Soccer Dec 15, 2020
Nadeshiko star Mana Iwabuchi leaving INAC to join Aston Villa
by Dan Orlowitz
The Japan Times has learned that the longtime Japan international will sign for the Women's Super League side early next week.
Soccer Feb 16, 2020
New Japanese women's soccer league to require female executives at each club
Teams taking part in Japan's new women's professional soccer league, that is scheduled to begin play in 2021, will be required to have at least one female executive, sources knowledgeable about the plan said Friday. The Japan Football Association last year decided to create the ...
Soccer Feb 5, 2020
Former Japan striker Shinobu Ono, the all-time top goal scorer in the women's Nadeshiko League, has retired from soccer after 21 seasons, her former club Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara said Wednesday. The 36-year-old helped Japan win the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2011 and finish ...
Soccer Jun 17, 2016
Nahomi Kawasumi, who played a pivotal role in helping Nadeshiko Japan win the 2011 Women's World Cup, will join U.S. National Women's Soccer League club the Seattle Reign, INAC Kobe Leonessa confirmed Friday. The 30-year-old striker, who also helped Nadeshiko win the 2012 London Olympic ...
Soccer Dec 26, 2015
Homare Sawa will take to the field on Sunday for the very last time in her 25-year career, and the women's soccer icon is determined to end on a high note with the Empress' Cup in her hand, and with a goal, too. "It will ...
Soccer Dec 19, 2015
Homare Sawa, who announced her retirement at the end of the season, will at least have another game before calling it a career after playing the full 90 minutes in INAC Kobe Leonessa's 2-0 win over AS Saitama in the Empress' Cup quarterfinals on ...
Soccer Jan 29, 2014
Nadeshiko Japan midfielder Nahomi Kawasumi is set for a move from INAC Kobe Leonessa to a team in the National Women's Soccer League in the United States, INAC general manager Yasunori Yamashita said Wednesday. Yamashita said the 28-year-old Kawasumi is "getting ready to move to ...