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Shū Ohba
大場朱羽
Personal information
Date of birth	11 July 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Ole Miss Rebels
Youth career
	JFA Academy Fukushima
College career
Years	Team
2021–2022	East Tennessee State Buccaneers
2023–	Ole Miss Rebels
International career‡
2022	Japan U-20
2023–	Japan
	‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6:00, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Shū Ohba (大場朱羽, Shū Ohba, born 11 July 2002) is a Japanese women's footballer. She plays college soccer for Ole Miss Rebels as a goalkeeper and the Japan national team.^[1]

Early life

Shu Ohba was born on 11 July 2022 in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. She started playing football when she was eight years old.^[2] She attended Fukushima Prefectural Futaba Future Senior High School.^[3]^[4] During her youth career, she played for JFA Academy Fukushima.^[5]

Collegiate career

East Tennessee State (2021-2022)

During her freshman year at East Tennessee State University, Ohba played in 16 games and amassed 74 saves and 7 shutouts while conceding 14 goals. This performance earned her Southern Conference Freshman of the Year honors, as well as a spot on the All-Conference first team. She was also the Conference's Defensive Player of the Week three times.^[6]

During her sophomore year, Ohba was named Southern Conference Women's Soccer Player of the Year, once again making the All-Conference first team squad. Ohba amassed 60 saves in her 10 games played, with 3 shutouts while allowing 11 goals.^[7]

Ole Miss (2023-present)

After the 2022 season, Ohba transferred to the University of Mississippi. During her junior year, Ohba amassed second-team All-Southeastern Conference honors, as well as a third-team United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast region honors, and was a three-time Conference Player of the Week. Ohba amassed 67 saves in 15 games played, with 7 shutouts while conceding 13 goals. She led the league in saves per game.^[8]

Her senior year saw her play in 15 games, recording 79 saves while allowing 34 goals.^[9]

International career

Ohba has represented Japan as early as the under-16 level, where she was a part of Japan's third-pace winning team in the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship,^[10] qualifying for a spot in the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, which she also made the final roster for.^[11] She once again represented her country at the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, which Japan would win.^[12] During the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, she started in goal in 4 matches, including all 3 knockout matches, in Japan's second-place effort.^[13]

Her first roster appearance for the national team was during the 2022 Asian Games.^[14] She was also rostered for the 2024 SheBelieves Cup.^[15] She earned her first international minutes in a friendly against New Zealand on 31 May 2024. She was later named as an alternate for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[16]