Hikaru Naomoto

Hikaru Naomoto
猶本 光

Personal information
Full name	Hikaru Naomoto
Date of birth	(1994-03-03) March 3, 1994
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	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2011	Fukuoka J. Anclas	26	(0)
2012–	Urawa Reds	102	(9)
Total		128	(9)
International career‡
2010	Japan U-17	6	(2)
2012	Japan U-20	6	(2)
2014–	Japan	18	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 31, 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 7, 2018

Hikaru Naomoto (猶本 光, Naomoto Hikaru, born March 3, 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 elected 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. 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

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2014	6	0
2015	2	0
2016	0	0
2017	7	0
2018	3	0
Total	18	0

Honours

Japan

Winner

• AFC Women's Asian Cup: 2014, 2018

External links

• Hikaru Naomoto – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Hikaru Naomoto at Soccerway
• Profile