is a Japanese

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player. She plays for

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in the

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. As a player for the Japan national team, she was capped 81 times between 2002 and 2016.

Club career

Fukumoto was born in

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on October 2, 1983. After graduating from high school, she joined for

Okayama Yunogo Belle The Okayama Yunogo Belle is a Japanese women's football club based in Mimasaka, Okayama, Japan, that will compete in Nadeshiko League Division 1 in 2025. Founded in 2001, it debuted in the Nadeshiko League in 2003, where it has played since the ...

in 2001. She was selected Best Eleven 3 times (

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

and

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). She played 259 matches at the club. In August 2016, she moved to

INAC Kobe Leonessa INAC Kobe(INAC神戸レオネッサ, Ainakku-Kōbe Reonessa) is a professional Japanese women's soccer, football club from Kobe, founded in 2001. INAC stands for International Athletic Club, while Leonessa means Lioness in Italian language, Ita ...

. However she could hardly play in the match. In 2019, she moved to

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National team career

In August 2002, Fukumoto was selected by the Japan U-20 national team for the 2002 U-19 World Championship. In October, she was selected by the Japan national team for the

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. At this competition, on October 4, she debuted against

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.Japan Football Association
/ref> She played in the

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3 times (

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

and

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) and at the

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2 times (

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and

). Japan won the championship at the 2011 World Cup, came second in the 2015 World Cup and got a silver medal in the

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. She played 81 games for Japan until 2016.

National team statistics

List of match i
2010

at Japan Football Association

References

External links

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1983 births Living people Association football people from Kagoshima Prefecture People from Ibusuki, Kagoshima Japanese women's footballers Japan women's youth international footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Okayama Yunogo Belle players INAC Kobe Leonessa players Chifure AS Elfen Saitama players Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic footballers for Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Women's association football goalkeepers Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games FIFA Women's World Cup–winning players Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina players 21st-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-footy-goalkeeper-stub