Megumi Abe

Megumi Abe (born 28 April 1998) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2021 and 2025 Women's Rugby World Cups.

Early career Abe started playing rugby after she quit volleyball at the age of ten while in fourth grade. She attended Iwamichisuikan High School and helped the school's girls sevens team win a national tournament in her third year, she graduated from High School in 2017. She was selected for Japan's squad to the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup that was held in New Zealand. She was the smallest player at the tournament.

Abe was named the Mastercard player of the match after the Sakura's beat Samoa 32–10 at the inaugural 2023 WXV 2 tournament.

She plays sevens and fifteens for Arukas Queen Kumagaya.

In April 2025, she was named in the squad for their USA tour. On 28 July 2025, she was named in the Sakura's squad to the Women's Rugby World Cup in England.