Hosei Kijima

Height:
5-10
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Yokohama, Japan
High School:
IMG Academy (Fla.)
Deals:

Selected with the No. 17 overall pick in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft by St. Louis City SC.

Career Awards

2023 All-ACC Academic Team Selection
2023 United Soccer Coaches All-South Region First-Team Selection
2023 All-ACC Second-Team Selection
College Soccer News Team of the Week (Sept. 23, 2023)
2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2022-23 ACC Top Six for Service
2022 All-ACC Academic Team Selection
2021-22 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2023 (Senior)
Started all 18 of his appearances, serving as a team captain as Wake Forest earned its fifth ACC Atlantic Division title in nine seasons ... Named United Soccer Coaches All-South Region First-Team … Named All-ACC Second Team … Selected to the ACC Preseason Watch List … Recorded eight points off of three goals and two assists … Wake Forest was 3-0-1 on the season when he recorded either a goal or an assist … Logged two assists in a season-opening 3-1 victory over Grand Canyon on Aug. 24 … Scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Clemson on Sept. 22 … His 80th-minute strike against Louisville on Oct. 27 clinched the ACC Atlantic Division title for Wake Forest … Record 1,401 minutes of action and logged 90 or more minutes of action seven times including the final three matches of the season.

2022 (Junior)
Appeared in 10 matches with eight starts, collecting three goals along with an assist … All three of his goals were game-winning strikes … Solidified a season-opening victory over UCF on Aug. 25 with the lone goal in a 1-0 victory over the Knights … Tallied a goal and an assist in a 5-1 victory over Winthrop … Scored the game-winning goal in a 6-1 victory over Clemson on Sept. 24 … Played 595 minutes.

2021 (Sophomore)
Started all 20 of his appearances and recorded 1,559 minutes of action … Scored his third career goal in a 3-0 win over George Washington (Oct. 12) ... Recorded five assists on the season against William & Mary (Oct. 5), North Carolina (Oct. 8), Virginia Tech (Oct. 16), Loyola Maryland (Oct. 19), and Mercer (Nov. 18) ... Went on a run of five consecutive games with at least one point (Oct. 5-19).

2020-21 (Freshman)
Appeared in 16 matches with seven starts … Started in his collegiate debut against Louisville … Contributed to three clean sheets during the fall season ... Scored first career goal during his game-winning brace off the bench against Boston College on March 6 ... Earned his first career assist with a pair against Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament on May 6.

Background:
Enrolled early at Wake Forest, beginning school in January 2020 ... Rated as a three-star recruit by TopDrawerSoccer ... Played club soccer with the IMG Academy's U18 Elite Boys squad.

Personal:
Born on July 1, 2002 ... Son of Mumei and Yasuko Kijima ... Major is History.