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Ayaka Takahashi (高橋 礼華, Takahashi Ayaka, born 19 April 1990) is a retired Japanese badminton player who was affiliated with Unisys badminton team. She is an Olympic Games gold medalist, two-time Asian Champion, two-time Asian Games silver medalist, and World Championship bronze medalist.[2]

Ayaka Takahashi
Takahashi at the 2013 French Super Series
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1990-04-19) 19 April 1990 (age 32)
Kashihara, Nara, Japan
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Retired31 August 2020[1]
HandednessRight
Women's doubles
Highest ranking1 (with Misaki Matsutomo 20 October 2014)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's doubles
World Championships
2017 Glasgow Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2015 Donggguan Mixed team
2019 Nanning Mixed team
2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Uber Cup
2018 Bangkok Women's team
2014 New Delhi Women's team
2012 Wuhan Women's team
2016 Kunshan Women's team
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team
2014 Incheon Women's doubles
2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's doubles
2014 Incheon Women's team
Asian Championships
2016 Wuhan Women's doubles
2017 Wuhan Women's doubles
2018 Wuhan Women's doubles
2015 Wuhan Women's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
2018 Alor Setar Women's team
2016 Hyderabad Women's team
BWF profile

Playing for the Unisys team with her regular partner Misaki Matsutomo in the women's doubles, she won five National Championships titles.[3] In the international event, Takahashi and Matsutomo were ranked world number ones in October 2014.[4] They won numerous international titles, including the year-end tournament finals in 2014 and 2018; the historical All England Open in 2016; the Olympic Games in 2016; and also the Asian Championships in 2016 and 2017.[2][5] The duo won the Badminton World Federation's Female Player of the Year award in 2016.[6]

Takahashi was also a member of the victorious Japanese team at the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships and of the victorious women's team at the 2018 Asia Team Championships, 2018 Asian Games, and the 2018 Uber Cup.[5][7]


Career


In 2016, Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo won the women's doubles gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, became the first ever Japan's to win an Olympic badminton gold medal.[8] She and her women's doubles partner Matsutomo also honored with the Female Player of the Year award.[6] They are playing together for more than ten years, ever since they were schoolmates. Takahashi and Matsutomo became the first pair from outside China to win the women's Olympic doubles title since the 1996 Atlanta Games, giving Japan its second medal in the event after Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa took silver at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Takahashi announced her retirement in an online conference on 19 August 2020, and officially left the national and Unisys team at the end of August.[1][9]


Personal life


Takahashi is the older sister of Sayaka Takahashi, a singles badminton player. In 2020, Ayaka announced that she had married Yuki Kaneko, a teammate in both the Japanese national and Unisys teams. Kaneko is also Matsutomo's mixed doubles partner.[10]


Achievements



Olympic Games


Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Riocentro - Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Misaki Matsutomo Christinna Pedersen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
18–21, 21–9, 21–19 Gold

BWF World Championships


Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland Misaki Matsutomo Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
17–21, 15–21 Bronze

Asian Games


Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea Misaki Matsutomo Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
Greysia Polii
15–21, 9–21 Silver
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Misaki Matsutomo Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
20–22, 20–22 Silver

Asian Championships


Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China Misaki Matsutomo Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang
18–21, 21–18, 15–21 Bronze
2016 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China Misaki Matsutomo Naoko Fukuman
Kurumi Yonao
21–13, 21–15 Gold
2017 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China Misaki Matsutomo Kim Hye-rin
Yoo Hae-won
21–19, 16–21, 21–10 Gold
2018 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China Misaki Matsutomo Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
18–21, 21–18, 15–21 Silver

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 6 runners-up)


The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[11] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[12]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Misaki Matsutomo Greysia Polii
Apriyani Rahayu
21–17, 21–12 Winner
2018 Malaysia Open Super 750 Misaki Matsutomo Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
21–12, 21–12 Winner
2018 Thailand Open Super 500 Misaki Matsutomo Greysia Polii
Apriyani Rahayu
13–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2018 China Open Super 1000 Misaki Matsutomo Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
21–16, 21–12 Winner
2018 Korea Open Super 500 Misaki Matsutomo Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
21–11, 21–18 Winner
2018 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Misaki Matsutomo Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
21–12, 22–20 Winner
2019 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Misaki Matsutomo Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong
21–19, 21–15 Winner
2019 German Open Super 300 Misaki Matsutomo Du Yue
Li Yinhui
20–22, 15–21 Runner-up
2019 New Zealand Open Super 300 Misaki Matsutomo Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong
15–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2019 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Misaki Matsutomo Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
16–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2019 China Open Super 1000 Misaki Matsutomo Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
14–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2019 Korea Masters Super 300 Misaki Matsutomo Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida
21–15, 17–21, 18–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries (9 titles, 13 runners-up)


The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[13] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[14] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Denmark Open Misaki Matsutomo Ma Jin
Tang Jinhua
8–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2013 Malaysia Open Misaki Matsutomo Bao Yixin
Tian Qing
16–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2013 Singapore Open Misaki Matsutomo Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei
19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2014 Malaysia Open Misaki Matsutomo Bao Yixin
Tang Jinhua
19–21, 21–14, 13–21 Runner-up
2014 Japan Open Misaki Matsutomo Reika Kakiiwa
Miyuki Maeda
21–13, 21–17 Winner
2014 Australian Open Misaki Matsutomo Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei
15–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2014 Denmark Open Misaki Matsutomo Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang
14–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2014 Hong Kong Open Misaki Matsutomo Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei
13–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2014 Dubai World Superseries Finals Misaki Matsutomo Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei
21–17, 21–14 Winner
2015 India Open Misaki Matsutomo Luo Ying
Luo Yu
21–19, 21–19 Winner
2015 Singapore Open Misaki Matsutomo Ou Dongni
Yu Xiaohan
17–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2015 China Open Misaki Matsutomo Tang Yuanting
Yu Yang
21–18, 13–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2016 All England Open Misaki Matsutomo Tang Yuanting
Yu Yang
21–10, 21–12 Winner
2016 India Open Misaki Matsutomo Naoko Fukuman
Kurumi Yonao
21–18, 21–18 Winner
2016 Singapore Open Misaki Matsutomo Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
Greysia Polii
Walkover Runner-up
2016 Indonesia Open Misaki Matsutomo Tang Yuanting
Yu Yang
21–15, 8–21, 21–15 Winner
2016 Japan Open Misaki Matsutomo Christinna Pedersen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
21–19, 18–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2016 Denmark Open Misaki Matsutomo Jung Kyung-eun
Shin Seung-chan
19–21, 21–11, 21–16 Winner
2016 Dubai World Superseries Finals Misaki Matsutomo Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
15–21, 21–13, 17–21 Runner-up
2017 Singapore Open Misaki Matsutomo Christinna Pedersen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
18–21, 21–14, 15–21 Runner-up
2017 Australian Open Misaki Matsutomo Christinna Pedersen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
21–10, 21–13 Winner
2017 Japan Open Misaki Matsutomo Kim Ha-na
Kong Hee-yong
21–18, 21–16 Winner
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (7 titles, 1 runner-up)


The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 India Grand Prix Misaki Matsutomo Nadya Melati
Devi Tika Permatasari
21–14, 15–21, 21–15 Winner
2011 Russian Open Misaki Matsutomo Valeri Sorokina
Nina Vislova
20–22, 18–21 Runner-up
2012 U.S. Open Misaki Matsutomo Valeri Sorokina
Nina Vislova
21–19, 21–17 Winner
2012 Canada Open Misaki Matsutomo Yuriko Miki
Koharu Yonemoto
21–15, 15–21, 21–12 Winner
2012 Indonesia Grand Prix Gold Misaki Matsutomo Eom Hye-won
Jang Ye-na
21–12, 12–21, 21–13 Winner
2014 German Open Misaki Matsutomo Jung Kyung-eun
Kim Ha-na
23–21, 24–22 Winner
2016 Malaysia Masters Misaki Matsutomo Tang Yuanting
Yu Yang
21–18, 22–20 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Canada Open Ryota Taohata Takeshi Kamura
Koharu Yonemoto
21–14, 21–16 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 2 runners-up)


Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2008 Waikato International Sayaka Sato 21–11, 17–21, 28–26 Winner

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Smiling Fish International Koharu Yonemoto Megumi Taruno
Oku Yukina
15–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2008 Waikato International Koharu Yonemoto Renee Flavell
Rachel Hindley
21–18, 21–19 Winner
2008 North Shore City International Koharu Yonemoto Renee Flavell
Rachel Hindley
21–9, 21–15 Winner
2009 Osaka International Misaki Matsutomo Kaori Mori
Aya Wakisaka
21–16, 16–21, 24–22 Winner
2009 Belgian International Misaki Matsutomo Emma Mason
Samantha Ward
21–8, 18–21, 21–13 Winner
2010 Osaka International Misaki Matsutomo Mizuki Fujii
Reika Kakiiwa
19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline



National team


Team events201220132014201520162017201820192020
Asia Team Championships Silver Gold A
Asia Mixed Team Championships Gold A
Asian Games Bronze Gold
Uber Cup Bronze Silver Bronze Gold
Sudirman Cup QF Silver Bronze Silver

Individual competitions


Events201120122013201420152016201720182019
Asian Championships R1 A R1 A Bronze Gold Gold Silver R1
Asian Games Silver Silver
World Championships R3 R2 R3 R3 Bronze R3 QF
Olympic Games A Gold
Tournament201820192020Best
BWF World Tour
Malaysia Masters QF SF QF W (2016)
Indonesia Masters W W SF W (2012, 2018, 2019)
German Open w/d F W (2014)
All England Open QF R1 SF W (2016)
Singapore Open A R2 Ret F (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Australian Open A SF W (2017)
Korea Open W QF W (2018)
China Open W F W (2018)
Japan Open R2 SF W (2014, 2017)
Denmark Open R2 R1 W (2016)
French Open QF R2 SF (2016)
New Zealand Open A F F (2019)
Fuzhou China Open SF R2 SF (2018)
Hong Kong Open QF QF F (2017)
Indonesia Open SF F W (2016)
Syed Modi International R1 A W (2009)
Malaysia Open W R2 W (2018)
Korea Masters A F F (2019)
India Open A W (2015, 2016)
Thailand Open F QF F (2018)
BWF World Tour Finals W DNQ W (2014, 2018)
Year-end Ranking 2 4 7 1
Tournament201820192020Best
Tournament2008200920102011201220132014201520162017Best
BWF Superseries
All England Open A R1 (WD) R2 (WD) R2 (WD) R1 (WD) SF R1 W R2 W (2016)
Swiss Open A R1 (WD)
R1 (XD)
GPG R2 (2011, 2012)
India Open GPG R2 (WD)
R1 (XD)
QF (WD) SF (WD) QF W W A W (2015, 2016)
Malaysia Open A R1 (WD)
R1 (XD)
R2 (WD) A F (WD) F R1 QF SF F (2013, 2014)
Singapore Open A R1 (WD) R2 (WD) R2 (WD) F (WD) SF F F F F (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Australian Open IS GP/GPG F SF QF W W (2017)
Indonesia Open A R1 (WD) R1 (WD)
R1 (XD)
A QF (WD) R2 R2 W R1 W (2016)
Japan Open R2 (WD) R2 (WD)
R1 (XD)
R2 (WD) R1 (WD) R2 (WD)
R1 (XD)
SF (WD)
QF (XD)
W R2 F W W (2014, 2017)
China Open A QF (WD)
R2 (XD)
QF (WD) QF (WD) QF (WD) SF F R2 QF F (2015)
Korea Open A QF (WD)
R1 (XD)
R2 (WD) A QF (WD) QF w/d A SF SF (2017)
Denmark Open A R2 (WD) QF (WD) F (WD) SF (WD) F R2 W R2 W (2016)
French Open A R1 (WD) QF (WD) QF (WD) QF R2 SF QF SF (2016)
China Masters A R1 (WS)
R1 (WD)
A R1 (WD)
R2 (XD)
A QF (WD)
R1 (XD)
GPG QF (2013)
Hong Kong Open A R2 (WD)
R1 (XD)
QF (WD) SF (WD) F QF QF R1 F (2017)
BWF Super Series Finals DNQ GS (WD) GS (WD) W SF F DNQ W (2014)
Year-end Ranking 172 (WS)
41 (WD)
138 (XD)
21 (WD)
70 (XD)
17 (WD)
52 (XD)
7 (WD)
119 (XD)
4 (WD)
216 (XD)
2 4 1 2 1 (WD)
Tournament2008200920102011201220132014201520162017Best
Tournament200920102011201220132014201520162017Best
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
Malaysia Masters A R2 (WD)
R1 (XD)
R1 (WD) A W A W (2016)
Syed Modi International R1 (WS)
W (WD)
A A W (2009)
German Open A R2 (WD)
R2 (XD)
QF (WD) SF (WD) W R2 SF A W (2014)
Swiss Open SS R2 (WD)
R1 (XD)
R2 (WD)
R1 (XD)
A R2 (2011, 2012)
India Open R1 (WS)
R2 (WD)
A SS R2 (2009)
Thailand Open R1 (WS)
QF (WD)
A A QF (2009)
Dutch Open A R1 (WD) A R1 (2010)
Australian Open A QF (WD)
SF (XD)
QF (WD)
R2 (XD)
QF (WD)
R1 (XD)
A SS SF (2010)
Chinese Taipei Open R1 (WD) A SF A SF (2015)
Russian Open A F (WD) A F (2011)
U.S. Open A R1 (WD)
R1 (XD)
W (WD)
QF (XD)
A W (2012)
Canada Open A W (WD)
W (XD)
A W (2012 (WD), 2012 (WD))
Indonesian Masters A W (WD) A W (2012)
Tournament200920102011201220132014201520162017Best

Record against selected opponents


Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.[15]


Misaki Matsutomo



References


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Ayaka Takahashi (高橋 礼華 Takahashi Ayaka?; Kashihara, 19 aprile 1990) è una giocatrice di badminton giapponese vincitrice della medaglia d'oro a Rio de Janeiro 2016 nel doppio femminile, in coppia con Misaki Matsutomo.



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