Kiko Seike

The native form of this personal name is Seike Kiko. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Kiko Seike^[3] (清家 貴子, Seike Kiko; IPA: [seːke kiko]; born 8 August 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Japan national team.

Kiko Seike
清家 貴子

Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-08-08) 8 August 1996 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward,[2] Midfielder, Defender[1]
Team information
Current team	Brighton & Hove Albion
Number	11
Youth career
	Urawa Reds[2]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2024	Urawa Reds	168	(59)
2024–	Brighton & Hove Albion	18	(6)
International career‡
2015	Japan U19	5	(3)
2019–	Japan	29	(7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 April 2025

Club career

On 4 July 2024, Seike signed for Brighton & Hove Albion on undisclosed terms.^[4][5] 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.^[6] She became the first player in Women's Super League history to score a hat-trick on her debut in the competition.^[7] She won the Women's Super League player of the month and the PFA WSL fans player of the month for September 2024.^[8][9]

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.^[10] 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.^[11]

On 13 June 2023, she was included in Japan's 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.^[12]

On 14 June 2024, Seike was included in the Japan squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[13]

Seike was part of the Japan squad that won the 2025 SheBelieves Cup.^[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 May 2025^[15][16]

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
Urawa Reds	2014	Nadeshiko League	24	8	4	3	—		—		28	11
	2015	Nadeshiko League	20	9	0	0	—		—		20	9
	2016	Nadeshiko League	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
	2017	Nadeshiko League	9	0	2	1	9	0	—		20	1
	2018	Nadeshiko League	16	2	1	0	6	2	—		23	4
	2019	Nadeshiko League	18	4	5	3	9	1	—		32	8
	2020	Nadeshiko League	17	1	5	1	—		—		22	2
	2021–22	WE League	20	3	4	1	—		—		24	4
	2022–23	WE League	20	12	1	0	6	2	—		27	14
	2023–24	WE League	22	20	4	1	4	1	4	7	34	29
	Total		168	59	26	10	34	6	4	7	332	82
Brighton & Hove Albion	2024–25	Women's Super League	18	6	0	0	3	0	—		21	6
	2025–26	Women's Super League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		18	6	0	0	3	0	—		21	6
Career total			186	65	26	10	37	6	4	7	353	88

1. Includes Empress's Cup, Women's FA Cup
2. Includes Nadeshiko League Cup, WE League Cup, FA Women's League Cup
3. AFC Women's Club Championship

International

As of match played 13 July 2024^[17]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	2019	2	1
	2022	4	1
	2023	10	4
	2024	6	1
Total		22	7

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Seike goal.

List of international goals scored by Kiko Seike

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 December 2019	Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea	Chinese Taipei	7–0	9–0	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
2	23 July 2022	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki, Japan		3–1	4–1	2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
3	22 February 2023	Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States	Canada	1–0	3–0	2023 SheBelieves Cup
4	23 September 2023	Kitakyushu Stadium, Kitakyushu, Japan	Argentina	5–0	8–0	Friendly
5				8–0
6	26 October 2023	Lokomotiv Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	India	6–0	7–0	2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
7	6 April 2024	Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, United States	United States	1–0	1–2	2024 SheBelieves Cup
8	30 May 2025	Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil	Brazil	1–3	1–3	Friendly
9	3 June 2025	Estádio Cícero de Souza Marques, São Paulo, Brazil		1–0	1–2

Honours

Urawa Red Diamonds

• WE League: 2022–23, 2023–24^[18]

Japan

• EAFF Women's Football Championship: 2022

Individual

• AFC Women's Footballer of the Year: 2023
• WE League Most Valuable Player Award: 2023–24^[18]
• WE League top scorer: 2023–24^[18]
• WSL Player of the Month: September 2024^[19]