45 Japanese women's footballers

Kozue Ando is a Japanese football player. Ando currently plays club football for the Urawa Reds. She previously played for the Japan national team before retiring in 2015.

Eriko Arakawa is a Japanese football player. She plays for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama. She played for Japan national team.

Saori Ariyoshi is a Japanese football player. Who Currently Plays for Omiya Ardija Ventus in the WE League. She played for the Japan national team.

Sonoko Chiba is a Japanese football player. She plays for AS Harima Albion. She played for Japan national team.

Miho Fukumoto is a Japanese football player. She plays for Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina in the WE League. She played for Japan national team.

Yui Hasegawa is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for West Ham United in the English FA Women's Super League and Japan national team. She previously played for Nippon TV Beleza.

Sakiko Ikeda is a Japanese football player. She plays for Urawa Reds and Japan national team.

Mana Iwabuchi is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for FA Women's Super League club Arsenal and the Japan national team. She previously played for Aston Villa, Bayern Munich, and Hoffenheim.

Azusa Iwashimizu is a Japanese football player. She played for Tokyo Verdy Beleza in the WE League. She also played for the Japan national team between 2006 and 2016.

Ayumi Kaihori is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.

Megumi Kamionobe is a Japanese football player. She plays for Albirex Niigata and formerly played for the Japan national team.

Yuri Kawamura is a former Japanese football player. She has played for Japan national team.

Nahomi Kawasumi is a Japanese footballer who plays for INAC Kobe Leonessa in the Nadeshiko League on loan from NJ/NY Gotham FC. A full international since 2008, she won gold at the 2011 World Cup as well as silver at the 2012 London Olympics and 2015 World Cup. During the 2011 World Cup, she scored two goals—including a lob at 35 yards away against Sweden during the semifinals—helping Japan eventually win the tournament for the first time in its history.

Yukari Kinga is a Japanese football player. She is currently playing as a defender for Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina in the WE League. She previously played for the Japan women's national football team, winning a World Cup and an Olympic silver medal before her international retirement in 2016.

Nanase Kiryu is a Japanese football player. She plays for Changnyeong WFC in the WK League. She played for Japan national team.

Kana Kitahara is a Japanese football player. She plays for Mynavi Sendai. She played for Japan national team.

Saki Kumagai is a Japanese footballer who plays for German club FC Bayern Munich and the Japan national team. She plays primarily as a defensive midfielder but has also been deployed as a central defender.

Karina Maruyama is a Japanese tarento and former football player. She played for the Japanese national team. Since her retirement, Maruyama has been active as a television personality, represented by the talent agency Horipro.

Rika Masuya is a Japanese football player. She plays for INAC Kobe Leonessa and Japan national team.

Arisa Matsubara is a Japanese football player. She plays for Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara and Japan national team.

Narumi Miura is a Japanese football player. She plays for Tokyo Verdy Beleza in the WE League and the Japan national team.

Aya Miyama is a former Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team starting in 2003, and from 2012-2016 served as captain of the team. She appeared in four World Cups from 2003-2015, including the team that won the 2011 World Cup for Japan. Miyama also led Japan to a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Asano Nagasato is a Japanese former footballer. She played for Japan national team. Her brother Genki Nagasato and sister Yuki Nagasato are footballers.

Yūki Nagasato , known from 2012 to 2016 as Yūki Ōgimi , is a Japanese footballer who plays as a striker for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Chicago Red Stars. She is the first female footballer to play for the first-team of a Japanese men's club.

Emi Nakajima is a Japanese football player. She plays for INAC Kobe Leonessa and Japan national team.

Yu Nakasato is a Japanese football player. She plays for Tokyo Verdy Beleza and Japan national team.

Hikaru Naomoto is a Japanese football player. She plays for Urawa Reds in the WE League and Japan national team.

Shinobu Ohno is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara. She formerly played for the Japan women's national football team.

Ami Otaki is a Japanese football player. She plays for JEF United Chiba. She played for Japan national team.

Mizuho Sakaguchi is a Japanese football player. She plays for Omiya Ardija Ventus in the WE League. She also plays for the Japan national team.

Moeno Sakaguchi is a Japanese football player. She plays for INAC Kobe Leonessa in the Nadeshiko League Division 1. She also plays for Japan national team.

Aya Sameshima is a Japanese footballer. Primarily a left back, she currently plays for Omiya Ardija Ventus in the WE League and has over 100 caps for the Japan national team.

Homare Sawa is a former Japanese professional football player who played as a forward or a midfielder. Regarded by many as one of the greatest female footballers of all time and the greatest Asian female footballer of all time, Sawa had a professional club career spanning 24 seasons, mostly with Nippon TV Beleza and INAC Kobe Leonessa. She also spent 22 years with the Japan women's national football team, most notably captaining them to a FIFA Women's World Cup win in 2011 and an Olympic silver medal finish in 2012.

Hanae Shibata is a Japanese football player. She plays for Urawa Reds in the WE League. She played for Japan national team.

Risa Shimizu is a Japanese football player. She plays for Tokyo Verdy Beleza and Japan national team.

Yuika Sugasawa is a Japanese football player. She plays for Urawa Reds. She also plays for Japan national team.

Hina Sugita is a Japanese football player. She plays for Portland Thorns and the Japan women's national football team.

Hikari Takagi is a Japanese football player. She plays for Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara and Japan national team.

Hana Takahashi is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for Nadeshiko League club Urawa Reds Ladies and for the Japan women's national team.

Asuna Tanaka is a Japanese football player. She plays for Gyeongju KHNP. She played for Japan national team.

Yoko Tanaka is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Primera División club Sporting de Huelva. She was a member of the Japan women's national team.

Rumi Utsugi is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tokyo Verdy Beleza of the WE League. She previously played for Reign FC and Montpellier.

Mami Yamaguchi is a Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team and currently plays for Detroit City FC.

Erina Yamane is a Japanese football player. She plays for JEF United Chiba. She formerly played for the Japan national team.

Kumi Yokoyama is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Washington Spirit and the Japan women's national team. Yokoyama goes by he/him and singular they pronouns.