Rion Ishikawa

Rion Ishikawa
石川 璃音
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-07-04) 4 July 2003
Place of birth Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1][2]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Everton
Number 3
Youth career
2016–2022 JFA Academy Fukushima
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2025 Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies 61 (1)
2025– Everton 9 (0)
International career‡
2022 Japan U20 6 (0)
2023– Japan 15 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:42, 19 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:01, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Rion Ishikawa (石川 璃音, Ishikawa Rion; Japanese: [iɕikawa ɾi.oɴ]; born 4 July 2003) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Women's Super League club Everton and the Japan national team.[3] Prior to her time at Everton, Ishikawa played for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies[2]

Club career

On 6 July 2025, it was announced that Ishikawa had signed with Everton.[4]

International career

In July 2022, Ishikawa was selected for the Japan U-20 national team for the 2022 U-20 World Cup[5] where Japan were the runners-up.

On 13 June 2023, she was included in Japan's 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[6]

On 14 June 2024, Ishikawa was included in the Japan squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[7]

Ishikawa was part of the Japan squad that won the 2025 SheBelieves Cup.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 May 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental[c] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Urawa Red 2022–23[9] WE League 2012021—242
2023–24[10] WE League 200404010290
2024–25[11] WE League 21 0 4 0 1 0 3 0 29 0
Total 6111007140822
Everton 2025–26 Women's Super League 900020—110
Career total 7011009140932


International

As of match played 2 December 2025[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National Team YearAppsGoals
Japan 202360
2024 3 0
2025 6 0
Total150


Honours

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Urawa Reds Ladies

Individual

  • WE League Best XI: 2022–23

References

  1. ↑ "Japan – R. Ishikawa – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 "三菱重工浦和レッズレディース | URAWA RED DIAMONDS LADIES" (in Japanese). Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "DF 石川 璃音(Ishikawa Rion) | なでしこジャパン" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Everton Sign Japanese Defender Ishikawa". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  5. ↑ U-20 Japan Women's National Team squad - FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2022 (8/7-28@Costa Rica) Japan Football Association
  6. ↑ "Iwabuchi left out of Japan's World Cup squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  7. ↑ "Nadeshiko Japan (Japan Women's National Team) squad & schedule - MS&AD Cup 2024: Noto Peninsula Earthquake Reconstruction Support Match "Ganbarou Noto" / Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (Paris 2024)". jfa.jp. Japan Football Association (JFA). 14 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "United States vs Japan: Japan wins SheBelieves Cup". BBC Sport. 27 February 2025. Archived from the original on 27 February 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "2022-23シーズン 選手出場記録" (PDF). 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "2023-24シーズン 選手出場記録" (PDF). 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  11. ↑ "2024_25レディース出場記録" (PDF). 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "Nadeshiko Japan | National Teams|JFA|Japan Football Association".
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