Asato Miyagawa
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Miyagawa with Hammarby IF in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Asato Miyagawa | ||
| Date of birth | February 24, 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Birmingham City | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2015 | Tokyo Verdy Beleza | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2024 | Tokyo Verdy Beleza | 93 | (6) |
| 2024–2025 | Hammarby IF | 35 | (4) |
| 2026– | Birmingham City | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Japan U-17 | 6 | (2) |
| 2016–2018 | Japan U-20 | 10 | (0) |
| 2019– | Japan | 19 | (0) |
Medal record | |||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of November 20, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of October 9, 2022 | |||
Asato Miyagawa (宮川 麻都, Miyagawa Asato; born February 24, 1998) is a Japanese football player who plays as a defender for Women's Super League 2 club Birmingham City and the Japan national team.
Club career
Miyagawa was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on February 24, 1998. She was promoted to L.League club Nippon TV Beleza from youth team in 2016.
On 11 July 2024, Miyagawa was announced at Hammarby IF on a two and a half year contract.[1]
On 23 December 2025, Birmingham City confirmed the signing of Miyagawa which took effect on January 2, 2026.[2]
National team career
In 2014, Miyagawa was selected Japan U-17 national team for 2014 U-17 World Cup.[3] She played in all 6 matches and scored 2 goals, and Japan won the championship.
In 2016, Miyagawa was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2016 U-20 World Cup.[4] She played in 4 matches and Japan won the 3rd place.
In 2018, Miyagawa was selected Japan U-20 national team for 2018 U-20 World Cup second time.[5] She played in all 6 matches and Japan won the championship.
In February 2019, Miyagawa was selected Japan national team for SheBelieves Cup. At this tournament, on March 2, she debuted as right back against Brazil.[6]
On 10 May 2019, Miyagawa was included in the 23-player squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7]
On 18 June 2021, she was included in the Japan squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8]
On 7 January 2022, Miyagawa was called up to the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup squad.[9]
National team statistics
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 23 | 0 |
Honours
Tokyo Verdy Beleza
References
- ^ "Asato Miyagawa klar för Hammarby" [Asato Miyagawa ready for Hammarby]. www.hammarbyfotboll.se (in Swedish).
- ^ Dunn, Carrie (2025-12-23). "Asato Miyagawa to join Birmingham City". SheKicks. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
- ^ FIFA
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- ^ "Fixtures/Results | 2019 SheBelieves Cup | Nadeshiko Japan | Japan National Team | Japan Football Association". www.jfa.jp.
- ^ "なでしこジャパンの高倉麻子監督がFIFA女子ワールドカップに向けてメンバーを発表 ～国際親善試合 対スペイン女子代表（6/2＠ル・トゥケ）、FIFA女子ワールドカップ フランス 2019" [Nadeshiko Japan coach Asakura Takako announces members for FIFA Women's World Cup-International Goodwill vs. Spanish Women's National Team (6/2 @ Le Touquet), FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019] (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Nadeshiko Japan (Japan Women's National Team) Squad - Games of the XXXII Olympiad (Tokyo 2020)【7/21-8/6】, MS&AD CUP 2021【7/14＠Kyoto】". www.jfa.jp. Japan Football Association (JFA). 18 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 - Selected Players / Staff". Japan Football Association. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ List of match in 2019 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
External links
- Asato Miyagawa – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Asato Miyagawa at Soccerway
- Asato Miyagawa at WorldFootball.net
- Japan Football Association
- Asato Miyagawa at Olympics.com
- Asato Miyagawa at Olympedia
- Asato Miyagawa – Tokyo 2020 at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
- Asato Miyagawa on Instagram