IKEDA Sakiko

Date of Birth: 8 Sep 1992

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.68/5'6''

Place of birth: SAITAMA

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Football	Women JPN Japan	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sapporo Dome	Women's Group E #01 JPN Japan 1 CAN Canada 1	Finished
	Sapporo Dome	Women's Group E #07 JPN Japan 0 GBR Great Britain 1	Finished
	Miyagi Stadium	Women's Group E #13 CHI Chile 0 JPN Japan 1	Finished
	Saitama Stadium	Women's Quarter-final #21 SWE Sweden 3 JPN Japan 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

FIFA Women's World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
13	Senior	2019	France

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Senior	2018	Indonesia

AFC Women's Asian Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Senior	2018	Jordan

Occupation:

Nippon Sport Science University, Tokyo, JPN

Languages spoken:

Urawa Red Diamonds [Japan] since 2011

Naoki Kusunose [club], JPN; Asako Takakura [national], JPN

Position style:

Goalkeeper (urawa-reds.co.jp, 05 Mar 2021)

Right-footed (fifaratings.com, 2021)

2016 for Japan Against United States of America (jfa.jp, 11 Mar 2020)

In June 2017 she was forced to withdraw from the Japanese national squad due to injury. (nikkansports.com, 11 Jun 2017)

National league:

WE League [JPN] (weleague.jp, 04 Mar 2021)

She took up the sport in grade two of primary school in Saitama, Japan. (fujitv.co.jp, 2019; urawa-reds.co.jp, 09 Jul 2019)

She was encouraged to get involved in the sport by her friend's older sister. (athleterecipe.com, 04 Apr 2016)

She was named in the Best XI team of the year for the 2020 Nadeshiko League Division 1 season in Japan. (nadeshikoleague.jp, 17 Jan 2021)

In 2019 she received the Saitama City Sports Special Achievement in Japan. (urawa-reds.co.jp, 09 Jul 2019)

General Interest

General
CHANGE OF POSITION
She began playing as a goalkeeper in grade eight of primary school after the goalkeeper of the youth team at Urawa Red Diamonds got injured at a competition. "Several field players tried goalkeeper training, and I was selected by being told that I had to come to training with goalkeeper gloves the following day." (Urakawa Reds Official TV YouTube channel, 18 May 2020; fujitv.co.jp, 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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