Hana Takahashi[3] (高橋 はな, Takahashi Hana; born 19 February 2000) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for WE League club Urawa Reds Ladies and the Japan women's national team.
 Takahashi with Japan in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 February 2000[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Urawa Reds | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Urawa Reds[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Urawa Reds | 113 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Japan U14 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Japan U16 | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Japan U17 | 4 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Japan U19 | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Japan U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Japan | 47 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 01:48, 13 April 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 01:48, 13 April 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
International career
editOn 7 January 2022, Takahashi was called up to the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup squad.[4]
On 13 June 2023, she was included in Japan's 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[5] She made her first World Cup appearance in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C Round 3 match victory against Spain.
On 14 June 2024, Takahashi was included in the Japan squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[6]
Takahashi was part of the Japan squad that won the 2025 SheBelieves Cup.[7]
Career statistics
editInternational
edit- As of match played 11 April 2026
| National Team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Japan | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 5 | |
- Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Takahashi goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 27 June 2022 | Veritas Stadion, Turku, Finland |  Finland |
3–1 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 2 | 23 September 2023 | Kitakyushu Stadium, Kitakyushu, Japan |  Argentina |
3–0 | 8–0 | |
| 3 | 28 February 2024 | Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan |  North Korea |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 4 | 6 April 2025 | Yodoko Sakura Stadium, Osaka, Japan |  Colombia |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 5 | 9 July 2025 | Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea |  Chinese Taipei |
3–0 | 4–0 | 2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
Honours
editMitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies
Japan U20
Japan
Individual
- WE League Best XI: 2021–22
- AFC Women’s Player of the Year: 2025[8]
References
edit- 1 2 "DF 高橋 はな". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- 1 2 "7 DF 高橋 はな". Urawa Reds Ladies (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ↑ "TAKAHASHI HANA". AFC. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ↑ "AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 - Selected Players / Staff". Japan Football Association. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ↑ "Iwabuchi left out of Japan's World Cup squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ↑ "Nadeshiko Japan (Japan Women's National Team) squad & schedule - MS&AD Cup 2024: Noto Peninsula Earthquake Reconstruction Support Match "Ganbarou Noto" / Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (Paris 2024)". jfa.jp. Japan Football Association (JFA). 14 June 2024.
- ↑ "United States vs Japan: Japan wins SheBelieves Cup". BBC Sport. 27 February 2025. Archived from the original on 27 February 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ↑ "AFC Women's Player of the Year 2025: Hana Takahashi". the-afc.com. 17 October 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
External links
edit- Hana Takahashi at Soccerway
- Hana Takahashi at WorldFootball.net
- Japan Football Association
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