Hikaru Naomoto

Hikaru Naomoto is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for WE League club Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza and the Japan women's 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.On June30, 2025, she announced her departure and transferred to Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza.

Naomoto played for the Japan U-17 team at 2010 U-17 World Cup where Japan won 2nd place and for the U-20 team at 2012 U-20 World Cup, where Japan won 3rd place. On May 8, 2014, she debuted for the Japan national team against New Zealand. She was a member of Japan's 2014 Asian Cup and 2014 Asian Games squads. 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.
On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.
On July 26, she scored the opening goal in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C Round 2 match against Costa Rica and contributed to the victory, and was named VISA Player of the Match.

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

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