is a Japanese ice hockey player and three-time Olympian with the Japanese national team. She has played her senior club career with Daishin Ice Hockey Club in the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL) and All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship.
International play As a junior ice hockey player with the Japanese national under-18 team, Ukita participated in three IIHF U18 Women's World Championships. She was the top scoring defender at the 2012 Division I tournament, amassing five points across five games. The following year, her four goals at the 2013 Division I tournament led all skaters and helped Japan earn promotion to the Top Division, for which she was recognized as Best Defenseman by the tournament directorate.
Ukita competed at both the 2014 and the 2018 Winter Olympics. Additionally, she participated at the IIHF World Women's Championship in 2015, 2016, 2017 (in Division IA), and 2019.2015 IIHF World Championship roster
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Rui Ukita at Milano Cortina 2026