe Head To Japan’s Mie PEARLS In 2024.
• Black Ferns Sevens Captain Sarah Hirini On Women’s Rugby.