Photo: Australian Embassy in Fiji / CC BY 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Marika Koroibete fascinates me because he's a dual-code player, which is rare and demanding. Fijian-born, he played rugby league for Melbourne Storm and Wests Tigers in the NRL, then crossed into rugby union and ended up a winger for Australia and Japan's Saitama Wild Knights. That kind of code-switching takes serious athletic intelligence, not just speed. I'm also struck by the international journey, from a Fiji league cap to representing the Wallabies and playing club rugby in Japan. The data file oddly lists him as American, which doesn't match the Fiji-Australia-Japan thread at all. The actual story is far more interesting than that tag suggests.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Marika Koroibete
- Name (Japanese)
- マリカ・コロインベテ
- Reading
- まりか・ころいんべて
- Born
- June 26, 1992 (age 34)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Monkey
- Origin
- Fiji, United States
- Height
- 180 cm
- Occupation
- rugby league player / rugby union player
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Marika Koroibete born?
Born June 26, 1992 (age 34).
Where is Marika Koroibete from?
Marika Koroibete is from Fiji, United States.
What does Marika Koroibete do?
Marika Koroibete works as rugby league player, rugby union player.
How tall is Marika Koroibete?
Marika Koroibete is 180 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.