Hinata Miyazawa

The native form of this personal name is Miyazawa Hinata. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Hinata Miyazawa
宮澤 ひなた
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-11-28) 28 November 1999
Place of birth Minamiashigara, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Manchester United
Number 20
Youth career
2015–2017 Seisa Kokusai High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Tokyo Verdy Beleza 52 (13)
2021–2023 Mynavi Sendai 39 (4)
2023– Manchester United 47 (3)
International career‡
2016 Japan U-17 6 (1)
2018 Japan U-20 6 (1)
2018– Japan 57 (12)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Winner 2026 Australia
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Winner 2018 France
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Runner-up 2016 Jordan
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
Winner 2017 China
AFC U-16 Women's Championship
Runner-up 2015 China
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 February 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 March 2026

Hinata Miyazawa (宮澤 ひなた, Miyazawa Hinata; IPA: [mijazaɰa çinata]; born 28 November 1999) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Manchester United and the Japan national team.

Miyazawa won the Golden Boot at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup as the tournament's top scorer.[1]

Early life

Miyazawa was born in Minamiashigara on 28 November 1999. She was introduced to football at the age of three by her older brother, Keita.[2]

Club career

Tokyo Verdy Beleza

After graduating from high school, Miyazawa joined Tokyo Verdy Beleza in 2018. She received the Best Young Player Award in the 2018 Nadeshiko League season.[3]

Mynavi Sendai

She transferred to Mynavi Sendai before the start of the inaugural WE League season in 2021.[4]

Manchester United

On 6 September 2023, Miyazawa signed for Women's Super League club Manchester United.[5] On 7 September, she was nominated as one of 30 candidates for the Women's Ballon d'Or Féminin.[6] She earned her first start for Man United in the match against Leicester City on matchday 3, and recorded her first assist in the match against West Ham United on matchday 6. On 26 November, she scored her first goal for the club, opening the scoring in the 5th minute of the second half against Bristol City.[7][8]

Over the course of the 2024–25 season, Hinata excelled in a deep-lying midfield role and became a regular United starter, starting 13 league matches compared to six in her first season. She was a key figure in midfield in 2024–25 as Man Utd finished third in the league and secured a Champions League qualification spot.

On 28 December 2025, Hinata renewed her contract with Man United until the summer of 2029.[9] At the time of her contract renewal, she had started all 22 matches United had played up to that point in all competitions in the 2025–26 season.[10]

International career

In September 2016, Miyazawa was selected to join the Japan U-17 national team for the 2016 U-17 World Cup.[11] She played in all six matches of the tournament, where Japan were the runners-up. In August 2018, she was selected to represent Japan on the Japan U20 national team for the 2018 U-20 World Cup.[12] She played all six matches. In the final against Spain, she scored an opening goal and Japan won the championship.[13]

On 11 November 2018, she debuted for Japan's national team against Norway.[14]

On 13 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[15]

On 22 July 2023, at the FIFA Women's World Cup, Miyazawa contributed to a 5–0 victory over Zambia by scoring the first goal and the third goal, and was named Player of the Match.[16] She also had the best average speed in the match.[17] On July 31, Miyazawa scored twice in Japan's match against Spain.[18] She also assisted Riko Ueki's goal in the same match.[19]

On 8 August 2023, she induced an own goal by Norway in the first round of 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup knockout stage. She scored a decisive third goal just before the end of the game and helped Japan advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in two tournaments. She was awarded the VISA Player of the Match for the third time.

Miyazawa scored five goals overall, winning the tournament's Golden Boot[1] and also equaling the goal tally of Golden Boot winner Homare Sawa at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

On 14 June 2024, Miyazawa was included in the Japan squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[20]

Miyazawa was part of the Japan squad that won the 2025 SheBelieves Cup.[21]

Playing Style

Her primary position is an attacking midfielde. She also plays on the left side, including as a left side midfielder in a 4-2-3-1 formation and as a left winger in a 4-3-3 formation, making the left flank her base position[22]. At United, similar to her time at Sendai, she has been praised as a “mini-Modrić” for playing selflessly as a lubricant in the team’s attack rather than focusing on her own scoring[23]. Manager Marc Skinner highly values her football IQ, and regarding the left-footed mid-range shot she scored in the away match against Liverpool on September 28 in Round 4 of the 2025–26 Women’s Super League season, he praised it as “a strike you want to watch over and over again from a technical standpoint as well”[24]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 February 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Tokyo Verdy Beleza 2018 Nadeshiko League 16 4 5 0 8 2 – 29 6
2019 Nadeshiko League 18 3 4 0 9 2 2 0 33 5
2020 Nadeshiko League 18 6 5 3 – – 23 9
Total 52 13 14 3 17 4 2 0 85 20
MyNavi Sendai 2021–22 WE League 19 3 1 0 – – 20 3
2022–23 WE League 20 1 1 0 5 0 – 26 1
Total 39 4 2 0 5 0 0 0 46 4
Manchester United 2023–24 Women's Super League 12 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 17 1
2024–25 Women's Super League 19 1 5 0 4 0 – 28 1
2025–26 Women's Super League 16 1 2 0 2 0 12 0 32 1
Total 47 3 8 0 8 0 14 0 77 3
Career total 138 20 24 3 30 0 16 0 208 27

International

As of match played 15 March 2026[25]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2018 1 0
2019 1 0
2020 0 0
2021 2 0
2022 13 4
2023 16 5
2024 9 0
2025 11 0
2026 4 3
Total 57 12
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Miyazawa goal.
List of international goals scored by Hinata Miyazawa
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 30 January 2022 DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai, India  Thailand 2–0 7–0 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup [26]
2 24 June 2022 Sports Centre FAS, Stara Pazova, Serbia  Serbia 3–0 5–0 Friendly [27]
3 19 July 2022 Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Japan  South Korea 1–0 2–1 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship [28]
4 9 October 2022 Nagano U Stadium, Nagano, Japan  New Zealand 1–0 2–0 Friendly [29]
5 22 July 2023 Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand  Zambia 1–0 5–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup [30]
6 3–0
7 31 July 2023 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand  Spain 1–0 4–0 [31]
8 3–0
9 5 August 2023  Norway 3–1 3–1 [32]
10 7 March 2026 Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth, Australia  India 3–0 11–0 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup [33]
11 4–0
12 11–0

Honours

Tokyo Verdy Beleza

Manchester United

Japan U20

Japan

Individual

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