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ese

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player. She played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Kaihori was born in Nagaokakyo on September 4, 1986. In 2004, she was a high school student and joined the youth team for the Speranza FC Takatsuki. She moved to INAC Leonessa (later ''INAC Kobe Leonessa'') in 2008. The club won the

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championship three years in a row (

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). She was also selected one of the Best Eleven twice, in

and

. She retired in 2015.

National team career

In May 2008, Kaihori was selected by the Japan national team for the 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup. At this competition, on May 31, she debuted against Chinese Taipei.Japan Football Association
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, where she saved two penalties from

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and

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in the shoot-out. Japan defeated the

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, 3–1. She was part of the Japanese team that won the silver medal at the

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, playing in one game, vs

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, which saw Kaihori keep a clean sheet. She also played five matches at the 2015 World Cup and Japan won second place. She played 53 games for Japan until 2015.

National team statistics

List of match i
2010
at Japan Football Association

References

External links

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1986 births Living people Association football people from Kyoto Prefecture Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki players INAC Kobe Leonessa players Olympic footballers of Japan Olympic silver medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Asian Games medalists in football Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Women's association football goalkeepers {{Japan-women-footy-bio-stub