Hikaru Naomoto

is a Japanese football player. She plays for the WE League‘s Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza and 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.

### International

|National Team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|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|||

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

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

## Other websites

- Japan Football Association

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Hikaru Naomoto
猶本 光
- **image**: Hikaru Naomoto 20190505 (cropped2).jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Naomoto with SC Freiburg (women), SC Freiburg in 2019
- **birth place**: Ogori, Fukuoka, Ogori, Fukuoka Prefecture, Fukuoka, Japan
- **height**: 1.58m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **currentclub**: Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
- **clubnumber**: 8
- **years1**: 2007–2011
- **clubs1**: Fukuoka J. Anclas
- **caps1**: 26
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2012–2018
- **clubs2**: Urawa Reds Ladies, Urawa Reds
- **caps2**: 110
- **goals2**: 9
- **years3**: 2018–2020
- **clubs3**: SC Freiburg (women), SC Freiburg
- **caps3**: 23
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2020–2025
- **clubs4**: Urawa Reds Ladies, Urawa Reds
- **caps4**: 66
- **goals4**: 20
- **years5**: 2025–
- **clubs5**: Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
- **nationalyears1**: 2010
- **nationalteam1**: Japan women's national under-17 football team, Japan U-17
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 2012
- **nationalteam2**: Japan women's national under-20 football team, Japan U-20
- **nationalcaps2**: 6
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **nationalyears3**: 2014–
- **nationalteam3**: Japan women's national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps3**: 40
- **nationalgoals3**: 4
- **club-update**: 14:19, 26 June 2025 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 14:19, 26 October 2023 (UTC)