Juri Kawano

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Juri Kawano
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-12-16) 16 December 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls
Number 32
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019 INAC Kobe Leonessa 12 [1] (2)
2020–2023 Chifure AS Elfen Saitama 48 [1] (8)
2023– NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls 33 [1] (17)
International career
Japan U20
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juri Kawano (born 16 December 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Nadeshiko League Division 1 club NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls. She is a former WE League player.

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College football

Kawano played for the Waseda University's football team and is their key player. In 2015, she scored two goals as a first-year student in the 2015 All Japan Women's University Football Championship. That year, she achieved a treble, winning the Kanto University Women's Soccer League, Kanto Women's Soccer League, and Kanto Women's Soccer Championship. [2] [3] In a media interview, it was revealed that she started playing football because of influence from her father and brother. [4]

In the 2017 Empress's Cup, she led Waseda against the professional team INAC Kobe Leonessa and scored a decisive goal, helping Waseda eliminate the professional team from the competition. [5] [6]

In 2018, she led Waseda to win the Kanto University Women's Soccer League again, scoring 18 goals in the process, and became the top scorer in the league. She was described as an ace striker by 4years, an affiliate media of Asahi Shimbun focusing on high school and college sports. [7]

Club career

Upon graduation from Waseda University, Kawano joined INAC Kobe Leonessa in 2019. She played and scored in the Nadeshiko League Cup, helping the team reach the cup final. [5]

In 2020, Kawano joined Chifure AS Elfen Saitama. [8] She played in Saitama for three seasons, making 48 appearances and scoring 8 goals. [1]

In July 2023, Kawano moved to NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls. [1] As of mid-September 2025, she made 33 appearances for the team and scored 17 goals. [9] [10] [11]

International career

Kawano is a representative of Japan under-20 national team and played as a target person in the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, where Japan won the third place. [12] [13] [6] She was selected to the U20 team because of her performance in the college team, and has to play among profession players who came from professional football club. [14]

In 2017, she was once again selected as Japan's U20 football representative in the 2017 Summer Universiade, and led the team to the final, scoring a hat trick during the match against Columbia, [15] and finishing second place. [16] [17]

References

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  7. 下長根, 沙羅 (20 December 2018). "サッカー - 4連覇狙う早大、苦しみを抜けた主将の熊谷 | 4years. #学生スポーツ". 4years - Asahi Digital (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 September 2025.
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  13. "U-20女子ワールドカップ初戦当日。ヤングなでしこは世界一への強い思いを抱く(2)(松原渓) - エキスパート". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  14. 松原, 渓 (24 November 2016). "ブラジルとの準々決勝に臨むヤングなでしこ(2)(松原渓) - エキスパート". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 September 2025.
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