Opal Kawaguchi

 is a contestant from Survivor: Dueling Desert.

Profile

 * Name (Age): Opal (27)
 * Tribe Designation: Tolmer
 * Current Residence: Los Angeles, California
 * Personal Claim Of Fame: Winning a championship ring for my team in the Women's NBA finals in the same season that I was the highest scoring Shooting Guard in the whole league. People don't take women's sport seriously, and my parents thought I was stupid for dropping everything to play, so that was confirmation that it was all worth it. 
 * Hobbies: Floral arrangements, eating at nice restaurants, and going overseas to interesting locations.
 * Pet Peeves: New Yorkers. Nah, in all seriousness, I don't like people who don't take opportunities.
 * 3 Words To Describe You: Determined, tall, joyous.
 * If you could have three things on the island, what would they be and why?: I would bring a large platter of vegetarian food, a toolkit to help around camp, and probably shampoo so I can keep my hair looking nice.
 * Survivor Contestant you are Most Like: Ashley Underwood. Aside from the obvious part that we're both professional basketball playing women on Survivor, I think she was smart enough to sit back and let people take the heat for her in her season, and if she was a little bit faster at solving that end puzzle, she would have won Redemption Island.
 * Reason for being on Survivor: Well, I think it would be pretty cool if I went all the way to the end, because it seems like sports players don't do too well on Survivor a lot of the time. It'd be nice to hold the title as that one person who plays professionally to get a win. I think Ethan Zohn played a bit of soccer, but not as high a level as I do with basketball.
 * Why do you think will be Sole Survivor: I'm obviously going to be an asset in challenges, but if I can downplay that it'll mean I can go far. The only issue with that is that it's hard to hide as a six foot one woman, so I might just have to go out there guns blazing and hope for the best.