Yumeno Noda

Yumeno Noda (born 25 October 1997) is a Japanese rugby union coach and former player. She competed for at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.

Early career Noda started playing rugby in the fourth grade of elementary school. She graduated from Fukuoka High School in 2015, and entered Rissho University.

After graduating from Rissho University in 2020, she joined Hino Motors.

Rugby career

Playing Noda was selected for the Japanese women's national sevens team in April 2015. A few months later, she made her international debut for the Sakura fifteens side in the Asian Women's Championship. She scored one of many tries in their 60–19 victory.

She left Arukas Queen Kumagaya on 31 March 2021. She joined Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix on 5 April the same year. She announced her retirement from rugby at the end of the 2022 season.