Honoka Hayashi

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 West Ham United and the Japan women's national team.

Honoka Hayashi
Personal information
Full name Honoka Hayashi[1]
Date of birth (1998-05-19) 19 May 1998[2]
Place of birth Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder[3]
Team information
Current team
 West Ham United
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2020 Cerezo Osaka 150 (36)
2021–2022 AIK 36 (7)
2022– West Ham United 16 (1)
International career‡
2017 Japan U19 3 (1)
2016–2018 Japan U20 8 (2)
2019– Japan 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:26, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:26, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

A full international since 2019, she represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

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.[4]

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 Fotball. She made her debut in their pre-season tournament Stockholm Volkswagen Challenge. On 2 May 2021, she scored her first competitive goal for the club against Djurgårdens IF. On June 5, 2021, she would 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.[4]

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.[5] She scored her first goal for the club in a 2-1 win against Aston Villa on 15 October 2022. [6]

International career

Hayashi received her first international call-up in December 2019.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 3 April 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cerezo Osaka Sakai 2013 Nadeshiko Challenge League 22 4 1 0 - - 23 4
2014 Nadeshiko Challenge League 22 3 - - - 22 3
2015 Nadeshiko Challenge League (West) 18 8 - - - 18 8
2016 Nadeshiko League Div. 2 18 3 2 0 8 2 - 28 5
2017 Nadeshiko League Div. 2 18 6 2 0 9 2 - 29 8
2018 Nadeshiko League 16 1 2 0 8 0 - 26 1
2019 Nadeshiko League Div. 2 18 4 2 0 9 4 - 29 8
2020 Nadeshiko League 18 7 3 1 - - 21 8
Total 148 19 12 1 34 8 - 196 45
AIK Fotboll 2021 Damallsvenskan 18 4 0 0 - - 18 4
2022 Damallsvenskan 18 2 0 0 - - 18 2
Total 36 6 0 0 - - 36 6
West Ham United 2022–23 WSL 16 1 1 0 5 0 - 22 1
Career total 202 26 13 1 39 8 - 254 52
  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 11 April 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National Team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2019 1 0
2021 9 0
2022 9 0
2023 2 0
Total 21 0

Honours

Cerezo Osaka Sakai

Japan U20

Japan

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). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  4. "Honoka Hayashi lämnar AIK Fotboll". AIK Fotboll (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. "Japanese international Honoka Hayashi signs for West Ham United Women | West Ham United F.C." www.whufc.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  6. "Aston Villa vs. West Ham United Match Report – Saturday October 15, 2022". FBref.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  7. "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.
  8. "Nadeshiko Japan | National Teams｜JFA｜Japan Football Association".
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