is a Japanese football player. She plays for Japanese Nadeshiko League club Orca Kamogawa. She played for the Japanese national team.

Club career

Urawa Reds

Kira was born in Usuki on July 5, 1991. After graduating from high school, she joined for

Urawa Reds , colloquially Urawa Reds (浦和レッズ), also known as Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club from April 1992 to January 1996, is a professional football club in the city of Saitama, part of the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan. The club plays in the J ...

in 2010. She was selected Best Young Player awards in 2011 season.

Melbourne City

In December 2020, Kira joined Australian club Melbourne City to play for the first time outside of her home country.

Orca Kamogawa

In June 2021, Kira returned to and signed with Nadeshiko League club Orca Kamogawa.

National team career

In August 2008, Kira was selected for the Japan U-17 national team for the 2008 U-17 World Cup. She played three games and scored four goals. On May 8, 2014, she debuted for the Japan national team against

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. She was a member of Japan for the 2014 Asian Cup and the 2014 Asian Games. Japan won the championship at the Asian Cup and second place at the Asian Games. She played 12 games and scored 5 goals for Japan in 2014.

National team statistics

List of match i
2014
at Japan Football Association

International goals

Honours

;Japan Winner * AFC Women's Asian Cup:

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* * 1991 births Living people Association football people from Ōita Prefecture Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies players Melbourne City FC (A-League Women) players Nadeshiko League players Asian Games medalists in football Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games Women's association football forwards Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games {{Japan-women-footy-bio-stub