is a Japanese professional

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who plays as a

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for WE League club Urawa Reds 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.

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. On May 8, 2014, she debuted for the Japan national team against

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. 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

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and contributed to the victory, and was named VISA Player of the Match.

Career statistics

International

List of match i
2014

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

Honours

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Individual

* Nadeshiko League Best XI:

* WE League Valuable Player Award: 2021–22, 2022–23 * WE League Best XI: 2022–23 *

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VISA Player of the Match: against

References

External links

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Japan Football Association
* 1994 births Living people University of Tsukuba alumni Association football people from Fukuoka Prefecture Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers SC Freiburg (women) players Nadeshiko League players Fukuoka J. Anclas players Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies players Asian Games medalists in football Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Women's association football forwards Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Frauen-Bundesliga players 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players 21st-century Japanese sportswomen People from Ogōri, Fukuoka {{Japan-women-footy-bio-stub