Karina Maruyama
Karina Maruyama (丸山 桂里奈, Maruyama Karina, born March 26, 1983) is a former Japanese football player. She played for the Japan national team. Her husband is the former footballer Kenji Honnami.
![]() Maruyama playing for Japan | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Karina Maruyama | ||
Date of birth | March 26, 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Ota, Tokyo, Japan | ||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2000 | Murata Women's High School | ||
2001–2004 | Nippon Sport Science University | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2009 | TEPCO Mareeze | 86 | (44) |
2010 | Philadelphia Independence | 4 | (0) |
2010–2011 | JEF United Chiba | 14 | (2) |
2012–2016 | Konomiya Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki | 96 | (13) |
Total | 200 | (59) | |
National team | |||
2002 | Japan U-20 | 4 | (0) |
2002–2014 | Japan | 79 | (14) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Biography
Maruyama was born in Ota, Tokyo on 26 March 1983. After graduating from Nippon Sport Science University, she joined TEPCO Mareeze in 2005 and was assigned to the section of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. She was selected Best Young Player awards in 2005 season. She played for the club until 2009 season, in 2010 she went to United States. In September, she returned to Japan and joined JEF United Chiba. In 2012, she moved to Speranza FC Osaka-Takatsuki (later Konomiya Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki). She retired at the end of the 2016 season.
In August 2002, Maruyama was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2002 U-19 World Championship. In October, she was selected the Japan national team for 2002 Asian Games. At this competition, on 2 October, she debuted against North Korea. She played in World Cup 2 times (2003 and 2011) and Summer Olympics 3 times (2004, 2008 and 2012). In the 2011 World Cup in Germany, she scored the only goal of the game, defeating the host country and taking Japan to its first ever semifinals of the tournament. She played as a substitute in the final as Japan defeated the United States. At 2012 Summer Olympics, Japan won the silver medal. She played 79 games and scored 14 goals for Japan until 2014.
Personal life
In September 2020, Maruyama married a former footballer Kenji Honnami. Honnami was a manager of Konomiya Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki when Maruyama played for the club from 2012 to 2016.[1]
National team statistics
Japan national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2002 | 5 | 0 |
2003 | 12 | 6 |
2004 | 11 | 3 |
2005 | 3 | 0 |
2006 | 9 | 1 |
2007 | 1 | 0 |
2008 | 17 | 3 |
2009 | 2 | 0 |
2010 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | 8 | 1 |
2012 | 5 | 0 |
2013 | 4 | 0 |
2014 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 79 | 14 |

National team goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 19 Mar 2003 | Bangkok, Thailand | ![]() | Unknown | 0–9 | Friendly Match |
2. | 11 Jun 2003 | Bangkok, Thailand | ![]() | Unknown | 7–0 | 2003 AFC Women's Championship |
3. | 11 Jun 2003 | Bangkok, Thailand | ![]() | Unknown | 7–0 | 2003 AFC Women's Championship |
4. | 13 Jun 2003 | Bangkok, Thailand | ![]() | Unknown | 7–0 | 2003 AFC Women's Championship |
5. | 15 Jun 2003 | Bangkok, Thailand | ![]() | Unknown | 5–0 | 2003 AFC Women's Championship |
6. | 12 Jul 2003 | Tokyo, Japan | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification Play-off |
7. | 18 Apr 2004 | Tokyo, Japan | ![]() | Unknown | 7–0 | Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics qualification |
8. | 22 Apr 2004 | Tokyo, Japan | ![]() | Unknown | 6–0 | Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics qualification |
9. | 22 Apr 2004 | Tokyo, Japan | ![]() | Unknown | 6–0 | Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics qualification |
10. | 13 Nov 2006 | Karlsruhe, Germany | ![]() | 3–6 | 3–6 | Friendly Match |
11. | 31 May 2008 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | ![]() | 0–6 | 0–11 | 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
12. | 31 May 2008 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | ![]() | 0–10 | 0–11 | 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
13. | 24 Jul 2008 | Kobe, Japan | ![]() | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly Match |
14. | 9 Jul 2011 | Wolfsburg, Germany | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup |
References
- sanspo.com(in Japanese)
- Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
- List of match in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
Other websites
- Karina Maruyama at Olympedia
- Karina Maruyama at FIFA
- Karina Maruyama at UEFA
- Karina Maruyama at Soccerway.com
- Karina Maruyama at FootballDatabase.eu
- Karina Maruyama at WorldFootball.net