Hikaru Naomoto

Hikaru Naomoto
	Naomoto playing for Freiburg in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Hikaru Naomoto
Date of birth	March 3, 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Ogori, Fukuoka, Japan
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Urawa Reds
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2011	Fukuoka J. Anclas
2012–2018	Urawa Reds
2018–2019	Freiburg
2020–	Urawa Reds
National team
2010	Japan U-17
2012	Japan U-20
2014–2019	Japan
Honours
Urawa Reds
Representing Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

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

Biography[change | change source]

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. She played 20 games for Japan until 2019.