Name: Hikaru Kitagawa
Nationality: Japan
Date of Birth: May 10, 1997
Position: Defender
Current club: Everton
Women's Super League clubs played for: Everton

Defender Hikaru Kitagawa plays for Everton and has appeared in the majority of the club's Women's Super League games in 2025/2026, making 13 appearances overall and playing 803 minutes. She has been selected in the starting XI in nine of these appearances across their 18 fixtures and entered as a substitute on four occasions.

Kitagawa last featured in a league game on February 15, playing 90 minutes for Everton versus West Ham United in a 1-0 victory. In total, she has scored one Women's Super League goal this term.

Her opening goal of the campaign came in the 3-3 draw against Aston Villa on November 2.

In the team's next Women's Super League fixture on March 28, Everton face a home match against Liverpool.

Last season, Kitagawa played a combined 23 Women's Super League and Damallsvenskan games between Everton (13) and Häcken (10) and scored two goals.

Kitagawa joined Everton in July 2025 from Häcken, for whom she made 17 league appearances in total, scoring two goals.