Yūki Nagasato

Yuki Nagasato is one of those players who makes you stop and think — wait, she actually did that? Born in Atsugi, Kanagawa in 1987, she came up through Japanese women's football, earned her spot on Nadeshiko Japan, and was part of that unforgettable 2011 Women's World Cup run that genuinely shocked the world. But the move that really defines her for me is becoming the first woman to play for the first team of a Japanese men's club, Hayabusa Eleven, in 2020 — that takes a particular kind of courage. She also bounced between the German Bundesliga and the National Women's Soccer League, always chasing a higher level of competition, never settling. At 168cm she's not the biggest presence on the pitch, but she plays with this relentless intensity that makes her impossible to ignore. Someone who reinvents herself across Japan, Germany and the United States, and even in men's football, from a Tokai University grad to a global journeywoman, is just a genuinely fascinating athlete.

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Yūki Nagasato is a Japanese professional soccer player born on July 15, 1987, in Atsugi, Kanagawa. She attended Tokai University and went on to build a career as a footballer representing Japan on the international stage. She maintains an official website and active social media presence through Instagram and X.

Name (English)

Yūki Nagasato

Name (Japanese)

永里優季

Reading

ながさと ゆうき

Born

July 15, 1987 (age 39)

Origin

Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan

Height

168 cm

Occupation

Soccer Player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

University

Tokai University

• Official sitehttps://yuki-nagasato.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yuki_nagasato/
• Xhttps://x.com/yuki_ngst
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B8%E9%87%8C%E5%84%AA%E5%AD%A3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q266873

Tags

• From Kanagawa
• Soccer Player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.