Sakura Hauge

[5] From 2003 to 2005 Hauge played eight matches for the Norway women's national youth handball team.

[6] Although amongst the players chosen for the Norway women's national handball team in the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship,[4] and being a candidate for the Norwegian team at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[7] she then did not play for Norway on a national level before 2014.

In 2014 Hauge played two recruit level matches against Sweden, in one of which she was declared Most Valuable Player.

[12] In the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany, she was the leading goalkeeper throughout the tournament for Japan.

In primary and secondary school, she received Japanese language lessons (mother tongue instruction).