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Honoka Hayashi

Personal information
Full name	Honoka Hayashi
Date of birth	(1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Uji, Kyoto, Japan
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Everton
Number	6
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2020	Cerezo Osaka	150	(36)
2021–2022	AIK	36	(6)
2022–2024	West Ham United	42	(3)
2024–	Everton	8	(1)
International career
2017	Japan U19	3	(1)
2016–2018	Japan U20	8	(2)
2019–	Japan	33	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:47, 3 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:30, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Honoka Hayashi (林 穂之香, Hayashi Honoka, born 19 May 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Everton and the Japan national team.

A full international since 2019, she represented Japan at the 2023 FIFA World Cup and the 2020 Olympics.

Early life

Hayashi was born in Uji, just south of central Kyoto in Japan. She started playing football for Shinmei JSC Sports Boy Scouts at the age of five. As an eleven-year-old, she was invited to a national team camp for U12 players by the Japan Football Association. At the age of 15, Hayashi moved to Osaka and she started playing with Cerezo Osaka's U15 team.

Club career

Cerezo Osaka Sakai

Hayashi begun her career with Cerezo Osaka Sakai in 2013 as they entered the second division Challenge League. She was appointed club captain in 2017 and led her club to promotion to the Nadeshiko League Division 1 by the end of the season and won the Division 2 Nadeshiko League Cup.

AIK Fotboll

On 16 December 2020, Hayashi signed a contract with Swedish Damallsvenskan side AIK Fotboll. She made her friendly debut in their pre-season tournament Stockholm Volkswagen Challenge. Hayashi made her league debut against Växjö on 17 April 2021. On 2 May 2021, she scored her first competitive goals for the club against Djurgårdens IF, scoring in the 57th, and scoring a penalty in the 79th minute. On June 5, 2021, she netted a freekick goal against KIF Örebro that would see her nominated for goal of the year by Sportbladet. In total, she made 36 appearances for the club and netted 7 goals.

West Ham United

On 8 September 2022, Hayashi signed a two-year-contract with West Ham United for an undisclosed fee from Swedish Damallsvenskan side AIK Fotboll. She made her league debut against Everton on 18 September 2022. She scored her first goal for the club in a 2-1 win against Aston Villa on 15 October 2022. On 30 June 2024, it was announced that Hayashi would leave the club when her contract expired.

Everton

On 24 July 2024, Hayashi signed for Everton.

International career

Hayashi received her first international call-up in December 2019. On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023. She scored her first international goal in Japan's 2–1 win against Sweden in the quarterfinal. On 14 June 2024, she was included in the 2024 Summer Olympics squad.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 October 2024

1. Includes Empress's Cup, Svenska Cupen Damer, Women's FA Cup
2. Includes Nadeshiko League Cup, FA Women's League Cup

International

As of match played 13 July 2024

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hayashi goal.

List of international goals scored by Honoka Hayashi

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	11 August 2023	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	Sweden	1–2	1–2	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
2	26 October 2023	Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	India	3–0	7–0	2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Honours

Cerezo Osaka Sakai

• Nadeshiko League Cup Division 2: 2017, 2019

Japan U20

• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: 2018

Japan

• EAFF E-1 Football Championship: 2019, 2022

References

1. "HAYASHI HONOKA". AFC. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
2. ^ "MF 林 穂之香". Japan Football Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
3. "林 穂之香". Cerezo Osaka (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
4. ^ "Honoka Hayashi lämnar AIK Fotboll". AIK Fotboll (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
5. "AIK Fotboll skriver kontrakt med Honoka Hayashi". www.aikfotboll.se (in Swedish).
6. "Växjö vs AIK - 17 April 2021". int.soccerway.com.
7. "Djurgårdens vs AIK - 2 May 2021". int.soccerway.com.
8. "AIK vs KIF Örebro - 5 June 2021". int.soccerway.com.
9. "Japanese international Honoka Hayashi signs for West Ham United Women | West Ham United F.C." www.whufc.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
10. "West Ham United vs Everton - 18 September 2022". int.soccerway.com.
11. "Aston Villa vs. West Ham United Match Report – Saturday October 15, 2022". FBref.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
12. "Player departures from women's team confirmed". www.whufc.com.
13. "Everton sign Japan's ex-West Ham midfielder Hayashi". BBC Sport. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
14. "Everton sign West Ham midfielder in transfer that can take team to 'next level". Liverpool Echo. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
15. "セレッソ大阪堺レディース 林穂之香選手 なでしこジャパン追加招集のお知らせ". セレッソ大阪スポーツクラブ｜CEREZO OSAKA SPORTS CLUB OFFICIAL WEBSITE (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 January 2023.
16. "Iwabuchi left out of Japan's World Cup squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
17. "【Match Report】なでしこジャパン、スウェーデンに敗れ4強入りならず FIFA女子ワールドカップ2023". www.jfa.jp (in Japanese).
18. "なでしこジャパン、パリ五輪に臨むメンバーを発表！ 長谷川唯や熊谷紗希ら18名". www.soccer-king.jp (in Japanese). 14 June 2024.
19. "Nadeshiko Japan | National Teams｜JFA｜Japan Football Association".

External links

• Honoka Hayashi at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 February 2023.

Japan squads

v t e Japan women's football squad – 2020 Summer Olympics 1 Ikeda 2 Shimizu 3 Takarada 4 Kumagai (c) 5 Minami 6 Sugita 7 Nakajima 8 Miura 9 Sugasawa 10 Iwabuchi 11 Tanaka 12 Endō 13 Shiokoshi 14 Hasegawa 15 Momiki 16 Miyagawa 17 Kitamura 18 Yamashita 19 Miyake 20 Hayashi 21 Kinoshita 22 Hirao Coach: Takakura v t e Japan squad – 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalists 1 S. Ikeda 2 Shimizu 3 Minami 4 Kumagai (c) 5 Miyake 6 Miyagawa 7 Sumida 8 Naomoto 9 Sugasawa 10 Iwabuchi 11 Mi. Tanaka 12 Norimatsu 13 Endō 14 Hasegawa 15 Nagano 16 Hayashi 17 Narumiya 18 Yamashita 19 Ueki 20 Takahashi 21 Mo. Tanaka 22 Takarada 23 Miyazawa Coach: F. Ikeda v t e Japan squad – 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Yamashita 2 Shimizu 3 Minami 4 Kumagai (c) 5 Miyake 6 Sugita 7 Miyazawa 8 Naomoto 9 Ueki 10 Nagano 11 Mi. Tanaka 12 Takahashi 13 Endō 14 Hasegawa 15 Fujino 16 Hayashi 17 Seike 18 Mo. Tanaka 19 Moriya 20 Hamano 21 Hirao 22 Chiba 23 Ishikawa Coach: Ikeda v t e Japan women's football squad – 2024 Summer Olympics 1 Yamashita 2 Shimizu 3 Minami 4 Kumagai (c) 5 Takahashi 6 Koga 7 Miyazawa 8 Seike 9 Ueki 10 Nagano 11 Tanaka 12 Tanikawa 13 Kitagawa 14 Hasegawa 15 Fujino 16 Hayashi 17 Hamano 18 Hirao 19 Chiba 20 Moriya 21 Ishikawa 22 Ohba Coach: Ikeda

• 1998 births
• Living people
• People from Uji, Kyoto
• Japanese women's footballers
• Women's association football midfielders
• Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies players
• Japan women's international footballers
• Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Olympic footballers for Japan
• West Ham United F.C. Women players
• Everton F.C. (women) players
• Women's Super League players
• Japanese expatriate sportspeople in England
• Association football people from Kyoto Prefecture
• 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players
• Footballers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• 21st-century Japanese sportswomen