is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Japan national team.
Club career On 4 July 2024, Seike signed for Brighton & Hove Albion on undisclosed terms. She made her competitive debut for the club in a 4–0 league match win against Everton on 21 September 2024, where she scored a hat-trick. She became the first player in Women's Super League history to score a hat-trick on her debut in the competition. She won the Women's Super League player of the month and the PFA WSL fans player of the month for September 2024. On 25 January 2026, it was announced that she had signed a new contract with Brighton.
International career Seike was called up to the senior national team for the first time for the match against Canada in October 2019, but she remained an unused substitute. She was called up again for the senior side for the EAFF E-1 Football Championship that same year. She would make her competitive debut for the national team on 11 December 2019 against Chinese Taipei, scoring her maiden senior side goal in the same match.
On 13 June 2023, she was included in Japan's 23-player squad for the FIFA World Cup 2023.
On 14 June 2024, Seike was included in the Japan squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsUrawa Reds2014Nadeshiko League24843——28112015Nadeshiko League20900——2092016Nadeshiko League200000—202017Nadeshiko League902190—2012018Nadeshiko League1621062—2342019Nadeshiko League1845391—3282020Nadeshiko League17151——2222021–22WE League20341——2442022–23WE League20121062—27142023–24WE League22204141473429Total1685926103464723282Brighton & Hove Albion2024–25Women's Super League1860030—2162025–26Women's Super League1975132—27102026–27Women's Super League530010—63Total42165172005419Career total21075311141847286101
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsJapan20192120224120231042024111202562202644Total3713
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Seike goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Kiko SeikeNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition111 December 2019Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea7–09–02019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship223 July 2022Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki, Japan3–14–12022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship322 February 2023Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States1–03–02023 SheBelieves Cup423 September 2023Kitakyushu Stadium, Kitakyushu, Japan5–08–0Friendly58–0626 October 2023Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan6–07–02024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament76 April 2024Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, United States1–01–22024 SheBelieves Cup830 May 2025Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil 1–31–3 Friendly93 June 2025Estádio Cícero de Souza Marques, São Paulo, Brazil1–01–2104 March 2026 Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth, Australia2–02–0 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup11 7 March 2026 5–011–0 12 8–01310 March 20264–04–014 6 June 2026 Yodoko Sakura Stadium, Osaka, Japan 1–05–0 Friendly152–0
Honours Urawa Red Diamonds
WE League: 2022–23, 2023–24
Nadeshiko League Division 1: 2014, 2020
Empress's Cup: 2021, 2024
AFC Women's Club Championship: 2023
WE League Cup: 2022–23
Nadeshiko League Cup: 2017
Japan EAFF Women's Football Championship: 2022
SheBelieves Cup: 2025
Individual AFC Women's Footballer of the Year: 2023 WE League Most Valuable Player Award: 2023–24 WE League top scorer: 2023–24 WSL Player of the Month: September 2024
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