is a Japanese

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who plays as a

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for

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in the

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and the Japanese national team.

Club career

Takase was born in

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on November 10, 1990. After graduating from high school, she joined

in 2009. In 2009 season, she was selected Best Young Player awards. In

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, she scored 20 goals in 18 games and became top scorer. she was also selected MVP awards.

International career

On January 15, 2010, Takase debuted for the Japan national team against

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. In July, she was selected to play for the Japan U-20 national team at the 2010 U-20 World Cup. She was a member of Japan's squad for the 2011 World Cup and the

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. Japan won the 2011 World Cup and got a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was also a squad member for the

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and the 2014 Asian Cup. Japan won the championship at both tournaments. She played 61 games and scored 9 goals for Japan until 2016.

Personal life

Takase's brother

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is also a footballer.

Career statistics

Club

International

List of match i
2010

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

Honours

; INAC Kobe Leonessa *

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: 2011, 2012, 2013 *

: 2021–22 *

Empress's Cup , since 2018 renamed "Empress's Cup JFA Japan Women's Football Championship" () or The JFA Empress's Cup (from 2024 onwards), is a Japanese Women's football competition. As an elimination tournament, it can be considered the female counterpart to t ...

: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 *

Nadeshiko League Cup The Nadeshiko League Cup (Japanese: なでしこリーグカップ) is a cup competition for women's football clubs in Japan. The competition began as the L.League Cup in 1996 and it was abolished after the 1999 edition. It reappeared on the occa ...

: 2013 ; ; Japan *

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Japan U20 *

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

References

External links

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Japan Football Association
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