is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for WE League club 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 June 30, 2025, she announced her departure and transferred to Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza.
National team career 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.FIFA 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.
Career statistics
International List of match in 2014, 2015 , 2017 , 2018, 2019 at Japan Football Association + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational TeamYearAppsGoalsJapan2014602015202016002017702018302019202020002021102022102202372Total384
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Noamoto goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Hikaru NoamotoNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition121 January 2022 Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune, India 3–0 5–0 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup2 24 June 2022 Sport Center FAS, Stara Pazova, Serbia 2–05–0 Friendly3 26 July 2023 Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand 1–02–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup426 October 2023Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan7–07–02024 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
External links
Japan Football Association