Hikari Takagi

Hikari Takagi
	Takagi playing for Japan in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Hikari Takagi
Date of birth	May 21, 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
2009–2011	Tokoha Gakuen Tachibana High School
2012–2015	Waseda University
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2018	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
Total
National team
2010	Japan U-17
2012	Japan U-20
2016–2018	Japan
Honours
Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
Representing Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Hikari Takagi (高木ひかり, Takagi Hikari, born May 21, 1993) is a former Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team.

Biography

Takagi was born in Mishima on May 21, 1993. After graduating from Waseda University, she joined Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara in 2016. She played 53 matches for the club. She retired end of 2018 season.^[1]

Hikari played for the Japan U-17 national team at 2010 U-17 World Cup which Japan won the 2nd place and the U-20 team at 2012 U-20 World Cup which Japan won the 3rd place. On June 5, 2016, she debuted for the Japan national team against United States. She was a member of Japan for 2018 Asian Cup and Japan won the championship. She played 19 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 2018.