2022 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Azumi Manriki
- Position:
- MIDFIELDER
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Hiroshima, Japan
- High School:
- Sanyo Senior HS
2023 (Junior at Creighton)
A Second Team All-BIG EAST selection, Manriki played and started in all 18 matches during her second season with the Bluejays ... Ranked second on the team for the second consecutive season with 1,570 minutes played ... Paced the Bluejays and ranked sixth in the BIG EAST with 46 shots, firing a team-high 15 on frame ... Finished the year with five points on two goals and an assist ... Tallied an assist on an equalizing goal by Maddie Radke in the season opener against Nebraska on Aug. 17 ... Gave Creighton a 1-0 lead with an unassisted goal in the Bluejays’ 2-2 draw at Drake (Sept. 3) ... Also delivered an equalizing goal against Marquette on Sept. 28 ... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
2022 (Sophomore at Creighton)
An integral part of Creighton’s second appearance in the BIG EAST Tournament, Azumi was one of three Bluejays to start in each of the team’s 20 matches in 2022 ... Manriki logged the second-most minutes of any field player, recording 1,657 minutes of action ... She ranked tied for third on the team with eight points, collecting two goals and a team-high four assists ... Azumi posted her best match of the season on Sept. 1 against North Dakota, netting the first goal of her Bluejay career after dishing out an assist to Jenny Grissom ... She also delivered the game-winning goal against Villanova on Oct. 9 and tallied assists during Creighton’s matches against Kansas City (Aug. 25), Providence (Oct. 2) and Butler (Oct. 27).
2021 (Freshman at Limestone)
Manriki completed her first season with the Saints as the South Atlantic Conference Freshman of the Year after finishing the season with five goals and team-highs in assists (6) and points (16) ... As a midfielder, Manriki started 13 matches, logging 1,184 minutes while becoming the only Saint to earn First Team All-South Atlantic Conference honors ... Manriki closed out the 2021 season by being named to the D2CCA All-Southeast Region Second Team ... Azumi teamed up with former Bluejay Hannah Luke during the 2021 season.
Diavorosso Hiroshima & Club
Before arriving at Limestone, Manriki played a season at Diavorosso Hiroshima after starting the first three years of her career at Angeviolet Hiroshima in Hiroshima, Japan ... While in Japan, Manriki was part of the Japanese U16/17 Youth National Team Pool, where she helped lead the squad to the round of 16 of the FIFA U17 World Cup in India.
Awards & Honors
2021 South Atlantic Freshman of the Year
2021 All-South Atlantic First Team
2021 D2CCA All-Southeast Region Second Team
2021-22 Dean’s List
2022-23 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2022-23 Dean’s List
2023 Second Team All-BIG EAST
2023-24 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2023-24 Dean’s List
Personal
• Daughter of Keiko and Koji Manriki.
• Has two siblings; Ryosuke and Misaki.
• Majoring in health administration and policy.
• Named Kenichi Sadakiyo as her sports hero.
• Dream vacation destination is Switzerland.
• Says her favorite BIG EAST road city is New York City.
• Lists favorite food as mochi.
• In 10 years, would like to still be playing soccer professionally.
• Go-to pre-game music artist is Avicii.
• Best sports memory was earning her black belt in karate.
• Favorite holiday is New Year’s.
• Dream dinner guest would be Bangtan Boys.
• Favorite Creighton professor is Dr. Walsh.
