is a Japanese

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player. She plays for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama and formerly played for Japan national team.

Club career

Arakawa was born in

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on 30 October 1979. In 1997, she joined

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club Yomiuri-Seiyu Beleza (later ''Nippon TV Beleza'') from youth team. She was selected Best Eleven in

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and

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. In the September 2008 WPS International Draft, she was drafted by

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in the top level US based

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league. In her first appearance for FC Gold Pride, Arakawa scored the club's first ever goal against the

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in a 2–1 victory. It would turn out to be her only goal of the season. Following the end of the

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, she was back to

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. From 2013, she played for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama (2013-2014, 2016),

Nippon TV Beleza is a women's football team which plays in Japan's WE League. History The club was founded as named ''Yomiuri SC Ladies Beleza'' as women's club of Yomiuri SC (currently ''Tokyo Verdy'') by Yomiuri Shimbun in 1981.Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama (2017). She is currently playing for Chifure AS Elfen Saitama from 2018.

National team career

On 10 June 2000, Arakawa debuted for Japan national team against

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.Japan Football Association
/ref> She was a member of Japan for

, 2007 World Cup,

and

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. She played 72 games and scored 20 goals for Japan until 2011.

Club statistics

National team statistics

List of match i
2010
at Japan Football Association

International goals

References

External links

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FC Gold Pride
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arakawa, Eriko 1979 births Living people Association football people from Tokyo Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza players FC Gold Pride players Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies players Chifure AS Elfen Saitama players Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Japanese expatriate sportspeople in the United States 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic footballers for Japan Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Women's association football forwards Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Women's Professional Soccer players