is a former

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ese

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player. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Kioka was born in

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on 22 November 1965. She played for her local club Shimizudaihachi SC until 1988. In 1989, she moved to

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(later ''Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies''). In 1989, the club won championship in

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first season and from next season, won 2nd place for 4 years in a row until

1993 season File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

. She was selected Best Eleven 3 times ( 1989,

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and

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National team career

In June 1981, when Kioka was 16 years old, she was selected Japan national team for 1981 AFC Championship. At this competition, on 7 June, she debuted against

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. This match is Japan team first match in

International A Match Association football (more commonly known as football) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier.

. She also played at

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, 1989,

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, 1995 AFC Championship,

1994 Asian Games The 1994 Asian Games ( ja, 1994年アジア競技大会, ''Senkyūhyakukyūjūyon-nen Ajia kyōgi taikai''), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games ( ja, 第12回アジア競技大会, Daijūni-kai Ajia kyōgi taikai), were held from ...

. She was a member of Japan for

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, 1995 World Cup and

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. She played 75 games and scored 30 goals for Japan until 1996.Japan Football Association
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National team statistics

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* * * * 1965 births Living people Association football people from Shizuoka Prefecture Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Shimizudaihachi Pleiades players Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies players Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic footballers for Japan Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Women's association football midfielders Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub