YAMAGUCHI Akane

Japan
Badminton
6 Jun 1997
26
Female
1.56/5'1''

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
BDM Badminton Women's Team
JPN
Japan
 3 Bronze Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Binjiang Gymnasium BDM Court 2
Women's Team Quarterfinal
#2
JPN
Japan
3
TPE
Chinese Taipei
1
Finished
Binjiang Gymnasium BDM Court 1
Women's Team Semifinal
#1
CHN
People's Republic of China
3
JPN
Japan
1
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocation
Asian Games
1Women's Team2018Indonesia
3Women's Singles2018Indonesia
3Women's Team2014Incheon, KOR
Last 16Women's Singles2014Incheon, KOR
Olympic Games
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2020Tokyo, JPN
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
World Championships
1Women's Singles2022Tokyo, JPN
1Women's Singles2021Huelva, ESP
3Women's Singles2023Copenhagen, DEN
3Women's Singles2018Nanjing, CHN
Last 16Women's Singles2017Glasgow, GBR
Last 32Women's Singles2019Basel, SUI
BWF World Tour
1Women's Singles2023Calgary, AB, CAN
1Women's Singles2023Kuala Lumpur, MAS
1Women's Singles2023Mulheim an der Ruhr, GER
1Women's Singles2023Kuala Lumpur, MAS
1Women's Singles2022Osaka, JPN
1Women's Singles2022Birmingham, GBR
1Women's Singles2021Paris, FRA
1Women's Singles2021Odense, DEN
1Women's Singles2020Bangkok, THA
1Women's Singles2019Tokyo, JPN
1Women's Singles2019Jakarta, INA
1Women's Singles2019Mulheim an der Ruhr, GER
1Women's Singles2018Paris, FRA
1Women's Singles2018Mulheim an der Ruhr, GER
1Women's Singles2017Mulheim an der Ruhr, GER
1Women's Singles2015Saarbrucken, GER
2Women's Singles2023Changzhou, CHN
2Women's Singles2023Singapore, SIN
2Women's Singles2023New Delhi, IND
2Women's Singles2021Bali, INA
2Women's Singles2019Kuala Lumpur, MAS
2Women's Singles2018Birmingham, GBR
3Women's Singles2023Yeosu, KOR
3Women's Singles2023Birmingham, GBR
3Women's Singles2022Paris, FRA
3Women's Singles2019Gwangju, KOR
3Women's Singles2019Hong Kong, CHN
3Women's Singles2019Paris, FRA
3Women's Singles2019Auckland, NZL
3Women's Singles2019Singapore, SIN
3Women's Singles2019Birmingham, GBR
3Women's Singles2018Seoul, KOR
3Women's Singles2018Changzhou, CHN
3Women's Singles2018Kuala Lumpur, MAS
3Women's Singles2016Mulheim an der Ruhr, GER
3Women's Singles2015Macau, CHN
3Women's Singles2015New York, NY, USA
3Women's Singles2015Basel, SUI
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2023Tokyo, JPN
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2023Jakarta, INA
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2022Odense, DEN
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2022Kuala Lumpur, MAS
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2022Jakarta, INA
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2022Bangkok, THA
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2021Bali, INA
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2021Birmingham, GBR
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2020Birmingham, GBR
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2018Hong Kong, CHN
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2018Tokyo, JPN
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2018Bangkok, THA
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2018Jakarta, INA
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2018Kuala Lumpur, MAS
Last 16Women's Singles2022Mulheim an der Ruhr, GER
Last 16Women's Singles2020Jakarta, INA
Last 16Women's Singles2019Jakarta, INA
Last 16Women's Singles2018Fuzhou, CHN
Last 16Women's Singles2018Odense, DEN
Last 32Women's Singles2023Jakarta, INA
Last 32Women's Singles2022Kuala Lumpur, MAS
Last 32Women's Singles2020Odense, DEN
Last 32Women's Singles2020Kuala Lumpur, MAS
Last 32Women's Singles2019Fuzhou, CHN
Last 32Women's Singles2019Odense, DEN
Last 32Women's Singles2019Incheon, KOR
Last 32Women's Singles2019Changzhou, CHN
Last 32Women's Singles2019Kuala Lumpur, MAS
Last 32Women's Singles2016Basel, SUI
Last 32Women's Singles2016George Town, MAS
Last 32Women's Singles2015Mulheim an der Ruhr, GER
HSBC BWF World Tour Finals
1Women's Singles2022Bangkok, THA
1Women's Singles2017Dubai, UAE
3Women's Singles2019Guangzhou, CHN
3Women's Singles2018Guangzhou, CHN
4Women's Singles2021Bali, INA
1st RoundWomen's Singles2016Dubai, UAE
MetLife BWF World Superseries
1Women's Singles2017Fuzhou, CHN
1Women's Singles2016Odense, DEN
1Women's Singles2016Seoul, KOR
2Women's Singles2017Paris, FRA
2Women's Singles2017Odense, DEN
2Women's Singles2017Sydney, NSW, AUS
2Women's Singles2015Tokyo, JPN
3Women's Singles2017Seoul, KOR
3Women's Singles2017New Delhi, IND
3Women's Singles2017Birmingham, GBR
3Women's Singles2016Tokyo, JPN
3Women's Singles2016Singapore, SIN
3Women's Singles2015Seoul, KOR
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2017Hong Kong, CHN
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2017Tokyo, JPN
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2017Jakarta, INA
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2017Singapore, SIN
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2017Kuala Lumpur, MAS
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2016Hong Kong, CHN
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2016Fuzhou, CHN
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2016Paris, FRA
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2016Sydney, NSW, AUS
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2015Jakarta, INA
QuarterfinalWomen's Singles2015Singapore, SIN
Last 16Women's Singles2016Jakarta, INA
Last 16Women's Singles2016New Delhi, IND
Last 16Women's Singles2016Birmingham, GBR
Last 16Women's Singles2015Hong Kong, CHN
Last 16Women's Singles2015Fuzhou, CHN
Last 16Women's Singles2015Odense, DEN
Last 16Women's Singles2015Sydney, NSW, AUS
Last 16Women's Singles2015Kuala Lumpur, MAS
Last 32Women's Singles2016Shah Alam, MAS
Last 32Women's Singles2015Paris, FRA
Last 32Women's Singles2015Birmingham, GBR
Asian Championships
1Women's Singles2019Wuhan, CHN
2Women's Singles2022Manila, PHI
2Women's Singles2017Wuhan, CHN
3Women's Singles2023Dubai, UAE
Last 16Women's Singles2016Wuhan, CHN
Last 32Women's Singles2015Wuhan, CHN
East Asian Games
3Women's Singles2013Tianjin, CHN
3Women's Team2013Tianjin, CHN
TotalEnergies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup
2Women's Team2020Aarhus, DEN
3Women's Team2022Bangkok, THA
TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup
2Mixed Team2021Vantaa, FIN
2Mixed Team2019Nanning, CHN
3Mixed Team2023Suzhou, CHN
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Reading manga. (saishunkan-badminton, 01 Jan 2022)
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Athlete
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Japanese
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Saishunkan Pharmaceutical [Japan]
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Yuichi Ikeda [club], JPN; Park Joo-Bong [national], KOR
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Right (bwfbadminton, 14 Dec 2019)
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2012 for Japan (bwf, 01 Jan 2015)
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In August 2023 she missed the 2023 Australian Open after sustaining a right foot injury. (sponichi, 17 Aug 2023; nishispo, 19 Aug 2023)

Her training was disrupted ahead of the 2019 World Championships in Basel, Switzerland, due to a back injury. She then injured her right calf the month after the tournament. (chunichi, 31 Jan 2020, 27 Nov 2019; the-ans, 30 Sep 2019, 21 Aug 2019)

She was unable to compete at the 2016 Badminton Asia Team Championships in Hyderabad, India, due to a right thigh injury. (sponichi, 27 Jan 2016)
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She began playing badminton at age three in Fukui, Japan, and took up the sport competitively at age five. (hochi, 13 Aug 2019; Athlete, 30 Sep 2014)
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She was encouraged by her two older brothers, who both played the sport. (Athlete, 30 Sep 2014)
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Her older brother. (Athlete, 30 Sep 2014)
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"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." (Instagram profile, 28 Aug 2023)
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In 2022 she was named Female Athlete of the Year by the Badminton World Federation [BWF]. (mainichi, 11 Dec 2022; Twitter profile, 11 Dec 2022; news, 06 Dec 2022)

In 2022 she received the Yonex President's Award. (Twitter profile, 14 Dec 2022)

In 2018 and 2022 she received the Fukui Prefecture Sports Special Award in Japan. (fukuishimbun, 06 Jan 2022; asahi, 06 Feb 2018)

In 2018 she received the Katsuyama Citizen Honorary Award in Japan. (fukuishimbun, 20 Apr 2018)

In 2015 she was presented with the Yoneyama Minoru Award by the Yonex Sports Foundation in Japan. (sponichi, 19 Jun 2015)

She received a Rookie Award at the 2014 Japanese Olympic Committee [JOC] Sports Awards. (unisys, 15 Jun 2015)

In 2013 and 2014 she was named Most Promising Player of the Year by the Badminton World Federation [BWF]. (bwfbadminton, 27 May 2016)
Legend
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Bronze Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event