is a Japanese professional

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who plays as a

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for Hammarby IF, on loan from

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Club career

Hamano made her

WE League The , officially the , also known as the for sponsorship reasons, is the top flight of women's association football in Japan, starting from the 2021–22 season. It is the first fully-professional women's soccer league in Japan. History On 3 J ...

debut for

INAC Kobe Leonessa INAC Kobe is a Japanese football club from Kobe, founded in 2001. INAC stands for International Athletic Club while Leonessa means Lioness in Italian. In 2006 INAC Leonessa was promoted to the Nadeshiko.League, where it has played since 2020. ...

on 12 September 2021 in a 5–0 victory over

Omiya Ardija Ventus is a Japanese women's association football team which plays in WE League. and become the women's section of J. League club Omiya Ardija. History The team started in 1996 as an old girls' club for students of Jumonji Middle School in Toshima Wa ...

. She signed for

on 13 January 2023, and was immediately loaned to Swedish side Hammarby IF for the 2023 season.

Career statistics

International

Honours

INAC Kobe Leonessa *

: 2021–22 Japan U16 * AFC U-16 Women's Championship:

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Individual *AFC U-16 Women's Championship Top scorer: 2019 *

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Golden Ball:

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References

2004 births Living people Association football people from Osaka Prefecture Japanese women's footballers Women's association football forwards Japan women's international footballers Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies players INAC Kobe Leonessa players Chelsea F.C. Women players Hammarby Fotboll (women) players Nadeshiko League players WE League players Japanese expatriate women's footballers Japanese expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate women's footballers in England Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden {{Japan-women-footy-bio-stub