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Jersey Number 6
Emika Kawagishi
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Osaka, Japan
- High School:
- Osaka Gakugei HS
- Prev School:
- NC State
Get to Know Emika ...
At what age did you start playing soccer and how did you get into soccer?
- I started playing soccer when I was six because of my brother.
- "Emi" means smile, "Ka" means flower in Kanji, so it means smiling flower. My parents gave me this for my happiness and to make people around me smile.
- I did a part time job at Universal Studio in Japan at Elmo's gogo cart.
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
REDSHIRT SENIOR - 2025
- Academic All-Big 12 Team
- Appeared in all 25 matches
- Started the last 12 matches
- Scored one goal against Iowa State (Oct. 10)
- Recorded two points
- Tallied 17 shots, including five on goal
- Logged 1,284 minutes
- Played a season high 83 minutes against Louisville (Nov. 20)
- One of 12 Jayhawks to record 1,000 minutes
REDSHIRT JUNIOR – 2024
- Transferred to Kansas with two years of eligibility remaining
- Committed in May 2024
- Appeared in all 23 matches
- Scored one goal on the season against Drake (Aug. 18)
- Recorded one assist against South Dakota State (Aug. 15)
- Attempted seven shots, including three shots on goal
- Logged 536 minutes
NC STATE – 2021-23
- Spent three seasons in the NC State program
- ACC All-Freshman Team in 2021
- Named the 29th-best freshman in the nation on TopDrawerSoccer's Top 100 Freshmen List in 2021
- Appeared in 35 matches (33 starts) and logged 2,802 minutes in three seasons at NC State
- Missed the 2022 season with an injury
- Scored two goals and recorded two assists in her freshman season in 2021
- Tallied two assists during the 2023 season
- Recorded 22 shots, including 10 shots on goal during her NC State career
- All-ACC Academic Team (2021, 2022, 2023)
CEREZO OSAKA SAKAI GIRLS
- Captain of her club team
- Helped her team become National Champions
- Represented Japan at the National Team level, last doing so in the U17 Torneo delle Nazioni in Italy
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Masanori and Naomi Kawagishi
- Has two brothers, Shintaro and Hiroto
- Chose Kansas because, “The kind and caring people and the comfortable and happy vibes.”
- Majoring in psychology
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