Ano Kuwai

Date of birth	(1989-10-20) October 20, 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Hokkaido, Japan
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Rugby union career
National sevens team Years Team Comps 2014- Japan 7s
Medal record Women's rugby sevens Representing  Japan Asian Games 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Team 2014 Incheon Team

Ano Kuwai (桑井 亜乃, Kuwai Ano, born October 20, 1989) is a Japanese rugby union referee and former sevens player. She played for Japan's women's rugby sevens team and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Kuwai competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics as part of the Japan women's national rugby sevens team.^[1][2][3] She became the first Japanese rugby player to score a try at an Olympic Game.^[4]

Kuwai will create history as the first to both play and referee sevens in the Olympics.^[5][6] She was one of six women who were selected to officiate in the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[5][7]

• "Japan Player Profile". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
• Ano Kuwai at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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