{"id":16270,"date":"2015-06-08T16:12:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T07:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/?p=16270"},"modified":"2016-10-18T11:56:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T02:56:36","slug":"japans-only-national-under-23-team-player-who-is-also-a-student-her-dream-is-to-see-the-waseda-team-rank-number-one-among-japanese-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/weekly\/attention-en\/2015\/06\/08\/16270\/","title":{"rendered":"No.616 Japan\u2019s only national under-23 team player who is also a student Her dream is to see the Waseda team rank number one among Japanese universities"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Waseda University Association Football Club Women\u2019s Division<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fourth year, School of Sport Sciences
\nHikari Takagi<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I enjoyed most was kicking the ball,\u201d says Japan national under-23 team player Hikari Takagi with a nonchalant smile, discussing the joy of playing when asked about her days as an elementary school student\u2014the time she first started soccer. She became obsessed with soccer after the Japan-Korea FIFA World Cup in 2002, and since that time she continued to compete at the top levels in Japan through junior and senior high school.<\/p>\n

Since entering Waseda, she has frequently toured and trained overseas as a representative of Japan and Universiade competitor, in addition to her activities in the Waseda University Association Football Club. \u201cBut I don\u2019t think I\u2019m too busy. I like having a packed schedule. Touring overseas feels unreal, because I make so much progress on areas I need to improve on,\u201d she says cheerfully. \u201cWhen I can\u2019t attend classes, I keep in touch with my professors and submit my reports or whatever while on tour. I\u2019m taking a sports business marketing seminar, and this year I\u2019m planning on writing my graduation thesis on a purchase survey of spike shoes for women.\u201d As you can see, Takagi also takes her studies seriously.\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cMy goal is to see the Waseda team be the number one women\u2019s university team in Japan, something it has never achieved before. I\u2019m certain that we\u2019ll see results if we just work hard, and doing so will also help me in terms of growing as a player. I want to give it my all no matter what area of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\u25a0Hikari Takagi
\nOriginally from Shizuoka, Hikari Takagi graduated from Tokoha Gakuen Tachibana Senior High School. She is both one of the members of Japan\u2019s national under-23 soccer team and a participant in the women\u2019s Universiade. Her position on the Japan under-23 team is as a mid fielder\u2014someone who tries to create opportunities to go on the offensive. Her major successes as part of Japan national teams include finishing second in the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup and placing third in the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women\u2019s World Cup. Her favorite soccer player is former England representative Steven Gerrard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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