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Hikari Takagi
高木ひかり
Personal information
Full name	Hikari Takagi
Date of birth	May 21, 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth	Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
Number	19
Youth career
2009–2011	Tokoha Gakuen Tachibana High School
2012–2015	Waseda University
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–	Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
Total
International career
2010	Japan U-17
2012	Japan U-20
2016–2018	Japan
Medal record
Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
Representing Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
AFC U-16 Women's Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 31, 2018

Hikari Takagi (高木ひかり, Takagi Hikari, born May 21, 1993) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender. She plays for Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara and the Japan national team.

Club career edit

Takagi was born in Mishima on May 21, 1993. After graduating from Waseda University, she joined Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara in 2016.^[1]

Hikari played for Japan U-17 national team at 2010 U-17 World Cup Japan won 2nd place and U-20 team at 2012 U-20 World Cup Japan won 3rd place.^[2] On June 5, 2016, she debuted for 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.

^ Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara Archived 2016-01-23 at the Wayback Machine(in Japanese)
^ FIFA
^ List of match in 2016, 2017 Archived 2019-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, 2018 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)