Hikaru Naomoto

Hikaru Naomoto
猶本光
Personal information
Full name	Hikaru Naomoto
Date of birth	3 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Ogori, Fukuoka, Japan
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Urawa Reds
Number	8
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2011	Fukuoka J. Anclas
2012–2018	Urawa Reds
2018–2020	Freiburg
2020-	Urawa Reds
International career‡
2010	Japan U-17
2012	Japan U-20
2014–	Japan
Medal record
Urawa Reds
Representing Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
AFC U-16 Women's Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 November 2019

Hikaru Naomoto (猶本光, Naomoto Hikaru, born 3 March 1994) is a Japanese football player. She plays for Urawa Reds and Japan national team.

Club career

Naomoto was born in Ogori on March 3, 1994. In 2007, she joined her local club Fukuoka J. Anclas. After graduating from high school, she joined Urawa Reds in 2012. She was selected Best Eleven in 2014 season.

National team career

Naomoto played for Japan U-17 national team at 2010 U-17 World Cup Japan won 2nd place and U-20 team at 2012 U-20 World Cup Japan won 3rd place.^[1] On May 8, 2014, she debuted for Japan national team against New Zealand. She was a member of Japan for 2014 Asian Cup and 2014 Asian Games. Japan won the championship at Asian Cup and 2nd place at Asian Games. In 2018, she played at 2018 Asian Cup and Japan won their second consecutive title. She played 18 games for Japan.

National team statistics

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Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2014	6	0
2015	2	0
2016	0	0
2017	7	0
2018	3	0
2019	2	0
Total	20	0

Honours

Japan

Winner

AFC Women's Asian Cup: 2014, 2018

References

^ FIFA
^ List of match in 2014, 2015 Archived 2018-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, 2017 Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, 2018, 2019 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

External links

Hikaru Naomoto – FIFA competition record (archived)
Hikaru Naomoto at Soccerway
Hikaru Naomoto at WorldFootball.net
Japan Football Association
Profile

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[1] FIFA

[2] List of match in 2014, 2015 Archived 2018-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, 2017 Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, 2018, 2019 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

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