Arisa Igarashi

Japanese badminton player (born 1996)

Badminton player

Arisa Igarashi

Personal information
Birth name| Arisa Higashino
東野 有紗
Country| Japan
Born|  (1996-08-01) 1 August 1996 (age 28)
Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Height| 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight| 54 kg (119 lb)[1]
Spouse|

Yu Igarashi

(m. 2024)​

Handedness| Right
Coach| Jeremy Gan (2018–2024)[2]
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking| 65 (WD with Ayane Kurihara, 13 July 2017)
1 (XD with Yuta Watanabe, 8 November 2022)
Current ranking| 82 (WD with Ayako Sakuramoto, 28 January 2025)

Medal record

Women's badminton
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
|  2020 Tokyo | Mixed doubles
|  2024 Paris | Mixed doubles
World Championships
|  2021 Huelva | Mixed doubles
|  2022 Tokyo | Mixed doubles
|  2019 Basel | Mixed doubles
|  2023 Copenhagen | Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
|  2019 Nanning | Mixed team
|  2021 Vantaa | Mixed team
|  2017 Gold Coast | Mixed team
|  2023 Suzhou | Mixed team
Uber Cup
|  2020 Aarhus | Women's team
Asian Games
|  2018 Jakarta–Palembang | Women's team
|  2022 Hangzhou | Mixed doubles
|  2022 Hangzhou  | Women's team
Asian Championships
|  2022 Manila | Mixed doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
|  2017 Ho Chi Minh | Mixed team
|  2019 Hong Kong | Mixed team
World Junior Championships
|  2014 Alor Setar | Mixed doubles
|  2014 Alor Setar  | Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
|  2013 Kota Kinabalu | Mixed team
|  2014 Taipei | Mixed team

BWF profile

Arisa Igarashi (五十嵐 有紗, Igarashi Arisa, née Higashino; born 1 August 1996) is a Japanese badminton player.[3][4] She won bronze in the mixed team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2013 and 2014, and competed at the 2014 World Junior Championships, winning two bronzes in the mixed doubles and team event.[4]

Higashino won her maiden Super 1000 tournament at the 2018 and 2021 All England Open in the mixed doubles event, partnering with Yuta Watanabe,[5] and had also won 2 consecutive bronze medals in mixed doubles at the 2020[6] and 2024 Summer Olympics.[7]

## Career

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Higashino was born in Iwamizawa, graduated from the Tomioka Senior High School, and joined the Unisys team in 2015.[4][8]

Higashino was selected to join national junior team competed at the 2014 Asian Junior Championships, and helped the team win the bronze medal.[9] At the World Junior Championships in Alor Setar, Malaysia, she won the bronze medals in the mixed doubles event with Yuta Watanabe and in the mixed team event.[10][11] In June 2014, she made his first appearance in the senior international event at the Japan Open, competed in the mixed doubles with Watanabe, but the duo was defeated in the first round. She reached her first final in the senior international event at the 2015 Russian Open a BWF Grand Prix tournament, where she and her partner Watanabe defeated by Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying.[12]

In 2016, Higashino won her first senior title at Vietnam International Challenge in the mixed doubles paired-up with Watanabe.[13] In 2017, Higashino and Watanabe have sufficient ranking points to entered the Superseries stage, and able to reached the semi-finals in the All England Open.[14]

### 2018: Break to top 5 BWF rankings, All England Open title

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Significant progress occurs in 2018 season. Higashino with her partner Watanabe in the mixed doubles are able to break the international doubles stage by reaching third in the BWF rankings. Higashino and Watanabe became the first mixed doubles from Japan to win the All England Open since the tournament was first contested in 1899.[15] En route to the finals, they beating the top three seeds,[16] and then clinched the title after defeating the fifth seeded pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in the rubber game.[15] Both also won the Hong Kong Open after beating Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping in the finals. It was their first win over the world silver medallists in six meetings.[17] Besides that, the duo finished in the semi-finals at the Malaysia, Japan, French, and Fuzhou China Opens;[18][19][20][21] as well in the year-end tournament BWF World Tour Finals.[22] Higashino also part of the Japanese national team that won the gold medal in the Asian Games.[23][24]

### 2019–2020: World Championships bronze

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In the first half of the 2019 season, Higashino and Watanabe has won a title in the Malaysia Masters.[25] She reached the finals in the All England Open, losing to Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong.[26] Together with the National team, she won the silver medal at the Asia Mixed Team Championships and at the Sudirman Cup.[27][28] In the second half of 2019 season, Higashino added a cap by defending the Hong Kong Open title,[29] and became a finalists in the Thailand Open.[30] Their journey in the remainder of the season does look quite difficult. In four meetings against Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong, they only managed to win once, in the group stage of the World Tour Finals;[31] the rest were losses in the semi-finals of the World Championships, French Open and World Tour Finals.[32][33] The head-to-head record between the pairs stood at 2–8.[34]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous tournaments on the 2020 BWF World Tour were either cancelled or rescheduled for later in the year. Higashino competed in the national events in December, and managed to claim his fourth mixed doubles consecutive title at the Japanese National Championships with Watanabe.[35]

### 2021: Second All England title, Olympic bronze, and World Championships silver

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In March, Higashino and Watanabe won the mixed doubles title in the All England Open.[36] In July, she competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the mixed doubles with Watanabe,[6] and clinched a bronze medal after winning the bronze medal game against Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet in straight games.[37] After the Olympics, Watanabe and Higashino reached five finals, winning the Denmark and French Opens,[38][39] and became a finalist in the Indonesia Open,[40] World Tour Finals,[41] and also at the World Championships.[42]

### 2022–2023: World #1, third All England title, and first Japanese mixed doubles to win the Japan Open

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In 2022, Higashino only won a title, where she and her partner, Watanabe, successfully to defend the All England Open in March.[43] Furthermore, she and her partner won the silver medal in the World Championships defeating by Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in the finals,[44] and a bronze medal in the Asian Championships defeating by Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping in the semi-finals.[45] Another results that they achieved in 2022 were the finalists in the Indonesia and Japan Opens.[46][47] Higashino and Watanabe then reached their career high as world number 1 in the BWF mixed doubles ranking on 8 November 2022.[48]

Higashino started the 2023 season by competing in the Malaysia Open, where she and her partner, Watanabe, finished as the finalists.[49] In the following week, they emerged as a champion in the India Open, after their opponent Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping withdrawn from the final match.[50] In March, they unable to defend their All England Open title, since Watanabe struggling with injury in the second round against Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun.[51] Higashino helps the national team advanced to the knocked out stage in the Sudirman Cup,[52] where the team finished in the semi-finals.[53] In June, Higashino and Watanabe reached the finals in the Singapore and Indonesia Opens.[54][55] In the next tournaments, they stopped in the quarter-finals of the Canada Open to Taiwanese pairing Lee Jhe-huei and Hsu Ya-ching,[56] and then in the semi-finals of the Korea Open to Chinese rising star Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin.[57] The duo then won the Japan Open, becoming the first ever Japanaese pairing to claimed the Japan Open title since it was first contested in 1982.[58] They clinched the bronze medal in the World Championships defeating by Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung in the semi-finals.[59] She competed in the 2022 Asian Games, won a silver in the mixed doubles and a gold in the women's team event.[60] In the rest of the season, Higashino and Watanabe finished as the semi-finalists in the French Open,[61] Japan Masters,[62] as well in the year-end finals tournament the World Tour Finals.[63]

### 2024

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Higashino and Watanabe opened the 2024 season as a champion in the Malaysia Open.[64] Another result that the duo achieved in the first half of the season were finalists in the All England Open,[65] quarter-finalists in the India Open,[66] French Open,[67] and at the Asian Championships.[68] In two tournaments before the Paris Olympics, they suffered early rounds defeat in the Singapore and Indonesia Opens.[69][70] She then made her second appearance at the Olympics in the 2024 Paris Olympics, winning a bronze medal after defeating Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung in the bronze medal match.[7] Higashino ended her 13 years partnership with Watanabe, after the quarter-finals defeat in the Japan Open.[71]

## Personal life

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On 28 August 2024, she announced her marriage to former badminton player, Yu Igarashi.[72]

## Achievements

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### Olympic Games

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Mixed doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Ref

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2020 | Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan  |  Yuta Watanabe |  Tang Chun Man
Tse Ying Suet | 21–17, 23–21  |  Bronze | [37]
2024 | Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Seo Seung-jae
Chae Yoo-jung | 21–13, 22–20  |  Bronze | [7]

### World Championships

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Mixed doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Ref

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2019 | St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland  |  Yuta Watanabe |  Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong | 11–21, 15–21  |  Bronze | [32]
2021 | Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 13–21, 14–21  |  Silver | [42]
2022 | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium,
Tokyo, Japan  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong  | 13–21, 16–21  |  Silver | [44]
2023 | Royal Arena,
Copenhagen, Denmark  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Seo Seung-jae
Chae Yoo-jung | 15–21, 13–21  |  Bronze | [59]

### Asian Games

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Mixed doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Ref

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2022 | Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China  |  Yuta Watanabe |  Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong | 15–21, 14–21  |  Silver | [60]

### Asian Championships

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Mixed doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Ref

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2022 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex,
Metro Manila, Philippines  |  Yuta Watanabe |  Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping | 12–21, 22–24  |  Bronze | [45]

### World Junior Championships

[edit]

Mixed doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Ref

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2014 | Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim,
Alor Setar, Malaysia  |  Yuta Watanabe |  Huang Kaixiang
Chen Qingchen | 19–21, 12–21  |  Bronze | [10]

### BWF World Tour (12 titles, 10 runners-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[73] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[74]

Women's doubles

Year  | Tournament  | Level  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Ref

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2025 | India Open | Super 750  |  Ayako Sakuramoto |  Kim Hye-jeong
Kong Hee-yong | 21–15, 21–13  |  Winner | [75]

Mixed doubles

Year  | Tournament  | Level  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Ref

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2018 | All England Open | Super 1000  |  Yuta Watanabe |  Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong | 15–21, 22–20, 21–16  |  Winner | [15]
2018 | Hong Kong Open | Super 500  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping | 21–18, 21–14  |  Winner | [17]
2019 | Malaysia Masters | Super 500  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai | 21–18, 21–18  |  Winner | [25]
2019 | All England Open  | Super 1000  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong  | 17–21, 20–22  |  Runner-up | [26]
2019 | Thailand Open | Super 500  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping  | 22–24, 21–23  |  Runner-up | [30]
2019 | Hong Kong Open  | Super 500  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  He Jiting
Du Yue | 22–20, 21–16  |  Winner | [29]
2021 | All England Open  | Super 1000  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Yuki Kaneko
Misaki Matsutomo | 21–14, 21–13  |  Winner | [36]
2021 | Denmark Open | Super 1000  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai  | 21–18, 21–9  |  Winner | [38]
2021 | French Open | Super 750  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Mathias Christiansen
Alexandra Bøje | 21–8, 21–17  |  Winner | [39]
2021 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai  | 12–21, 13–21  |  Runner-up | [40]
2021 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai  | 19–21, 11–21  |  Runner-up | [41]
2022 | All England Open  | Super 1000  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping  | 21–19, 21–19  |  Winner | [43]
2022 | Indonesia Open  | Super 1000  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong  | 14–21, 16–21  |  Runner-up | [46]
2022 | Japan Open | Super 750  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai  | 21–16, 21–23, 18–21  |  Runner-up | [47]
2023 | Malaysia Open | Super 1000  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong  | 19–21, 11–21  |  Runner-up | [49]
2023 | India Open | Super 750  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping  | Walkover  |  Winner | [50]
2023 | Singapore Open | Super 750  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Mathias Christiansen
Alexandra Bøje  | 14–21, 22–20, 16–21  |  Runner-up | [54]
2023 | Indonesia Open  | Super 1000  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong  | 14–21, 11–21  |  Runner-up | [55]
2023 | Japan Open  | Super 750  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai  | 17–21, 21–16, 21–15  |  Winner | [58]
2024 | Malaysia Open  | Super 1000  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Kim Won-ho
Jeong Na-eun | 21–18, 21–15  |  Winner | [64]
2024 | All England Open  | Super 1000  |  Yuta Watanabe  |  Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong  | 16–21, 11–21  |  Runner-up | [65]

### BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

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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.

Mixed doubles

Year  | Tournament  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Ref

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2015 | Russian Open |  Yuta Watanabe |  Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying | 13–21, 21–23  |  Runner-up | [12]

BWF Grand Prix tournament

### BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

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Mixed doubles

Year  | Tournament  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Ref

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2016  | Vietnam International |  Yuta Watanabe |  Tinn Isriyanet
Pacharapun Chochuwong  | 21–16, 21–14  |  Winner | [13]

BWF International Challenge tournament

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All England Open badminton mixed doubles champions

* 1899:  D. Oakes & Daisy St. John (ENG)
* 1900:  D. Oakes & Daisy St. John (ENG)
* 1901:  F. S. Collier & Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown (ENG)
* 1902:  Leonard Ransford & E. Moseley (ENG)
* 1903:  George Thomas & Ethel Thomson (ENG)
* 1904:  Henry Norman Marrett & Dorothea Douglass (ENG)
* 1905:  Henry Norman Marrett & Hazel Hogarth (ENG)
* 1906:  George Thomas & Ethel Thomson (ENG)
* 1907:  George Thomas & G. L. Murray (ENG)
* 1908:  Norman Wood & Meriel Lucas (ENG)
* 1909:  Albert Prebble & Dora Boothby (ENG)
* 1910:  Dorothy Cundall & Guy A. Sautter (ENG)
* 1911:  George Thomas & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
* 1912:  Edward Hawthorn & Hazel Hogarth (ENG)
* 1913:  M. E. Mayston & Guy A. Sautter (ENG)
* 1914:  George Thomas & Hazel Hogarth (ENG)
* 1920:  George Thomas & Hazel Hogarth (ENG)
* 1921:  George Thomas & Hazel Hogarth (ENG)
* 1922:  George Thomas & Hazel Hogarth (ENG)
* 1923:  Gordon 'Curly' Mack (IRE) & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
* 1924:  Frank Devlin (IRE) & Kathleen McKane (ENG)
* 1925:  Frank Devlin (IRE) & Kathleen McKane (ENG)
* 1926:  Frank Devlin (IRE) & Eveline Peterson (ENG)
* 1927:  Frank Devlin (IRE) & Eveline Peterson (ENG)
* 1928:  Albert Harbot & Margaret Tragett (ENG)
* 1929:  Frank Devlin (IRE) & Marian Horsley (ENG)
* 1930:  Herbert Uber & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1931:  Herbert Uber & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1932:  Herbert Uber & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1933:  Donald C. Hume & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1934:  Donald C. Hume & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1935:  Donald C. Hume & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1936:  Donald C. Hume & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1937:  Ian Maconachie (IRE) & Thelma Kingsbury (ENG)
* 1938:  Raymond M. White & Betty Uber (ENG)
* 1939:  Ralph Nichols & Bessie Shearlaw (ENG)
* 1947:  Poul Holm & Tonny Ahm (DEN)
* 1948:  Jørn Skaarup & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
* 1949:  Clinton Stephens & Patricia Stephens (USA)
* 1950:  Poul Holm & Tonny Ahm (DEN)
* 1951:  Poul Holm & Tonny Ahm (DEN)
* 1952:  Poul Holm & Tonny Ahm (DEN)
* 1953:  David E. L. Choong (MAL) & June White (ENG)
* 1954:  John Best & Iris Cooley (ENG)
* 1955:  Finn Kobberø & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
* 1956:  Anthony D. Jordan & June Timperley (ENG)
* 1957:  Finn Kobberø & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
* 1958:  Anthony D. Jordan & June Timperley (ENG)
* 1959:  Poul-Erik Nielsen & Inge Birgit Hansen (DEN)
* 1960:  Finn Kobberø & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
* 1961:  Finn Kobberø & Kirsten Thorndahl (DEN)
* 1962:  Finn Kobberø & Ulla Rasmussen (DEN)
* 1963:  Finn Kobberø & Ulla Rasmussen (DEN)
* 1964:  Anthony D. Jordan & Jenny Pritchard (ENG)
* 1965:  Finn Kobberø & Ulla Strand (DEN)
* 1966:  Finn Kobberø & Ulla Strand (DEN)
* 1967:  Svend Pri & Ulla Strand (DEN)
* 1968:  Anthony D. Jordan & Susan Whetnall (ENG)
* 1969:  Roger J. Mills & Gillian Gilks (ENG)
* 1970:  Per Walsøe & Pernille Mølgaard Hansen (DEN)
* 1971:  Svend Pri & Ulla Strand (DEN)
* 1972:  Svend Pri & Ulla Strand (DEN)
* 1973:  Derek Talbot & Gillian Gilks (ENG)
* 1974:  David Eddy & Susan Whetnall (ENG)
* 1975:  Elliot Stuart & Nora Perry (ENG)
* 1976:  Derek Talbot & Gillian Gilks (ENG)
* 1977:  Derek Talbot & Gillian Gilks (ENG)
* 1978:  Mike Tredgett & Nora Perry (ENG)
* 1979:  Christian Hadinata & Imelda Wiguna (INA)
* 1980:  Mike Tredgett & Nora Perry (ENG)
* 1981:  Mike Tredgett & Nora Perry (ENG)
* 1982:  Martin Dew & Gillian Gilks (ENG)
* 1983:  Thomas Kihlström (SWE) & Nora Perry (ENG)
* 1984:  Martin Dew & Gillian Gilks (ENG)
* 1985:  Billy Gilliland (SCO) & Nora Perry (ENG)
* 1986:  Park Joo-bong & Chung Myung-hee (KOR)
* 1987:  Lee Deuk-choon & Chung Myung-hee (KOR)
* 1988:  Wang Pengren & Shi Fangjing (CHN)
* 1989:  Park Joo-bong & Chung Myung-hee (KOR)
* 1990:  Park Joo-bong & Chung Myung-hee (KOR)
* 1991:  Park Joo-bong & Chung Myung-hee (KOR)
* 1992:  Thomas Lund & Pernille Dupont (DEN)
* 1993:  Jon Holst-Christensen & Grete Mogensen (DEN)
* 1994:  Nick Ponting & Joanne Goode (ENG)
* 1995:  Thomas Lund & Marlene Thomsen (DEN)
* 1996:  Park Joo-bong & Ra Kyung-min (KOR)
* 1997:  Liu Yong & Ge Fei (CHN)
* 1998:  Kim Dong-moon & Ra Kyung-min (KOR)
* 1999:  Simon Archer & Joanne Goode (ENG)
* 2000:  Kim Dong-moon & Ra Kyung-min (KOR)
* 2001:  Zhang Jun & Gao Ling (CHN)
* 2002:  Kim Dong-moon & Ra Kyung-min (KOR)
* 2003:  Zhang Jun & Gao Ling (CHN)
* 2004:  Kim Dong-moon & Ra Kyung-min (KOR)
* 2005:  Nathan Robertson & Gail Emms (ENG)
* 2006:  Zhang Jun & Gao Ling (CHN)
* 2007:  Zheng Bo & Gao Ling (CHN)
* 2008:  Zheng Bo & Gao Ling (CHN)
* 2009:  He Hanbin & Yu Yang (CHN)
* 2010:  Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei (CHN)
* 2011:  Xu Chen & Ma Jin (CHN)
* 2012:  Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir (INA)
* 2013:  Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir (INA)
* 2014:  Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir (INA)
* 2015:  Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei (CHN)
* 2016:  Praveen Jordan & Debby Susanto (INA)
* 2017:  Lu Kai & Huang Yaqiong (CHN)
* 2018:  Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino (JPN)
* 2019:  Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong (CHN)
* 2020:  Praveen Jordan & Melati Daeva Oktavianti (INA)
* 2021:  Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino (JPN)
* 2022:  Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino (JPN)
* 2023:  Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong (CHN)
* 2024:  Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong (CHN)

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Asian Games badminton women's team champions

* 1962:  Goei Kiok Nio, Happy Herowati, Corry Kawilarang, Retno Kustijah, Minarni (INA)
* 1966:  Hiroe Amano, Kazuko Goto, Noriko Takagi, Tomoko Takahashi (JPN)
* 1970:  Machiko Aizawa, Mariko Nishio, Etsuko Takenaka, Hiroe Yuki (JPN)
* 1974:  Chen Yuniang, Liang Qiuxia, Lin Youya, Liu Xiaozheng, Qiu Yufang, Zheng Huiming (CHN)
* 1978:  Liang Qiuxia, Liu Xia, Qiu Yufang, Zhang Ailing, Zheng Huiming (CHN)
* 1982:  Li Lingwei, Lin Ying, Wu Dixi, Wu Jianqiu, Xu Rong, Zhang Ailing (CHN)
* 1986:  Gu Jiaming, Guan Weizhen, Han Aiping, Li Lingwei, Lin Ying, Qian Ping, Wu Jianqiu, Zheng Yuli (CHN)
* 1990:  Guan Weizhen, Huang Hua, Lai Caiqin, Nong Qunhua, Shi Fangjing, Tang Jiuhong, Yao Fen, Zhou Lei (CHN)
* 1994:  Bang Soo-hyun, Chung So-young, Gil Young-ah, Jang Hye-ock, Kim Ji-hyun, Lee Heung-soon, Ra Kyung-min, Shim Eun-jung (KOR)
* 1998:  Dai Yun, Ge Fei, Gong Zhichao, Gu Jun, Qin Yiyuan, Tang Yongshu, Ye Zhaoying, Zhang Ning (CHN)
* 2002:  Dai Yun, Gao Ling, Gong Ruina, Huang Nanyan, Huang Sui, Wei Yili, Yang Wei, Zhang Jiewen, Zhang Ning, Zhou Mi (CHN)
* 2006:  Gao Ling, Huang Sui, Xie Xingfang, Yang Wei, Zhang Jiewen, Zhang Ning, Zhang Yawen, Zhu Lin (CHN)
* 2010:  Cheng Shu, Jiang Yanjiao, Lu Lan, Ma Jin, Tian Qing, Wang Shixian, Wang Xiaoli, Wang Xin, Yu Yang, Zhao Yunlei (CHN)
* 2014:  Bao Yixin, Li Xuerui, Liu Xin, Ma Jin, Tian Qing, Wang Shixian, Wang Xiaoli, Wang Yihan, Yu Yang, Zhao Yunlei (CHN)
* 2018:  Yuki Fukushima, Arisa Higashino, Sayaka Hirota, Misaki Matsutomo, Aya Ohori, Nozomi Okuhara, Sayaka Sato, Ayaka Takahashi, Akane Yamaguchi, Koharu Yonemoto (JPN)
* 2022:  An Se-young, Baek Ha-na, Chae Yoo-jung, Jeong Na-eun, Kim Ga-eun, Kim Ga-ram, Kim Hye-jeong, Kim So-yeong, Kong Hee-yong, Lee So-hee (KOR)

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Asian badminton mixed team champions

* 2017:  Hiroyuki Endo, Arisa Higashino, Takuro Hoki, Takeshi Kamura, Kenta Kazuno, Ayane Kurihara, Misaki Matsutomo, Kenta Nishimoto, Kazumasa Sakai, Sayaka Sato, Keigo Sonoda, Ayaka Takahashi, Shiho Tanaka, Yuta Watanabe, Akane Yamaguchi, Koharu Yonemoto (JPN)
* 2019:  Cai Yanyan, Chen Xiaofei, Dong Wenjing, Du Yue, Feng Xueying, Han Chengkai, Han Yue, He Jiting, Li Yinhui, Lu Guangzu, Ou Xuanyi, Tan Qiang, Zhao Junpeng, Zhou Haodong (CHN)
* 2023:  Cai Yanyan, Feng Yanzhe, Gao Fangjie, He Jiting, Huang Dongping, Jiang Zhenbang, Lei Lanxi, Li Yijing, Liu Shengshu, Luo Xumin, Ren Xiangyu, Tan Ning, Tan Qiang, Wei Yaxin, Zhao Junpeng, Zhou Haodong (CHN)

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