Hana Takahashi

Hana Takahashi
Personal information
Takahashi with Japan in 2019
Date of birth	(2000-02-19) 19 February 2000 (age 24)^[1]
Place of birth	Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)^[2]
Position(s)	Defender^[1]
Team information
Current team	Urawa Reds
Number	7
Youth career
	Urawa Reds^[2]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–	Urawa Reds	67	(10)
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	18	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:36, 1 August 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:36, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

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.^{[citation needed]}

International career

On 13 June 2023, she was included in Japan's 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.^[4] She made her first World Cup appearance in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Group C Round 3 match victory against Spain.

As of match played 23 September 2023

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National Team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	2019	1	0
	2020	0	0
	2021	3	0
	2022	9	1
	2023	5	1
Total		18	2

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Takahashi goal.

List of international goals scored by Hana Takahashi
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
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	Friendly
3.	28 February 2024	Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	North Korea	1–0	2–1	2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies

Japan U20

Japan

Individual

^ ^a ^b "DF 高橋はな". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b "7 DF 高橋はな". Urawa Reds Ladies (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
^ "TAKAHASHI HANA". AFC. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
^ "Iwabuchi left out of Japan's World Cup squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

v t e Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies – current squad
1 Ikeda 2 Osafune 3 Minami 4 Sasaki 5 Ueno 6 Kurishima 7 H. Takahashi 8 Naomoto 9 Sugasawa 10 Ando 11 Seike 12 Fukuda 13 Nagashima 14 Uemura 15 Yanagisawa 16 Mizutani 17 Endo 18 Shibata 19 Shiokoshi 20 M. Takahashi 21 Bundo 22 Ipposhi 23 Shibayama 24 Shimada 25 Kawai 26 Tanno 27 Nishio 28 Nishimura 29 Tsunoda 30 Ishikawa 31 Suzuki Manager: Kusunose

v t e Japan squad – 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalists
1 S. Ikeda 2 Shimizu 3 Minami 4 Kumagai (c) 5 Miyake 6 Miyagawa 7 Sumida 8 Naomoto 9 Sugasawa 10 Iwabuchi 11 Mi. Tanaka 12 Norimatsu 13 Endō 14 Hasegawa 15 Nagano 16 Hayashi 17 Narumiya 18 Yamashita 19 Ueki 20 Takahashi 21 Mo. Tanaka 22 Takarada 23 Miyazawa Coach: F. Ikeda

v t e Japan squad – 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
1 Yamashita 2 Shimizu 3 Minami 4 Kumagai (c) 5 Miyake 6 Sugita 7 Miyazawa 8 Naomoto 9 Ueki 10 Nagano 11 Mi. Tanaka 12 Takahashi 13 Endō 14 Hasegawa 15 Fujino 16 Hayashi 17 Seike 18 Mo. Tanaka 19 Moriya 20 Hamano 21 Hirao 22 Chiba 23 Ishikawa Coach: Ikeda

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