Career
She has played in the 2007 and 2011 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cups. In the final minute of extra time in the 2011 World Cup Final, she was sent off after receiving a red card for slide tackling an opponent. Iwashimizu was instrumental in Japan"s victory at the 2014 AFC Women"s Asian Cup, scoring the winning goal in both the semifinal against China and the final against Australia.