photo: Instagram | Moeka Minami/Brighton & Hove Albion

Moeka Minami

Dec 7, 1998

#3 - Defender

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Moeka Minami is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender. She represents Japan at senior international level and previously represented her country at U-17 and U-20 level.

Did You Know?

Moeka became so fond of premium chewing kelp after receiving it as a gift that she started buying it for herself. She also loves the firm, crunchy texture of whelk sushi.

Moeka used to spend train journeys playing Disney Tsum Tsum, and her Urawa teammates joked that she was so good that her in-game hearts never seemed to run out.

Moeka’s dream destination in Japan is Okinawa, where she would happily spend most of her time swimming and enjoying the sea.

Source: officialSources | Yoshikawa City

Before the 2023 World Cup, young footballers, former classmates and coaches from Moeka’s hometown filled a Japanese flag with around 200 handwritten messages of support for her.

If football had not become her profession, Moeka would have liked to work as a barista.

Club Achievements

AFC Women’s Asian Cup	1×
Serie A Femminile	2×
Coppa Italia Women	1×
Supercoppa Italiana Women	2×
Adobe Women’s FA Cup runner-up	1×
SheBelieves Cup	1×
Nadeshiko League Division 1	1×
Empress’s Cup	1×
EAFF E-1 Football Championship	1×
FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup	1×
FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup	1×
AFC U-19 Women’s Championship 1×	1×
AFC U-16 Women’s Championship	1×

Awards

FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup adidas Bronze Ball

1×

EAFF E-1 Football Championship MVP

1×

AIC Serie A Femminile Team of the Year

2×

WE League Best Eleven

1×

Nadeshiko League Division 1 Best Eleven

2×

Stats

Year	Club	AP	GL
2025 - present	Brighton & Hove Albion	18	0
2022 - 2025	AS Roma	73	6
2017 - 2022	Urawa Reds	68	3
International Stats
2019 - present	Japan	74	5
2018 -	Japan U20	6	0
2014 -	Japan U17	1	0