is a Japanese
football
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player. She plays for
Mynavi Sendai
is a women's football club playing in Japan's football league, WE League. Its hometown is the city of Sendai.
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Stadium
Their home stadium is Yurtec Stadium Sendai, in Izumi-ku, Sendai, although a few hom ...
. She played for
Japan national team.
Club career
Kitahara was born in
Fujieda on December 17, 1988. After graduating from
Kanto Gakuen University
is a private university in Ōta, Gunma
is a city located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 224,358 in 109,541 households, and a population density of 1300 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
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, she joined
Albirex Niigata
is a professional football club based in Niigata, Japan. Formed in 1955 as Niigata Eleven SC, it was renamed Albireo Niigata FC in 1995, and Albirex Niigata in 1997. From 2023, Albirex will be playing on the J1 League, coming back to the fir ...
in 2011. She played 93 games in
L.League
The , commonly known as the , is a semi-professional women's association football league in Japan.
The Nadeshiko League consists of two divisions that correspond to the second and third levels of the Japanese women's football pyramid respective ...
. In 2016, she moved to
Mynavi Vegalta Sendai.
National team career
On September 22, 2013, Kitahara debuted for the
Japan national team against
Nigeria
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. In 2014, she played at the
2014 Asian Games
The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...
and Japan won second place. She was also played in the
2015 World Cup, in which Japan won second place. She played nine games for Japan until 2015.
National team statistics
[List of match i]
2013
at Japan Football Association
References
External links
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Fox Soccer profile
1988 births
Living people
Kanto Gakuen University alumni
Association football people from Shizuoka Prefecture
Japanese women's footballers
Japan women's international footballers
Nadeshiko League players
Albirex Niigata Ladies players
Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies players
Asian Games medalists in football
Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Women's association football defenders
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Universiade silver medalists for Japan
Universiade medalists in football
People from Fujieda, Shizuoka
Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
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