Career
She currently plays for Bayern Munich and the Japan women"s national football team Iwabuchi started playing soccer at Sekimae South Carolina (U.S.) in her second year of elementary school. Iwabuchi began her international career in 2008 when she was selected onto Japan"s Under-17 national football team at the age of 15, and participated in the 2008 Fédération internationale de football association U-17 Women"s World Cup in New Zealand.
The team was defeated in the quarterfinals but she was awarded the tournament"s Most Valuable Player (adidas Golden Ball).
A French team coach hailed her as a "future star of women"s football." Iwabuchi was also awarded the Asian Young Football player of the Year by the Asian Football Confederation in 2008. She joined the Japan national team for the East Asian Football Championship, held in early 2010, and debuted in the game against Provider Reimbursement Consultants national team
She scored her first goal against the Chinese Taipei national team in the same competition.