North Carolina State University Athletics
2026 Women's Soccer Spring Roster
Wednesday, April 22
Saturday, November 29
Sunday, October 26
Friday, October 03
Jersey Number 6
Mana Nakata
- Position:
- M
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Osaka, Japan
- Major:
- Criminology
Awards & Honors:
- All-ACC Academic Team (2025)
- CSC Academic All-District (2025)
As a Sophomore (2025):
- Started all 18 of the Wolfpack's contests in 2025, going the full 90 in 16 of those outings
- Finished the campaign with a career-best eight points (two goals, four assists)
- Took 34 shots on the season, the second-most on the team
- Recorded an assist against No. 7 Duke (Oct. 26)
- Scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win at Pitt (Oct. 17)
- Tallied three points in a 4-4 draw at Virginia Tech (Sept. 27), scoring first goal of season and providing an assist
- Provided an assist on the game-winning goal at SMU (Sept. 18)
- Fired three shots, including two on goal, in a draw at Elon (Sept. 4)
- Earned first assist of season on a set-piece goal at ECU (Aug. 17)
- Took a pair of shots in season-opening match against James Madison (Aug. 14)
- Named to All-ACC Academic Team for first time in career
As a Freshman (2024):
- Appeared and started in all 18 games in first season at NC State
- Had first career goal in the 5-0 shutout against VCU (Aug. 25)
- Scored her second goal against California (Sept. 19)
- Recorded a .500 shot-on-goal percentage and three assists on the year
- Played a total of 1261 minutes, playing for 45+ minutes in all 18 games with 90+ minutes of action in three outings
Prior to College:
- Arrived in Raleigh from Cerezo Osaka in Japan