Hikaru Naomoto

Hikaru Naomoto
猶本光
	Naomoto with SC Freiburg in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	March 3, 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Ogori, Fukuoka, Japan
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Urawa Reds
Number	8
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2011	Fukuoka J. Anclas
2012–2018	Urawa Reds
2018–2020	SC Freiburg
2020–	Urawa Reds
National team‡
2010	Japan U-17
2012	Japan U-20
2014–	Japan
Honours
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
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:19, 26 October 2023 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:19, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

Hikaru Naomoto (猶本光, Naomoto Hikaru, born March 3, 1994) is a Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team.

Biography

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. In June 2018, she moved to German Bundesliga club Freiburg. In 2020, she returned to Urawa Reds.

Naomoto played for the Japan U-17 national team at 2010 U-17 World Cup Japan won the 2nd place and the U-20 team at 2012 U-20 World Cup Japan won the 3rd place. On May 8, 2014, she debuted for the 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 the 2nd place at Asian Games. In 2018, she played at 2018 Asian Cup and Japan won their second consecutive title.

Career statistics

International

As of match played 26 October 2023^[1]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National Team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	2014	6	0
	2015	2	0
	2016	0	0
	2017	7	0
	2018	3	0
	2019	2	0
	2020	0	0
	2021	1	0
	2022	10	2
	2023	7	2
Total		38	4

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Noamoto goal.

List of international goals scored by Hikaru Noamoto
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	21 January 2022	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune, India	Myanmar	3–0	5–0	2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
2	24 June 2022	Sport Center FAS, Stara Pazova, Serbia	Serbia	2–0	5–0	Friendly
3	26 July 2023	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand	Costa Rica	1–0	2–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
4	26 October 2023	Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	India	7–0	7–0	2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Honours

Japan

AFC Women's Asian Cup: 2014, 2018

Individual

Nadeshiko League Best XI: 2014
WE League Valuable Player Award: 2021–22, 2022–23
WE League Best XI: 2022–23
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup VISA Player of the Match: against Costa Rica

References

↑ List of matches 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)

Other websites

Hikaru Naomoto at Soccerway.com
Hikaru Naomoto at WorldFootball.net
Hikaru Naomoto at Soccerbase.com
Hikaru Naomoto at 11v11.com
Hikaru Naomoto at FBref.com
Japan Football Association

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[1] List of matches 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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